ON NEW YEAR’S EVE I WAS GIVEN MY FIRST COVID SHOT (MODERNA). I HAVE
SHELLFISH AND BEE ALLERGIES BUT HAD NO REACTION TO THE FIRST SHOT. NOT
EVEN A SORE ARM. AT 2:00PM ON JAN. 26TH I RECEIVED MY SECOND SHOT. I
FELT GREAT! I WENT ABOUT MY DAY AS USUAL, GOT A FLICKER OF A
HEADACHE, BUT IT WOULD DISAPPEAR. I WENT TO BED AROUND MIDNIGHT,
AND AT 2:00AM I WOKE UP WITH CHILLS, A CRACKING HEADACHE AND SUPER
SORE MUSCLES EVERYWHERE. EVEN MY ARM WAS SORE! NOW, THIS JUST
MEANS YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM IS BUILDING IMMUNITIES AGAINST CORONA,
AND THAT IS A GOOD THING. I MUST SAY THAT IT WAS WEIRD FEELING SICK,
BUT NOT REALLY BEING SICK. REMEMBER, THE VIRUS IS NOT IN THE SHOT!
THE CHILLS, FATIGUE, HEADACHE AND ACHY MUSCLES LASTED INTO THE NIGHT.
I COULD NOT IMAGINE BEING ABLE TO WORK THE NEXT DAY. BUT AT 2:00AM
(EXACTLY 24 HOURS LATER) EVERYTHING STOPPED. LIKE A LIGHT SWITCH. I
WOKE UP FEELING PERFECT! I EVEN WENT FOR A RUN LATER IN THE DAY AND I
HAVE CONTINUED TO FEEL HEALTHY AND SYMPTOM FREE.
THE ONE DAY OF ACHES AND CHILLS IS TOTALLY WORTH THE PEACE OF MIND
KNOWING HOW MUCH WORSE CATCHING CORONA CAN BE. AGAIN, MY SIDE
EFFECTS OF THE SHOT DID NOT MEAN I HAD CORONA. YOU CAN NOT GET
CORONA FROM THE SHOT. EVERYONE WILL HAVE DIFFERENT REACTIONS TO
THE SECOND SHOT. IF YOU ARE OVER 65, YOU TEND TO HAVE NO SIDE EFFECTS
FROM THE VACCINE.
I AM GRATEFUL TO HAVE RECEIVED THE VACCINE. WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN FOR
THE SECOND VACCINE, PLAN ON TAKING THE NEXT DAY OFF OF WORK IF YOU
NEED TOO. I WAS NOT ABLE TO AND THAT WAS REALLY TOUGH. YOU WILL DO
AMAZING! WE ARE ONE STEP CLOSER TO BETTER DAYS.