The achy pain has gone away, but the feeling of malaise and fogginess, that’s sticking around today. I didn’t sleep well last night, as the shoulder pain didn’t let me sleep well. Eh, early night tonight. I need to wash my hair anyway.
Ow.
I woke up feeling fine. No fever, no aches or pains, no symptoms at all, really. I had hoped that I had gotten away with the 2nd shot side effects scot-free. Nope. This afternoon, the injection site soreness spread, my shoulder is aching and making my entire upper body hurt, and this evening brought some sensitive throat fun. My office mate is throwing up and not feeling good at all. People at my community have called off, or are so achy and chilled that they can barely get their work done.
But. You know what? I’d gladly take this and then some. It’s totally worth it to have protection from the virus. A potential few days of ick, rather than 2 weeks (or more!) of an active infection that could possibly kill me...? I’m good. I’ve got a heating pad, some Tylenol, a tea-making husband, a book, and my cats and dog. I’m all set.
This isn’t horrible y’all. Get the vaccines!
Today at 1:30pm EST I received my 2nd Covid Vaccine. Since I had read that the second shot could bring more side effects than the first, I took 2 Tylenol about 30 minutes before my report time. They had run out of the retractable needles, so I felt this one a bit more (the person hit a blood vessel as well, that didn’t help.) As for the vaccine itself, I did feel it more flooding my arm, and it immediately began to ache. If it was because it was injected rather quickly or if my immune system urgently responded, I couldn’t tell you. 15 minutes after the shot we were allowed to leave. The ride home I felt a bit achy, and began to feel a malaise, but it may have been because I was squished behind the driver’s seat in a van with a heat vent right over my head. Upon arriving home, I’ve managed to separate the laundry and am attempting to do as much as I can before the start of the work week. My arm aches enough that I think I’ll take more Tylenol (or ibuprofen, I need to check if I can take that instead) after another hour or so. I’m rather tired, but I will try to do the “cleaning before the maid arrives” as she comes in tomorrow morning. If she had room in her schedule, I would be calling her off and rescheduling, as tomorrow is going to be the roughest if I have worsening side effects. Alas...
I planned a simple dinner of defrosting a veggie beef soup I made a few weeks ago, and serve it with an easy cornbread. I’m glad I did.
Oh well, an Agatha Christie documentary is on PBS, so I’m going to curl up on the couch with my crochet and Ginger Ale and watch it. I’m told working your arm the day of the injection may help with the soreness. We’ll see how that goes.
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