General Discussion

Man those phlebotomists were good!

IDK how they do it, but they squeeze your arm firmly a certain way as the needle is going in and I couldn't feel it at any level whatsoever. Other people had the same experience. My wife didn't really believe she got her 1st vaccine when it happened, ask repeatedly if he was sure he gave her one and even went back after a couple minutes in the recovery area and asked yet again, lol. She got the same guy who gave her the first vaccine yesterday and it was he who remembered. She is such a baby around needles it's ridiculous. That and snakes.

While I only experienced a sore arm 2 days later the first time, I certainly feel the effects of this second vaccine which, so far is just a sore arm and overall ache not unlike the beginning stages of the flu. I hesitated to use the word malaise but that's really what it is, lol.

No nasal or loss of taste issues so far and I've avoided taking any NSAIDs under the theory that the mRNA is teaching my immune system to detect, react and kill any future COVID 19 I may run into. From what I've read, this feels bad is apparently a necessary part of the learning process? So I figure a day or five even feeling this way won't kill me. I'm retired but I feel for young families where both parents must work yet avoid COVID somehow. Hopefully with the Biden Admin now on the case and the new one shot vaccine available, they can get vaccinated much sooner.