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  • ShiroKuroS Online
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    ShiroKuro
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    #56

    CDC recommends everyone ages 75 and older get an RSV vaccine. CDC recommends adults ages 60–74 who are at increased risk of severe RSV disease get an RSV vaccine

    I’m not there just yet.

    Still need to do the shingles shots though…

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    • D Daniel

      Please in Florida think you have COVID if you're wearing a mask. I don't wear one 100% of the time but I really should because I read cases are rising here.

      They save me from breathing lots of particulates from pollution and vehicle exhaust too.

      My PCP says they don't work. He won't let me wear one in the examining room. I think they help and can't hurt.

      I'm going to be more consistent about wearing them.

      My lungs are compromised because I'm an ex- smoker and I wouldn't rule out having some kind of auto-immune disorder too.

      ShiroKuroS Online
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      ShiroKuro
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      #57

      @Daniel said in The Indomitable Covid Virus:

      He won't let me wear one in the examining room.

      If that was my PCP I would change doctors and also register a complaint .

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      • ShiroKuroS ShiroKuro

        @AdagioM said in The Indomitable Covid Virus:

        I got the Covid vax (Moderna) a couple weeks ago, because we’re traveling again. I hadn’t had one since December. The shot gave me a hot arm (red, warm) for a week! My previous was Pfizer, no reaction.

        Wow that sounds awful. You might want to mention that to a provider or at the least, the next time you get a vax, stay in the store for a bit afterwards to make su rehou don’t have a full blown allergic reaction.

        Do y’all get RSV vax?

        I thought I was under the age limit but maybe I’m … lemme ask go the google. 😛

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        AdagioM
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        #58

        @ShiroKuro said in The Indomitable Covid Virus:

        @AdagioM said in The Indomitable Covid Virus:

        I got the Covid vax (Moderna) a couple weeks ago, because we’re traveling again. I hadn’t had one since December. The shot gave me a hot arm (red, warm) for a week! My previous was Pfizer, no reaction.

        Wow that sounds awful. You might want to mention that to a provider or at the least, the next time you get a vax, stay in the store for a bit afterwards to make su rehou don’t have a full blown allergic reaction.

        The hot red spot was just the back of my arm, about as big as the palm of my hand. It didn’t keep me from doing anything; it was just annoying.

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        • ShiroKuroS Online
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          ShiroKuro
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          #59

          Well that’s good… I just thought it sounded like a mild allergic reaction. I might be a little paranoid about that kind of thing though… 😅

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          • wtgW Offline
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            wtg
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            #60

            COVID arm. It was one of the side effects that was observed early on. I think it was more common with Moderna. @Amanda had it, as I recall.

            https://health.clevelandclinic.org/should-you-be-worried-about-covid-arm

            When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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            • ShiroKuroS Online
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              ShiroKuro
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              #61

              Oh wow, I had never heard of that! Thanks for posting the article @wtg !

              And good to know that @AdagioM was right not to worry!

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                AdagioM
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                I had the Moderna vax the first two times (remember 2020?). I had swollen underarm lymph nodes on that side, which made one boob temporarily bigger. This was a common reaction, and you’re supposed to wait six weeks (?) before getting a mammogram so it doesn’t read false positive.

                Both Mr. AM and I went to CVS pharmacies for our most recent vax; his had Pfizer and mine had Moderna. They didn’t tell us beforehand which one they had. We scheduled online.

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                • ShiroKuroS Online
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                  ShiroKuro
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                  #63

                  I've gotten every covid vax and booster since they came... IIRC the first several ones were Moderna, then a Pfizer, and then this most recent one was Moderna again. I think...

                  The only kinds of reactions I've had have been arm soreness and flu-like symptoms (which a few times were really, really bad) but I've never had the covid arm or those other symptoms.

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                    Steve Miller
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                    #64

                    Nothing official, but it appears to me that the Pfizer jabs cause fewer adverse reactions than other brands

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                      CHAS
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                      #65

                      Got the Pfizer vacc September 3. Four hour flight Monday. Sick with something at 4 am this Wednesday morning. Also fatigue and some nausea.

                      “I’m at an age when remembering something right away is as good as an orgasm.”—Gloria Steinem to Julia Louis-Dreyfus on Wiser Than Me

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                        wtg
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                        #66

                        @CHAS

                        Whatever it is, I hope it's mild and goes away soon.

