well, there we go
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ceagleI got the first shot contributing toward communal herd immunity :>
I'd asked at my regular pharmacy a couple times and they said they've had trouble getting consistent supplies of the vaccine.
So I just happened to be at a different market yesterday. and I saw a booth for people to check-in for the shots.... Thought I'd ask them how it's going and what's the procedure.
Turns out they'd had two no-shows and that meant some extra thawed doses that would have to be tossed out, so they asked if I wouldn't mind sticking around a few minutes and I could have one of the abandoned doses.
It's the Pfizer one, but luckily it wasn't 70 below zero :D ... I just feel a huge relief to get the process started, albeit unexpectedly, though I've been in an approved group for a week or two.
I may not have mentioned this here, but among people I know who have had it, seems like it's around 50-50 whether they have a rough day afterward. As for me, no significant trouble at all, except for some slight fatigue, which might just be due to a rugged day at work the day before. In fact, my arm is less sore than when I got the flu shot last year. This is the first dose anyway... hopefully will be fine after the 2nd too. Also...
One thing I feel bound to mention is that how appalling it is to me that the medical/pharmaceutical industry doesn't feel it is important enough to emphasize that people should MASSAGE the area of the shot for 10-20 minutes or so, to help circulate the medicine away from the stab and into the body general, which reduces the possibility of lingering pain in the arm. For a few years now I've been doing that, and it definitely contributes to an easier aftermath. It might even reduce the chances of having a bad day, but on that one I can't b as sure as the basic fix of reducing the subsequent arm pain... but it's worth considering.
If that information can be of any help to you readers here, then at least it's done some good.
Cheers and good health to ya!
I'd asked at my regular pharmacy a couple times and they said they've had trouble getting consistent supplies of the vaccine.
So I just happened to be at a different market yesterday. and I saw a booth for people to check-in for the shots.... Thought I'd ask them how it's going and what's the procedure.
Turns out they'd had two no-shows and that meant some extra thawed doses that would have to be tossed out, so they asked if I wouldn't mind sticking around a few minutes and I could have one of the abandoned doses.
It's the Pfizer one, but luckily it wasn't 70 below zero :D ... I just feel a huge relief to get the process started, albeit unexpectedly, though I've been in an approved group for a week or two.
I may not have mentioned this here, but among people I know who have had it, seems like it's around 50-50 whether they have a rough day afterward. As for me, no significant trouble at all, except for some slight fatigue, which might just be due to a rugged day at work the day before. In fact, my arm is less sore than when I got the flu shot last year. This is the first dose anyway... hopefully will be fine after the 2nd too. Also...
One thing I feel bound to mention is that how appalling it is to me that the medical/pharmaceutical industry doesn't feel it is important enough to emphasize that people should MASSAGE the area of the shot for 10-20 minutes or so, to help circulate the medicine away from the stab and into the body general, which reduces the possibility of lingering pain in the arm. For a few years now I've been doing that, and it definitely contributes to an easier aftermath. It might even reduce the chances of having a bad day, but on that one I can't b as sure as the basic fix of reducing the subsequent arm pain... but it's worth considering.
If that information can be of any help to you readers here, then at least it's done some good.
Cheers and good health to ya!
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Date: 2021-03-11 07:04 am (UTC)Activating the LoJack in my arm/wing now eh?
Thanks for the tip.... I may have to flap out to Louisiana to get the 2nd!