95% immune to your BS

I am 95% immune to your BS. So let me tell you I am realizing that this blog is just a blog of a stress, that I am sprinkle with some highly opinionated, science-ee, counsel-ee, psychology-ee (lol) subjective experiences; and sometimes travel. But this post is about me getting my vaccine for covid-19 the moderna version.

So to start off yes there was some vaccine hesitancy around it and think that is informed by my anxiety and also my family not understanding the science behind the vaccines, also from some reading, that its also new technology as well. And yes there are things to be concerned about, also a simple google search would yield all kinds of things that are relevant to the safety and according to some people the lack there of. But I am not here to explain how and why some are wrong and or right that gets us no where in the efforts in trying to end this pandemic. So please lets get this done with so that I go back to worrying about my regular anxieties and triggers... hahaha😑

Here is a little play by play on what it was like for me to get the shot:
I got the first shot in January. The first day was filled with anxiety and my already broken out face got some new breakouts. That night I slept okay. The next day I got a low grade fever and and it lasted about 5 hours at night, I just kept warm and ate some ice cream, the fever didn’t go above 101 degrees Fahrenheit. The next day I had terrible headache that lasted all day. It was like a caffeine headache that would not go away times 10. I then took the day off and watched anime all day. The following day I was feeling better. And then by the third day it was just the residual arm soreness. And by arm soreness I mean, I now know what it’s like to be hit with a bat, cause my arm was really sore.

The second shot I was being told and from what I was reading that it is potentially a worse reaction than the first time. And they weren’t lying, the same day that I received the second dose; in the evening I got a fever but I didn’t take my temperature. I needed to raise the temp in my room to like 82 and had three blankest because I was shaking and shivering like crazy while in bed. That night I didn’t get a wink of sleep. I needed to take some acetaminophen in order to get through the night. I also woke up with a headache, not at bad as the first time, this was probably due to the acetaminophen. But as the day progressed I felt better and I also did absolutely nothing so that helped, all while still taking meds.

I understand that there is vaccine hesitancy and believe me, health being one of own triggers there was a cost-benefit analysis situation that was happening in my head in order to get it. When I spoke to my doctor they said that its better to get a reaction in this manner, low grade fever and headache, and maybe a couple days off with rest, because that means that the immune system is working; and it would be better than catching Covid and being in the ICU. Now by the time that I write and post this there are three options for the vaccines, where I live you do not get a choice and you get what you can, there are also vaccine shortages, but that is expected. I encourage people to read about the studies of these vaccines and not the news articles about it or headlines because that is causing more people to be vaccine hesitant. It was scary but it was also the less risky choice for my health and my family. Of course if you cannot get the vaccine because of your own medical reasons, that makes sense and always consult a doctor, I did via telehealth, so didn’t need to go in to the office.