Got My Vaccine Yesterday

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I cried tears of relief after I got it and wish I could have hugged the kind woman who vaccinated me ? She got tearful when she realized I was crying.  I feel like I can finally exhale a bit.  FWIW I am about 36 hours out and have had no side effects other than a mildly sore arm.  I got the Moderna.  Our Health Department was able to add the nurses to the first responders because we all do front facing care and weekly covid testing in our schools.

On 1/14/2021 at 7:05 PM, Incognito-lpn said:

There were so many to sign up the health dept asked us to help out with it. ☺️

I wish that were the case here ?. Our Health Department said yesterday that they had planned to do 200 first responders (PD, EMS  and Fire) per clinic last week and only about half that registered and got vaccinated.  It's really disappointing to see the numbers, especially when I know many "regular folks" who would get vaccinated in a heartbeat right now if they were offered. I wish they would just tell everyone that anyone who wants one can register at this point. 

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Specializes in School nursing.

Got vaccine shot #1 (Moderna) on Saturday. The next day my arm was super sore - it pretty much felt like the day after I got my tetorifice shot. Mild fatigue as well. But today I'm fine.

Interesting, the palace I went was so smooth in scheduling appointments. At that location, they were doing first responders and COVID facing health care workers. Appointments were full, but they did have no shows, per the nurse I talked to (who was impressed I am running weekly testing at my school). That kinda irked me. I know folks that would have jumped at chance to grab that appointment, but I also don't know if those folks had to delay due to exposure or COVID-like symptoms. 

Question for those getting vaccinated - anyone have COVID before? I'm getting mixed messages about the waiting period for vaccination after a COVID diagnosis - one told me 21 days, another 90 days. I will have staff in this situation when their turn approaches (K-12 educations in early phase 2 in MA) and I'm wondering if I have missed the CDC guidance here...

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Specializes in School Nurse, past Med Surge.
15 hours ago, JenTheSchoolRN said:

Question for those getting vaccinated - anyone have COVID before? I'm getting mixed messages about the waiting period for vaccination after a COVID diagnosis - one told me 21 days, another 90 days. I will have staff in this situation when their turn approaches (K-12 educations in early phase 2 in MA) and I'm wondering if I have missed the CDC guidance here...

I had COVID in November.  Per our state and the CDC you can choose to wait, but you can also go ahead & get it within that 90 days.  The medical director of out county health department says go ahead and get it, especially if you had a mild case of COVID because there's thought that you may not have built up a very strong immune reaction if you had a mild case.  

Our high school nurse had a fairly rough time with COVID and our doctor told her to absolutely get it even though she was within 90 days.

A teacher of mine said her cousin, who is an epidemiologist in Tx, told her NOT to get it within that 90 days because it might compete with your body's natural antibody building process.  But I can't find any evidence to support that.

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Specializes in ICU/community health/school nursing.

Anecdotally from friends:

The two people I know who had COVID less than 90 days ago had a strong immunological reaction (YAY- Moderna vaccine may be working) - fever of 100-101, body aches.

One person who had COVID in June had a similar reaction to the first Moderna vaccine but only a mild reaction to vaccine #2. Again, yay, Moderna vaccine seems to be working. I know nobody who got Pfizer's vaccine so have no data on that.

Remember - we are all part of phase 4 trial. We do not know the answer to the question you ask but we will likely have better recommendations in 6 months.

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3 minutes ago, ruby_jane said:

 

One person who had COVID in June had a similar reaction to the first Moderna vaccine but only a mild reaction to vaccine #2. Again, yay, Moderna vaccine seems to be working. I know nobody who got Pfizer's vaccine so have no data on that.

 

I have several friends working acute care in the hospital scene that just got Pfizer #2. Several of them hit with 2 days worth of significant body aches, temp (100-102). Immune reaction at work!

Interestingly enough, I am due to give platelets on 1/31. I do not have to defer due to getting the vaccine since it not a live vaccine. But the Red Cross is testing all folks for antibodies as the standard. I'm curious about this result as it will be about 15 days after receiving Moderna #1.

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43 minutes ago, ruby_jane said:

I know nobody who got Pfizer's vaccine so have no data on that.

I got Pfizer #1! It was nothing--maybe a headache, but that went away with Advil.  I went to my pcp on Monday, and she told me that for her and her colleagues Pfizer #2 was rough.  She told me to take 650mg Tylenol immediately after my vaccine, then again every 6 hours for 24 hours.  She got fever, headache, and body aches, but said that her colleagues who took Tylenol immediately after the shot had lesser symptoms.  ***Not giving this as medical advice, this is medical advice given to me personally by my doctor who knows my medical history very well. Talk to your doctor.

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1 hour ago, JenTheSchoolRN said:

But the Red Cross is testing all folks for antibodies as the standard. I'm curious about this result as it will be about 15 days after receiving Moderna #1.

oooh let us know- I am very curious about that and would love to hear that you are already sowing + antibodies 15 days out.

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So y'all, I got my 2nd Pfizer vaccine this weekend.  Weirdest side effect--the lymph node in the armpit of the arm I got the shot in is swollen.  It's like the size of a large grape.  So strange.  It is a normal side effect but definitely not one I heard of before.

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Got my first dose last Thursday.  I also got the Moderna vaccine and had a pretty sore arm for about 36 hours but nothing else.  

School nurses were not scheduled to get vaccines this early on until our governor ordered our schools to reopen this week and to provide biweekly COVID testing to staff.  That bumped school nurses up the list and I was contacted by our county public health department to schedule an appointment.  

I am happy to say most of our district's nurses have chosen to get vaccinated.  A couple have opted out.  

Next up is our teachers!

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4 hours ago, BrisketRN said:

So y'all, I got my 2nd Pfizer vaccine this weekend.  Weirdest side effect--the lymph node in the armpit of the arm I got the shot in is swollen.  It's like the size of a large grape.  So strange.  It is a normal side effect but definitely not one I heard of before.

Interesting,  the info I read was that was side effect of Moderna, I guess anything can happen!

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23 hours ago, BrisketRN said:

So y'all, I got my 2nd Pfizer vaccine this weekend.  Weirdest side effect--the lymph node in the armpit of the arm I got the shot in is swollen.  It's like the size of a large grape.  So strange.  It is a normal side effect but definitely not one I heard of before.

I got my 1st Moderna on Jan 15th. On Jan 21st, one lymph node near my clavicle and one under my arm, started swelling. They hurt a ton and are the size of a clementine and half a fast pitch softball. I have a follow up with my PCP today because the swelling and tenderness haven't decreased. That being said, I'll happily roll up my sleeve for my 2nd dose! maybe on the opposite side though...

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