Yet another datapoint, and a reasonably encouraging one: My older sister had her second Moderna shot a few days ago. It was right on time, 4 weeks after the first dose. No trouble whatsoever with scheduling. Her arm is just a little bit sore (less so than with the first dose), and 22 hours after the shot she suddenly hit a wall of fatigue. But today she's fine and she has had no other side effects.
Her vax was through the health department of a rural county in the southeast. We have no weather problems at this time. A few sites in the region had to postpone vaxes a couple of days because of delivery delays, but her county was fine.
The Pfizer vaccine allows for about a 64 day window before you really need to do the second dose. Not sure what the real window is for Maderna
My parents were supposed to get their second vaccination dose of Moderna last Wednesday but because of the weather crisis in Texas and the south, all vaccinations were canceled because of shipment delays. They were rescheduled for today at the same mass vaccination site, but were notified of cancellations yet again for the same reason. Over 92,000 people appear to be impacted by this in their area. Counties all across the state and even Arizona and other states have been impacted.
Now for the good news. My parents were alerted by a friend about an independent pharmacy who just got delivery of the vaccine this morning and had spots available if they immediately made their appointment and got there within a short time. The pharmacy was able to move quickly once the delayed shipment arrived because they were small. My parents were thrilled and were able to alert some other people in the same 2nd dose cancellation boat about the pharmacy.
What a stressful time.
Even though my daughter said everything was a hot mess, she was able to get her 2nd dose at the health department in Charlottesville, VA. She originally had an appointment at CVS and they called her and told her not to come. So she called the health department and they told her to come. (They had a large tent outside an old Kmart parking lot.) She said her arm was sore for about 2 days with the first shot and she felt like she had the flu. But it was worth it.
My daughter who had her second shot yesterday sent me this text this morning. She had moderna
.I haven’t felt sick like this in a long time. Fever, chills, sweating, headache, sore muscles, feeling tingly all over, sore arm. I alternated between feeling so cold I couldn't warm up and so hot I was sweating so much I had to change my shirt. Hardly slept at all last night
I am so sorry to hear of your daughter's situation. I wish her a speedy bounce back up.
I am relistening to President Biden's Speech. He is the most empathetic man. I hear his stutter, and appreciate that he is now practiced enough to be our Comforter in Chief. The feeling of sharing grief, with my countrymen and women, and children, and the rest of this World, gives me so much hope. I feel inspired and feel he is a conduit for the light that each of us has shared here, and in our private lives.
I am still visualizing my shot(s). I am filled with the peace of shared belief, and shared light.
I begin to finally feel that we are coming out of the darkness now. I begin to see masks being worn on the streets around me, finally.
It is a terrible price to pay. I do feel ultimately we unite, We Unite, WE UNITE, and we are bound to each other.
"Let this not be a story of how far we fell, but of how far we climbed back up. We can do this."- President Joseph R. Biden 2/22/21
@lenor I’m sorry to hear about your daughter. My daughter also had her second shot, Pfizer and she said she felt like she was hit by a truck. She was required to be vaccinated because she has clinical work. It seems the younger you are the worse you feel. The next day she was back with no ill effects. Hope your girl is the same.
Received my first (Moderna) shot on Sunday (Feb 28) and was surprised and impressed with the process at Banner Hospital. My dear friend Greg (my first husband..we were very young..and father of my sons, a karmic connection that goes waaaay far back) insisted on driving me through, even tho I knew I could do it myself ? but I was in the end, glad he had offered. I didn't have to worry about the anxiety of the complex drive through process, which actually went very well. I had no side effects other than a sore arm for two days. Getting the appt was a nightmare in Pima Count (AZ) and was scheduled a full month from the day I stayed on the phone all day. So the car drive process was a great positive surprise. They scheduled my second shot right there for 28 days. I am so relieved. I have a rare blood disorder (Essential Thrombocytosis) which is all about platelet count and blood clot concern and I take a med that makes me immune compromised --yep a med for a condition that causes immune problems. ? But having tried to manage this with diet, meditation, and energy flow healings, and not budging my dangerous platelet count at all, I accepted I had to take the med if I wanted to stick around the earth plane for a while longer. SO. I am infinitely less anxious...and looking forward to life beyond quarantine!
SO happy for you! What a relief and a nice act of kindness from your ex.