                        When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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                          Daniel
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                          Feel better soon, Chas.

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                          • ShiroKuroS Online
                            ShiroKuroS Online
                            ShiroKuro
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                            #68

                            @CHAS hope you're better soon!!

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                            • S Steve Miller

                              Nothing official, but it appears to me that the Pfizer jabs cause fewer adverse reactions than other brands

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                              AdagioM
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                              #69

                              @Steve-Miller said in The Indomitable Covid Virus:

                              Nothing official, but it appears to me that the Pfizer jabs cause fewer adverse reactions than other brands

                              Next time I’m going to see if I can get Pfizer instead of Moderna. I had a better time with it before.

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                              • C CHAS

                                Got the Pfizer vacc September 3. Four hour flight Monday. Sick with something at 4 am this Wednesday morning. Also fatigue and some nausea.

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                                @CHAS said in The Indomitable Covid Virus:

                                Got the Pfizer vacc September 3. Four hour flight Monday. Sick with something at 4 am this Wednesday morning. Also fatigue and some nausea.

                                Do you still mask for travel? We masked going to Nashville last week, but not coming home.

                                Hope you’re feeling better!

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                                • D Daniel

                                  @Mik Get well soon.

                                  I don't get the mRNA vaccinations.

                                  I did finally get my first in a series of three Hepatitis A/B vaccinations. They're on a schedule of 0, 1, and 6 months. I'd be done now if I hadn't procrastinated.

                                  I still wear masks. My supply was dwindling. RM brought his mother's car here the other day (before he totaled it). I found a new box of masks in the trunk. I took about 1/3 of them.

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                                  Mik
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                                  @Daniel said in The Indomitable Covid Virus:

                                  @Mik Get well soon.

                                  I don't get the mRNA vaccinations.

                                  I did finally get my first in a series of three Hepatitis A/B vaccinations. They're on a schedule of 0, 1, and 6 months. I'd be done now if I hadn't procrastinated.

                                  I still wear masks. My supply was dwindling. RM brought his mother's car here the other day (before he totaled it). I found a new box of masks in the trunk. I took about 1/3 of them.

                                  Thanks, Daniel. We've been well now for quite a while. It was really only two days of being stay in bed sick. The rest was just a little run down and congested. Still have some lingering congestion, but I normally have some anyway. Come from living in the Ohio Valley.

                                  “I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer”
                                  ― Douglas Adams

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                                  • AdagioMA AdagioM

                                    @CHAS said in The Indomitable Covid Virus:

                                    Got the Pfizer vacc September 3. Four hour flight Monday. Sick with something at 4 am this Wednesday morning. Also fatigue and some nausea.

                                    Do you still mask for travel? We masked going to Nashville last week, but not coming home.

                                    Hope you’re feeling better!

                                    ShiroKuroS Online
                                    ShiroKuroS Online
                                    ShiroKuro
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #72

                                    @AdagioM said in The Indomitable Covid Virus:

                                    Do you still mask for travel?

                                    I do!

                                    Today, I ran into a colleague who was out of breath and panting so badly, I suggested that I call 911 (it's hard to explain, he was in really bad shape). He shook his head and held up a finger for me to wait. I guided him to a chair, he sat down. I sat with him. After a little bit, still out of breath, he was able to talk.

                                    He said that's been happening to him regularly since he had covid over the summer. He's like in his 40s.

                                    😞

                                    I'm continuing to mask. (in general, not just when traveling)
                                    For the record, I hate it.
                                    😞

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                                      Mary Anna
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                                      #73

                                      I forgot about the mammogram thing, AM. I don't know that I noticed a difference in size, but there was a definite cystic lumpiness on that side for months that was fairly terrifying for someone whose mother died of breast cancer.

                                      I don't think my mammogram is due until spring. I need to check my calendar, but I don't want to delay the vaccination. I'll probably get it this weekend.

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                                        Mary Anna
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                                        I wouldn't call myself at severe risk of RSV, but I get fairly awful bronchitis whenever I get any kind of respiratory infection, so I wanted the vaccine. I can affirm that CVS does not ask you any questions. If you ask for the RSV vaccine, they'll give it to you, because that's what I did.

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                                        • ShiroKuroS Online
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                                          ShiroKuro
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                                          Re rsv, so they don’t really check your age?

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