The Indomitable Covid Virus
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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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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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Nothing official, but it appears to me that the Pfizer jabs cause fewer adverse reactions than other brands
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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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Nothing official, but it appears to me that the Pfizer jabs cause fewer adverse reactions than other brands
@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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Got the Pfizer vacc September 3. Four hour flight Monday. Sick with something at 4 am this Wednesday morning. Also fatigue and some nausea.
@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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@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.
@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.
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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!
@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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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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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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Free COVID test kits will be available in September.
U.S. households will be eligible to order 4 free COVID-19 tests at COVIDTests.gov. The COVID-19 Tests will detect current COVID-19 variants and can be used through the end of the year.
That second part sounds like they're getting to the end of their shelf life.
@wtg said in The Indomitable Covid Virus:
Free COVID test kits will be available in September.
Site is up. I ordered our tests this morning.
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I know someone who's had it and then tested negative truly more times than I can remember.
I don't have any D2, but I'm taking D1 (I don't think D1 will help) and I'm taking 1/2 pills with a mega dose of C. I took a whole one today.
I've worn masks about 80% of the time I could wear one. I'm going to try to increase that to 99%.
It bothers me I can't keep my mask on in my Dr.'s exam room. My late mother would disagree with me for saying this but I think there's an amount of fatalism involved it. My Dr. doesn't wear a mask to work (and he says masks don't work) and so from his viewpoint I think his thought process is why shouldn't my patients share the same risk? He told me the pandemic is over. Well, it's not.
Of course, there are many medical examination/ testing/ treatment situation where you can't wear one, e.g. they need to examine your throat, you're having a surgical procedure, you're getting dental treatment.
I've had good luck so far. I got it once, I think. I was not relatively sick but too sick to go get tested and I didn't do the home test for similar reasons.
I talked to an Uber driver who got it and was in the ICU for six days. He told me he had no symptoms now.
COVID and disease in general remind me of Mother Nature. It seems very random to me.
