Have you gotten a COVID vaccine?

[Denise W]

My husband and I had both doses of Pfizer, and had a sore arm for one day. No other side effects.
Denise

 

[Atlas722]

I got my first dose of Moderna around 2:10 this afternoon.

 

[BlueStarryHat]

Got my first dose of Pfizer at 2:20 precisely and was out and on my way by a quarter-to-three. The only side effect is that my arm is getting progressively more sore as the evening wears on. Other than that, I feel just fine. I even got a little sticker to wear, just like when I was a kid and got a shot.

Second dose, April 15th.

 

[KayMichigan]

Got my first Pfizer shot on Tuesday. Reporting back that today the sore arm is completely gone. I had a bit of a headache yesterday and was feeling a bit dragged but nothing major and today feel 100%.

 

[fortwildernessishome]

I got my first Pfizer shot today! I am so, so excited!! Such a relief! Will be getting my second shot 3 weeks from tomorrow! Can't wait!!

 

[Kimkimba]

I just don’t understand how so many states are opening up the vaccine to more people when my Pennsylvania county and the few around it can’t meet the demand for 1a.

 

[JLTraveling]

I just don’t understand how so many states are opening up the vaccine to more people when my Pennsylvania county and the few around it can’t meet the demand for 1a.

And I can't fathom how areas like yours are doing so badly with distribution. Here in New Orleans, we're opening up to everyone 16+ on Monday. They're doing a HUGE Vaccine Fest next week, vaccinating 6500 people in 24 hours. That's just one site out of something like 654 across the state. I hope your elected officials get it together soon.

 

[NotUrsula]

Got J&J today, 2d large distribution in my city. It drew a lot of press attention & apparently an appearance by the Governor at one point, but he was gone by the time my appt time came up. There were cops everywhere. DH watched the news story, which said that they had trouble with people showing up with fake appointment emails, but the only doc they asked for was my DL, so that must have been easy to block. DH hasn't been called yet, I've got slightly higher priority because of my job.

I had a funny interaction with the temp checker at the door, who tried to check my temp 4 different ways and finally just gave up. (I was apparently showing a surface skin temp of 93.9F after walking 5 blocks in cold rain from the designated parking lot.)

I feel fine, other than being really drowsy for a while shortly afterward.

PS: Update 2 days later. The arm got quite sore yesterday and still is; I'm taking a fair amount of ibuprofen for it. However, I was checking for swelling and realized that the provider who administered the shot decided to put it right into the bullseye of my smallpox vax scar (I have a "gun" scar.) Why on earth would you put it into a knot of harder scar tissue when there is untouched skin half an inch in every direction? I suspect that choice is making the soreness somewhat worse. Not a trace of fever, though.

 

[disney-inspired]

I just don’t understand how so many states are opening up the vaccine to more people when my Pennsylvania county and the few around it can’t meet the demand for 1a.

I know that CA enlisted Blue Shield to handle all vaccination efforts statewide. Since they’re a huge health insurance company, they had all the connections with doctor’s offices and clinics. I think once they took over, it sped up the process and was much more efficient than each county trying to do it themselves.

 

[jo-jo]

Got the second pfizer shot Wednesday even at 7 PM. It's been 36 hours, some sleep issues, slightly sore arm, but nothing else. No headache, fever, etc. I was waiting for the other shoe to drop, since so many said the next day is when yuckys begin.

Hope my DH does as well, when he gets his second maderma next week.

 

[Poohbear538]

I just registered my husband and I for Monday as they are dropping to 40 and up Monday. We live in Florida. We are getting the Johnson and Johnson at CVS. I will report back Monday with any side effects. I stalked the CVS site starting at about 5:30 this morning and it finally came up at about 6.

 

[Minnesota!]

Got my first dose of Pfizer at 2:20 precisely and was out and on my way by a quarter-to-three. The only side effect is that my arm is getting progressively more sore as the evening wears on. Other than that, I feel just fine. I even got a little sticker to wear, just like when I was a kid and got a shot.

