Got Vaccinated Today

[NightTrain]

Just got back from getting the Moderna vaccine. Booster shot to follow on 4/5.

I barely felt the stick at all... it's much less painful than a flu shot. Or any other shot for that matter. I had to ask the nurse if that was it.... that's pretty nice.

Something I wasn't prepared for was the speed rush it gave me. It's similar to an adrenaline or cocaine rush and I'm still feeling it an hour later. There's something in the cocktail that's a powerful stimulant.

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Shar is holding off for now. She's got enough issues going without introducing an experimental drug into the mix.

[jimnyc]

Be safe my friend!

[LongTermGuy]

[Gunny]

Just got back from getting the Moderna vaccine. Booster shot to follow on 4/5.

I barely felt the stick at all... it's much less painful than a flu shot. Or any other shot for that matter. I had to ask the nurse if that was it.... that's pretty nice.

Something I wasn't prepared for was the speed rush it gave me. It's similar to an adrenaline or cocaine rush and I'm still feeling it an hour later. There's something in the cocktail that's a powerful stimulant.

20210311_094626.jpg

Shar is holding off for now. She's got enough issues going without introducing an experimental drug into the mix.

So I should plan this shot around a home project?

[tailfins]

So I should plan this shot around a home project?

I would recommend a painting project that has an emphasis on creative flair. Wear a hat, though, unless you want interesting hair.

[Abbey Marie]

No adrenaline for me from the Pfizer shot either time. I wonder if Moderna is different that way, or if it’s an individual thing...

[NightTrain]

No adrenaline for me from the Pfizer shot either time. I wonder if Moderna is different that way, or if it’s an individual thing...

Could be. I was feverish and thrashing all night, guess I kept Shar up. My body definitely responded forcefully to that and immune system went to Defcon 4.

Feeling fine today. Word is that the 2nd Moderna shot is the riskier one.

BTW, if the Democrats get their way, that CDC Card I posted will be your travel papers.

[tailfins]

No adrenaline for me from the Pfizer shot either time. I wonder if Moderna is different that way, or if it’s an individual thing...

I took the Pfizer shot and had a reaction similar to what NT described. The immunization site was a sight to behold. There had to be at least 2,000 cars that started in three lanes, then spread out like a huge set of toll booths: Round 'em up and move 'em on, Texas style. I question whether people should be driving when disoriented like that. However, in Texas, it would be hard to notice the difference.

[Gunny]

I would recommend a painting project that has an emphasis on creative flair. Wear a hat, though, unless you want interesting hair.

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So, you're telling me that no only do I get a speed rush, I'm also going to grow hair?

[KitchenKitten99]

So I should plan this shot around a home project?

Only if you don't worry about possibly invoking any life insurance policy. Getting a non-FDA approved medication (this is not a vaccine under the actual legal & scientific definition, btw) may void your insurance policy.

Kinda surprised that any of the conservatives on here took it willingly given the shady origins (Fauci and Bill Gates financially tied to it) and the fact that this MRNA technology has no success rate in any other testing environment.

[jimnyc]

Only if you don't worry about possibly invoking any life insurance policy. Getting a non-FDA approved medication (this is not a vaccine under the actual legal & scientific definition, btw) may void your insurance policy.

Kinda surprised that any of the conservatives on here took it willingly given the shady origins (Fauci and Bill Gates financially tied to it) and the fact that this MRNA technology has no success rate in any other testing environment.

I don't know a huge amount myself, but was of the understanding that it was very helpful in oncology medications.

[KitchenKitten99]

I don't know a huge amount myself, but was of the understanding that it was very helpful in oncology medications.

Hard to be helpful in any situation when they stopped testing MRNA technology on most other situations because the testing animals kept dying.

[jimnyc]

Hard to be helpful in any situation when they stopped testing MRNA technology on most other situations because the testing animals kept dying.

Maybe in some situations but it's been long used in other areas and getting better. I certainly won't touch this particular vaccine (arguing either way) as it was in fact sped up and spit out, we we have to wait and find out. Not good there.

But mrna has in fact been used since the 90's in other departments, including vaccines. But when not used for a particular virus/infection/ailment, then we are all kind of like guinea pigs since the trials weren't nearly as large and time consuming as it would normally be.

But it has been used in oncology, it's helped get rid of diabetes symptoms... - and like I mentioned already, cancer things, allergy shots & parasite vaccines. So it's not like mrna technology just got started and we're the first. They've been working on it for 30+ years now. But with that said, it's still new, still used very little with success and the majority of it is still in testing phases.

We'll unfortunately have to wait a few decades to see things in the bigger picture - but thus far the success rate looked at, or the negatives looked at, it's been very successful so far. The number of total people vaccinated in the USA is pretty much standard across the board. There are varying reports of amount of people that were killed after getting the vaccine. Using them from the lowest I could find to the highest, it's like .0017% to like .0029%. When you're that person or a family member or loved one, you don't want to hear any of that. But overall looking at the population to what we're seeing thus far, the numbers are beyond expectations.

Nonetheless, I've had both Pfizer shots, and admittedly a tad nervous about anything developing down the line.

[fj1200]

... given the shady origins...

Like trump FDA signing off on it and practically the only thing about COVID he did right?

[darin]

Am unsure how I feel about never taking that (or any) vaccine, thanks to a history of vaccine-induced *rhabdomyolysis. And I wonder had we done the covid thing more like chicken-pox (when someone is sick, bring over otherwise-healthy folk so they can get it, then build future immunity) we'd have been better-off.


*"Rhabdomyolysis is a complex medical condition involving the rapid dissolution of damaged or injured skeletal muscle. This disruption of skeletal muscle integrity leads to the direct release of intracellular muscle components, including myoglobin, creatine kinase (CK), aldolase, and lactate dehydrogenase, as well as electrolytes, into the bloodstream and extracellular space. Rhabdomyolysis ranges from an asymptomatic illness with elevation in the CK level to a life-threatening condition associated with extreme elevations in CK, electrolyte imbalances, acute renal failure (ARF), and disseminated intravascular coagulation." Normal CK range is 22 to 198 U/L. My CK levels were 50,000 u/L.