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I got my second vaccination yesterday!
Mar. 15th, 2021 03:47 pmA month ago Dave and I got our first. It was crazy crappy weather, major winter storm had moved into the area. They had been doing drive-up vaccinations, but because the weather was so bad, they had everyone coming inside.
Russet got her first shot a week ago, and yesterday Dave and I completed our cycle.
And while I'm thinking about it, you can register with the CDC's VSafe program and receive a daily text from them, polling you for any symptoms that you may be experiencing after your first or second shot. Contribute to the base of medical knowledge!
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/safety/vsafe.html
And here's an article from The Atlantic talking about the differences in numbers between the vaccines. For example, if one vaccine says no one in the trial group went to the hospital, that's great news, right?! But what if you later heard that only three people in the placebo group required hospitalization? Changes your perspective on the efficacy a bit.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/03/pfizer-moderna-and-johnson-johnson-vaccines-compared/618226/
But right now it boils down to the fact that we probably don't have a choice on which vaccine we're going to receive initially. I was advised to get the mRNA vaccine from my doc at the Nat'l Institutes of Health, and that's what I got.
And damn, do I feel like crap today!
According to that Atlantic article, the Moderna vaccine has a 15% chance of side-effects. And that's what I rolled. Ignoring the arm soreness, which I had for a couple of days after my first shot, I just feel like crap, perhaps like a mild grade flu? But I'm not running a fever. My temperature was mildly elevated, up to maybe 98.7, whereas I'm normally low 97s. Not enough to be concerned about.
But the bad part is one of the listed side-effects and a possible Covid symptom, and also a side-effect of taking antibiotics. Which I'm on. Again. For a repeat of the sinus infection that I had last month. My ENT just can't get it through his head to give me a 20 day course of the things to completely eliminate any bug that I may have. I was on Cipro for 10 days, I called them three times before they were set to expire, crickets. Now I'm on Amox-Clav. For some reason Cipro doesn't hit my lower gut in a distressing way at all, but the Amox-Clav most certainly does!
And that is a symptom of Covid! But, watching my Apple Watch, my heart rate variability is still nicely irregular - which is good! - so that's still nicely indicative of no Covid infection. I wrote earlier about smart watches that measure pulse frequently also tracking heart rate variability and that also being an indicator usually eight days before you become symptomatic for Covid.
So I'm leaving work early today to get a good nap in and hopefully a solid night's sleep in hope that I'll feel better tomorrow. Tuesday we have no student workers in, so it's just Emily and I, and Wednesday we only have one in from 3-5, so better that I leave early today than not show up tomorrow!
Russet got her first shot a week ago, and yesterday Dave and I completed our cycle.
And while I'm thinking about it, you can register with the CDC's VSafe program and receive a daily text from them, polling you for any symptoms that you may be experiencing after your first or second shot. Contribute to the base of medical knowledge!
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/safety/vsafe.html
And here's an article from The Atlantic talking about the differences in numbers between the vaccines. For example, if one vaccine says no one in the trial group went to the hospital, that's great news, right?! But what if you later heard that only three people in the placebo group required hospitalization? Changes your perspective on the efficacy a bit.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/03/pfizer-moderna-and-johnson-johnson-vaccines-compared/618226/
But right now it boils down to the fact that we probably don't have a choice on which vaccine we're going to receive initially. I was advised to get the mRNA vaccine from my doc at the Nat'l Institutes of Health, and that's what I got.
And damn, do I feel like crap today!
According to that Atlantic article, the Moderna vaccine has a 15% chance of side-effects. And that's what I rolled. Ignoring the arm soreness, which I had for a couple of days after my first shot, I just feel like crap, perhaps like a mild grade flu? But I'm not running a fever. My temperature was mildly elevated, up to maybe 98.7, whereas I'm normally low 97s. Not enough to be concerned about.
But the bad part is one of the listed side-effects and a possible Covid symptom, and also a side-effect of taking antibiotics. Which I'm on. Again. For a repeat of the sinus infection that I had last month. My ENT just can't get it through his head to give me a 20 day course of the things to completely eliminate any bug that I may have. I was on Cipro for 10 days, I called them three times before they were set to expire, crickets. Now I'm on Amox-Clav. For some reason Cipro doesn't hit my lower gut in a distressing way at all, but the Amox-Clav most certainly does!
And that is a symptom of Covid! But, watching my Apple Watch, my heart rate variability is still nicely irregular - which is good! - so that's still nicely indicative of no Covid infection. I wrote earlier about smart watches that measure pulse frequently also tracking heart rate variability and that also being an indicator usually eight days before you become symptomatic for Covid.
So I'm leaving work early today to get a good nap in and hopefully a solid night's sleep in hope that I'll feel better tomorrow. Tuesday we have no student workers in, so it's just Emily and I, and Wednesday we only have one in from 3-5, so better that I leave early today than not show up tomorrow!
