Originally Posted by
go_buccos
Background: I'm 46, 5'11", average weight, (165) and in average physical condition. I had what I would term a "moderate" case of COVID back in early January. No severe symptoms or shortness of breath, but was legit knocked on my ass for about 10 days. Onset of symptoms was January 2nd, and they finally disappeared on January 14th.
I got the first Pfizer shot last Wednesday the 21st under immense pressure from my girlfriend, who I live with, and who had a much milder case of COVID at the same time I did. I resisted for awhile before finally giving in, but I felt the whole time like i was making a mistake and I just didn't need the vaccine yet.
Timeline since then:
Rest of Wednesday: progressively sorer arm around injection site
Thursday: Sore arm continued and general muscle/body aches
Friday: Aches not as bad, but beginnings of a scratchy throat
Saturday: Full-on head cold symptoms, but feel fine otherwise
Yesterday: Absolutely knocked on my ass. Felt like I couldn't get out of bed. All head cold type symptoms still present plus a modest (99.4) fever in the evening
Today: No more fever and I "feel" better, but my head still feels like its going to explode.
My girlfriend (who I love dearly, but who basically takes her life cues from Don Lemon, Chris Cuomo and Trevor Noah) is trying to gaslight me into thinking that this is somehow not related to the shot. Because you know, the vaccines are perfect and nothing bad could EVER happen to people given a vaccine tested for 15-20% of the normal study period for these types of things to get approval... right???
The research I've done leads me to believe that there's a definite correlation between the fact that I had a recent moderate COVID case and the bad vaccine side effects. Simply put, I already had robust immunity and the shot:
A.) was redundant, and
B.) had the effect of sending my immune system into overdrive.
Unless I see something ground breaking that changes my mind, there is currently a 0.0% chance of my keeping my 2nd shot appointment.
I'm by NO MEANS an anti-vaxxer or telling anybody to get or not get the vaccine... All I'm saying is don't let societal pressure or pressure from others (regardless of ideology) affect the medical decisions that you make for yourself.
If by this past January you mean just 3.5 months ago, not 15.5 months ago, I would have got vaccine with the intent of getting just one. Even the experts have weighed only one shot for those who had COVID even mid year last year. Yours being so recent, I’d feel completely covered by that one you got. You basically got a second shot reaction to first shot, which makes perfect sense.
I think it would be the official recommendation and protocol that those with Covid get one shot if so many people weren’t convinced they had COVID without getting a positive test. I’d say of ten people who were convinced they had it, some I was even convinced, only two ended up actually having it. I think they are worried about saying just get one because of the self-diagnose crowd convinced they had it without verification.
If you just had it this January, I assume you got a positive test as testing was prevalent, and I’d consider myself done.
If I was just pretty sure I had it, maybe even almost positive, but didn’t have a positive test, I’d get both. That sounds like an unpleasant few days, but nothing you can’t handle or couldn’t handle again. With a positive test three months ago, fuck having a bad few days again unnecessarily. That would be my approach. Glad you’re feeling better.
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