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I went to my primary care doctor office to get my monthly b-12 shot today and asked if she would give it in my right shoulder as my left was where I got second covid shot a couple days ago. I asked why my arm hurt so bad the first time but not so much the second dose. the nurse said sometimes it's not the shot per se but where on the arm the nurse gives it. She said if the nurse gives it high near the shoulder it is more painful???? I also asked about why my mammogram was cancelled due to the vaccine and she said the same thing a previous poster had said.....the vaccine is causing some lymph nodes to swell and show up on the mammogram?
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Based on our experience, I think she's right! About a half hour after I posted, my shoulder did start to hurt and it is higher up near my shoulder. I believe my dd's shot was also higher up. My dh and ds still say they aren't experiencing any pain. Their shots were administered lower down on their arm.Comment
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Patiently waiting. Our city only has moderna and with the clotting issues it has caused, I dont feel comfortable with it (as I have had clotting issues in the past). Just waiting for the johnson and johnson to make it here!Comment
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From everybody that I know who's had the Moderna vaccine, side affects have been so different for everybody. Most are fine by the 24-36 hour mark afterwards. Myself, I only had a couple hours of fatigue. My sister had fatigue and felt a little crummy 24 hrs. later, took Tylenol and went to bed early, was fine. Same with dh and he went to work throughout. My niece, age 54, had to call out work and stay home in bed with chills/fever for 24 hrs. My brother has gout and it made his gout flare up. The scariest part is the not knowing how it'd affect you.
Our # are increasing in Vermont.
Between nursing homes, correctional centers and schools, we're getting a lot of new cases every day. Pair that with people appearing out of the woodwork due to better weather, feeling safer due to vaccines, more face-to-face classes, and I think people are so sick of being cooped up plus figure if they haven't gotten it by now.......... # are going to jump for awhile longer.
I'm just going to keep to my extreme introverted ways.
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This is definitely the scariest part. Our next shot is scheduled on a Sunday. I'm hoping I won't have to close that Monday but will be warning my dc parents to have a plan B in place just in case. My dd has been dealing with Lyme Disease for the past 13 years and I am more concerned about how her body will react to the second shot than I am about the rest of us. I haven't heard of any particular problem with LD sufferers but she's got enough going on that she doesn't need anything else to make her feel worse physically.
Same here. The site we went to was one of the "mass vaccination" sites set up by the state. It was located in a very large shopping mall and although we're also experiencing growing numbers of Covid again in this state, the parking lot and garage were packed full of cars. We didn't go into the mall itself but my dd did the day before when she was looking for the vaccination site. She said she felt very uncomfortable with the number of people inside the mall itself; it was way too crowded. I get that people are tired of being cooped up. I just wish they could/would tough it out a little longer so we could stop going through these surge cycles.Our # are increasing in Vermont. Between nursing homes, correctional centers and schools, we're getting a lot of new cases every day. Pair that with people appearing out of the woodwork due to better weather, feeling safer due to vaccines, more face-to-face classes, and I think people are so sick of being cooped up plus figure if they haven't gotten it by now.......... # are going to jump for awhile longer.
I'm just going to keep to my extreme introverted ways.Comment
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How ironic, people don't want to be cooped up so they go somewhere that is over crowded and they have a harder time to move around and no fresh air, just like a chicken in a chicken coop.
When I feel cooped up I head to the nature and go for a walk with my kids, free range.Comment
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Ours was at the fair grounds. They used the rodeo/livestock show building in the loading area, where they offload cattle. It was a large, long (spotless clean) building with many garage doors on each side creating 12 or so "drive throughs". Completely open air and covered from the rain,.
One car entered at a time, stopped in front of a table with staff and just hung their arm out. They then followed the gates around to the public parking lot, parked for 15 minutes, honked if they felt ill (National Reserve Soldiers on duty) and turned in their expired time stamp/personal info card on the way out to get their vaccine card. Simple. Right?
Even then people were complaining about being treated like cattle.
It was free, fast, super efficient and low risk. What more could you ask for? They expected it to be more "social" and "dignified".
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Ours was at the fair grounds. They used the rodeo/livestock show building in the loading area, where they offload cattle. It was a large, long (spotless clean) building with many garage doors on each side creating 12 or so "drive throughs". Completely open air and covered from the rain,. One car entered at a time, stopped in front of a table with staff and just hung their arm out. They then followed the gates around to the public parking lot, parked for 15 minutes, honked if they felt ill (National Reserve Soldiers on duty) and turned in their expired time stamp/personal info card on the way out to get their vaccine card. Simple. Right?
Even then people were complaining about being treated like cattle. It was free, fast, super efficient and low risk. What more could you ask for? They expected it to be more "social" and "dignified". I was just happy my family members and I were all able to get a shot at all! 
I do wish our state set up their mass vaccination sites like yours though. For whatever reason, our state hasn't done such a great job with the distribution of vaccines up until now. We actually had an outdoor site set up in our town at the senior center five minutes away from our home. From everything I read, it was well organized, quick and everyone stayed in their cars to get their shots, too. It would have been so great if we could have gone there to get our shots. Unfortunately, the state decided to stop sending vaccines to them in favor of the mass vaccination sites. I will say that although we had to travel almost an hour to get there, the site we went to this weekend was well organized and while it's considered a "mass vaccination site", there weren't long lines of people waiting to get in. It was located in a large, vacant store (used to be a Sears department store so huge!) that had a separate entrance from the mall itself. Everyone had to wait in their cars until 10 minutes before their appointment and follow Covid protocols once inside. Once registered, you moved to an area where you were assigned to one of several tents where you got the vaccine. You then went to one of two large waiting areas where you either waited for 15 or 30 minutes after your shot to make sure you weren't suffering from any serious side effects. It was a day set aside for teachers and child care workers and you had to have an appointment so there weren't many people in the building at any one time. I would have preferred an outside venue like the one you described but it was definitely less crowded than the grocery store I shop at every weekend so I felt relatively safe. Definitely had no interest at all in walking the mall itself!Comment
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My husband and I will finally get our vaccines this Friday. I am in NY and the supply has been iffy. Eligibility has not meant availability around here. So, we are driving over an hour away to receive our vaccines. Not even sure if it's going to be moderna/Pfizer or J&JComment
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My state just made the vaccine available to anyone over age 16 regardless of physical health. Anyone over 16 yrs of age is eligible. My son went online this morning to make an appointment and is scheduled to get his this Friday already.
Im saddened to hear of so many people in other states still struggling to get theirs. I wonder why some states are having so much trouble...if it's the way in which they've managed distribution or if it's having enough supply or what.
My state isn't small and has it's fair share of major cities etc and I haven't really heard of anyone really having issues with getting vaccinated at all.Comment
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We both got the Moderna version. No issues what so ever. My hubby did complain of a bit of a sore arm from both shots but that is it. No other side effects at all.
I didn't have a sore arm from either the first or second shot.
I was all prepared and waited...! But nothing.
Hoping you and your hubby have the same experience! happyfaceComment
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❤ Glad to know you both had positive experiences!We both got the Moderna version. No issues what so ever. My hubby did complain of a bit of a sore arm from both shots but that is it. No other side effects at all.
I didn't have a sore arm from either the first or second shot.
I was all prepared and waited...! But nothing.
Hoping you and your hubby have the same experience! happyfaceComment
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Hubby and I got Pfizered today. So far, so good.Comment
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