Don't get your Covid Vaccination in your toilet paper arm.
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Don't get your Covid Vaccination in your toilet paper arm.
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I still had enough range-of-motion to handle the one "left-handed" bathroom in my house (the only one downstairs). But yeah, went with non-dominant arm, forgetting that I mostly sleep on that side, so it woke me up every time I rolled onto it.
Thought about doing right arm on the second dose, until it dawned on me that the reason I sleep left-side-down is probably because the right side has the marginal rotator cuff.
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I didn't have much pain at the injection site. Not enough to wake me up if I slept on that arm. Same for both shots - didn't react much to either shot.
However, I have a friend who had a strong reaction to the second shot.
Mike
[Added: Moderna vaccine]
Last edited by Mike Henderson; 03-25-2021 at 3:05 PM.
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Every vaccinator I know will tell you that arm soreness from any shot comes from having your arm muscles too tense during the injection. I made sure mine was relaxed and I felt no soreness. Didn't feel the needle at all, actually. Its just human nature to tense up when you see it coming.
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We got the J and J for several reasons, it’s hard to find an appointment here for anything, it’s 100 percent effective at keeping you out of the hospital and I’m coming off immunotherapy so we were worried about the Pfizer one especially. My wife had no side effects much but a very sore arm and I had zero arm problems but very tired and achy for 12 days out of 14. I’m out cutting up the bottom 13ft of a tree today.
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I got the 2nd Pfizer last Thursday (3/19) and had mild symptoms, not enough to affect toilet paper usage. The following Monday (3 days) we were feeling pretty good about being able to get out again. We went for supper at a restaurant within walking distance and sat on the patio enjoying the return to normal life. Monday I had a scratchy throat, Tuesday felt worse with aches all over and a cough, Wednesday ran a pretty high fever, (peaked at 102 with Advil) and had congestion and a cough. Today I am on the mend. I don’t know if I had a delayed reaction to the vaccination, spring allergies morphing into upper respiratory infection, or actual COVID. Whatever it was, I got to watch a lot of women’s basketball.
Tom B and all others might want to consider putting the TP on the floor in front of your good arm. And, don’t test your luck getting out too soon.
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3 to 8 days after vaccine to develop symptoms is not uncommon.Originally Posted by Thomas Wilson
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I received my second Pfizer shot last Saturday. Sunday I felt like a zombie with a sore arm. I was at 60% Monday, and back to normal on Tuesday.
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My arm was fine the day after the first phizer shot. 12 hours after the second dose I developed a 102 temperature that I was able to knock down to 101 with some tylenol. the temp stayed at 101 for 24 hours before it broke. After that I was fine.
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Lee,
Why is there a red dot on my screen that take me to a news channel when I click it?
Is that something SMC puts on there or is it a virus on my computer.
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My wife and I had the Moderna vaccine and both vaccinations. We had a minor sore arm each time and that was it.
Ken
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It's the status indicator for the nanochips Microsoft embedded in your COVID shot.
It'll turn green when the second batch goes active.
Yoga class makes me feel like a total stud, mostly because I'm about as flexible as a 2x4.
"Design"? Possibly. "Intelligent"? Sure doesn't look like it from this angle.
We used to be hunter gatherers. Now we're shopper borrowers.
The three most important words in the English language: "Front Towards Enemy".
The world makes a lot more sense when you remember that Butthead was the smart one.
You can never be too rich, too thin, or have too much ammo.
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I was going to post exactly the same thing. It was about like a mosquito bite, to me, without the itching. My Wife, my 104 year old Mother, and I had absolutely no side effects from the Moderna vaccines.
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I've had years of weekly allergy shots at various stages of my life, so I don't tense up at needles. In any case, this wasn't muscle pain, it was joint pain in the shoulder, several inches up from the injection site.
Oddly enough, that shoulder was pretty much the only thing that didn't hurt after the second shot: that one beat me up good most of the next day. My theory is that the second shot reacts with antibodies from the first shot.
(Moderna, if anyone is keeping track.)
Last edited by Lee DeRaud; 03-25-2021 at 1:10 PM.
Yoga class makes me feel like a total stud, mostly because I'm about as flexible as a 2x4.
"Design"? Possibly. "Intelligent"? Sure doesn't look like it from this angle.
We used to be hunter gatherers. Now we're shopper borrowers.
The three most important words in the English language: "Front Towards Enemy".
The world makes a lot more sense when you remember that Butthead was the smart one.
You can never be too rich, too thin, or have too much ammo.
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Medical Doctor explaining why the second dose is an a**-kicker:
My wife had a very similar response to mine but hers was Moderna.
Erik
Ex-SCM and Felder rep
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