My husband in now eligible and has yet to be able to get a vaccine appointment in Maricopa Co. I know it will happen, but I am still working on patience, for him and for me haha. I can't have one until the next round is open so it will be lots of patience I guess.
Well I finally got an appoinment to have my first shot. KY has really screwed up the roll out. Instead of having one website to sign up on and get an appointment they are letting the individual healthcare facilities schedule their own. It's a pain . My best fiend and I spend all last week, everyday, researching appoinments. Every site we went to said no appoinments available in your area. Finally,just a fluck, , my friend received a reply to a message she postd on Nextdoor. The item after her entry was a notice that the UofL had appointment avilable. Talk about going in the back door! what really pisses me off is that she and I are both seniors with serious pre existing conditions (mine cancer, hers type one diabetes) We are in the third teir of people to be eligigabe. But if you are a twenty year old who has taken a 20 hr "life coach" class you are in tier one because you are considered essential medical personel! Really! I know Art theapist and councilers who are only doing tele visits but they got the first shots. Honestly, I love our governor but they really dropped the ball on this roll out.
I am eagerly waiting for my second dose of Moderna. I got my shot a week ago today. No side effects. And the best part is that my employer procured and was able to get vaccines for their employees. I didn't have the problems you get with the website.
But my partner did have problems getting her appointment, so we call the number for Massachusetts residents (211). We complained to the lady that answered that the website was not working. She put my partner on a list, and she was called a week later with an appointment. The appointment was at Gillette Stadium, an hour from where we live. We have to drive all the way down through I-495, a treacherous road, (especially during rush hour) in the middle of a Wind Storm, with wind chills in -13 degrees. But it was finally done. She got her first dose, and we are glad. It is a lot of stress and we needed to have patience to go through all this.
Moderna, by the way, is suppose to work better in people 55 and older (100%). The second dose of Moderna should be administer 28 days after the first one, but it can wait up to 42 days after the first dose, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Hope all of you can get it soon and without having side effects.
@deetoo Tuesday morning around 10:30. I am so glad I got it thru UL. The lines at the main site in Louisville are said to be 3-4 hours long. I can’t go with out a bathroom that long!
With a history of anaphylaxis , one to a Pfizer product, I am waiting to get the Johnson and Johnson one stick injection. They say we should have it here in my area next week. I am looking forward to getting it too! I am ready to stop being housebound. Of course will still mask up and social distance... but will be much more comfortable going outside my home turf then.
To add to the information in this thread, I received my first shot of the Pfizer vaccine on Wednesday. 75 mins from driving through the gates of Magic Mountain (one of our LA County mass vaccination sites) to being free to go. VERY organized, and yes, they did check my paperwork to confirm eligibility to get the vaccine.
I was a bit sluggish for the first 24 hours, and seem basically fine now, albeit with still some soreness at the injection site. Many of my healthcare worker friends had a stronger reaction to the 2nd shot, though.
I was at my retinal specialist doctor today. This was the first time I was there since the 65+ crowd had been allowed to have a vaccination and many 65+ people were there to see an eye specialist. In fact I was the only "spring chicken"patient in my 50's.
I had to chuckle to myself as I heard them discussing getting their vaccinations. There was much excitement as they spoke of how many doses they had had, which type and the various vaccine reactions. The common theme? No matter which vaccination they had received, they had "heard" the worst reactions took place with the "other" brand. ha ha. It was sweet to listen to them as they seemed relieved and more at ease waiting for their doctor than any other time I have been in the waiting room since the pandemic began. It was the only topic of conversation.
I still have a ways to go before getting my vaccination, but was happy to know that everyone there seemed to have had at least one dose and was happy. There was a sense of hope and lightness amongst the seniors. I in turn was calmer than previous visits as I was feeling a little less vulnerable being surrounded by newly vaccinated happy elders who had something to be joyful about, finally.
Today, after a few hours searching for the vaccine, I received a link from my work for the J & J vaccine for educators. I am relieved and happy to get registered. I think Jill Biden is behind this. I am so hopeful tonight.
The one dose is better for me. I would have been very anxious about the timing of the second dose. Seeing light at the end of a long tunnel.
@lovendures: Thanks for sharing your experience. This week seemed like a dam of goodness broke open. I told a friend I haven’t been this happy in years. ?
@ghandigirl I got a notice today and am now scheduled for the J&J vaccine on Monday. Hooray!