Second dose, April 15th.

Now, if we could get them to give out safety suckers afterwards, I bet we could get all the Gen X and Boomers in there

For those that followed my anxiety-riddled posts a few days ago...I made my appointment this morning. It's in 2 weeks, but it is scheduled

 

[TwoMisfits]

Spouse and DD 1st 24 hour side effects of Pfizer shot 1...
Spouse said his arm was "tingly" - I think it hurt, too, b/c he wouldn't let me touch it.
DD had no side effects.

We'll see if both make it to 48 hours the same way...

PS - They also drank a ton of water...

 

[MGMmjl]

My wife and I got our first dose of the Pfizer vaccine yesterday morning. Other than a sore arm, we haven't had any other side effects.

It was a little scary, though, as a woman in the observation area after receiving the shot had a severe allergic reaction. She was really dizzy, and a nurse was having to hold her upright in the chair so she wouldn't fall out. She got to where she basically couldn't talk to the nurses, so they had to call the paramedics out. The paramedics arrived just as we were leaving. Hopefully the woman is OK.

 

[Meriweather]

My wife and I got our first dose of the Pfizer vaccine yesterday morning. Other than a sore arm, we haven't had any other side effects.

It was a little scary, though, as a woman in the observation area after receiving the shot had a severe allergic reaction. She was really dizzy, and a nurse was having to hold her upright in the chair so she wouldn't fall out. She got to where she basically couldn't talk to the nurses, so they had to call the paramedics out. The paramedics arrived just as we were leaving. Hopefully the woman is OK.

Hope she is okay.
Our mass site had 2 ambulances staying there when we went through last Sunday.

DS got J&J yesterday around 9:30 am. His arm got sorer and sorer through the day. Haven't heard how he is doing this morning. He has the day off.

 

[mom2rtk]

150 pages of encouraging vaccination reports! Keep 'em coming!

My parents hit the 2 week post vaccine landmark a couple days ago.

My husband and I are now officially 2 weeks post second Moderna vaccination!

Progress is grand.

 

[Bellhop97]

I finally was able to book my vaccine for next tues.. got up early to book through CVS.. excited and nervous at the same time.

 

[bennifer]

DH and I got our second Pfizer doses on Wed! Yesterday we were both tired, he felt a little “off” and Tylenol helped it. I was nauseous most of the day. Today we are both back to 100%!

 

[piglet1979]

I got my second dose of Maderna Wednesday at 3:30. I took Tylenol around 10 but didn't fall asleep until midnight. I woke up at 4 with a fever. I ran a fever all day yesterday with horrible chills and body aches. I was alternating Tylenol and Motrin every 6 hours but they were wearing off after about 4 hours. I have also had a sore arm and a slight headache. When the meds were working I would sleep so I slept most of yesterday and through the night (expect when the storm came through). The fever broke over night and today I just have a slight headache and a sore arm.

Yesterday it did feel like I had a cold and someone was sitting on my chest. If I moved I coughed. I do have allergies and I have not been taking my singular. I am still congested today and coughing more but I am also out of bed working.

 

[wenrob]

My wife and I got our first dose of the Pfizer vaccine yesterday morning. Other than a sore arm, we haven't had any other side effects.

It was a little scary, though, as a woman in the observation area after receiving the shot had a severe allergic reaction. She was really dizzy, and a nurse was having to hold her upright in the chair so she wouldn't fall out. She got to where she basically couldn't talk to the nurses, so they had to call the paramedics out. The paramedics arrived just as we were leaving. Hopefully the woman is OK.

Oh man, I really wish I hadn’t seen this the day of my appointment. I’m going to keep reminding myself we have 150 pages of people reporting they are just fine, I have several friends that are just fine, DD’s friends are just fine and both DD and my mother people I’m genetically related to are just fine.

Speaking of DD she never had more than that hangover feeling and a sore arm the next day. Went to work yesterday (a very physically demanding job) and had no issues. The best news? She bought a ticket home for May 17th!