After the stress and difficulty of trying to find available vaccine and then trying to get an appointment, the relief I feel after receiving my first Covid19 shot is just off the charts.
I saw another blogger mention vaccinefinder.org site as a useful place to find one's local vaccine possibilities and it worked great for Nevada although I was less successful in helping family in Oregon. I was able to choose a location, a time and even which vaccine I preferred.
The pharmacy could have organized the wait line better, but the actual facility was well organized. I know we spent less time filling out paperwork, getting our shot and waiting the requisite fifteen minutes of monitoring than we did waiting in a very unorganized and definitely not socially-distanced line. But it was worth it!
I could picture little yellow minions running up to the mRNA bits circulating in my arm, chattering to each other in alarm and then getting down to business dealing with the new invader. I can hardly wait until they meet the enemy on the 29th when we are scheduled to receive our second dose!
Our side effects? So minimal that they are almost not worth mentioning! The mild soreness at the injection site didn't stop me from completing my upper body weightlifting routine or interfere with a good night's sleep.
I don't know how we'll feel after the second injection, but knowing that we are one step closer to visiting the grand-daughters and the great-grandson will be worth any discomfort.
It's completely amazing to me that Pfizer and Moderna both completely prevented any deaths in the clinical trials. And that hospitalizations due to severe symptoms were non-existent. I have so much respect and admiration for the scientists who worked on vaccine research that I can't even put it into words.
It feels like a whole new world of possibilities has opened up. Visiting with elderly relatives maskless! Eventually travelling to hug our favorite kidlets! Buying groceries knowing that I won't die or require hospitalization. Might even chance some retail therapy to buy something that I don't need, on a whim.
Thank heavens I've lived in a time when polio and smallpox were conquered, when my children were protected from whooping cough and chicken pox (we have an extensive family history of shingles that I'm thrilled they won't have to suffer), and now we are fortunate to be rescued from the novel coronavirus. A safe vaccine that was created in less than a year, thanks to previous experience with SARS and cancer therapies.
So, if you are on the fence, jump off and join me! The grass really IS greener on this side!
Stay safe and healthy, friends. Be kind and be thoughtful.
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