My BF & I got our 1st Moderna shots March 24th, and will get our 2nd ones April 21st.
After filling out the online vaccine request forms for two of Detroit’s vaccination centers, we heard back from one a couple days later, and made our appt’s for the very next day!
We arrived to see no one in line to fill out the registration forms, nor to be signed in. When we got to the cafeteria where the shots are administered, the nurses far outnumbered the folks getting shots. We got ours right away (my nurse was wonderful, and she loved my pissed off Felix the Cat t-shirt), and when we sat down at the back for the 15 minute “wait and see if you have a reaction,” there were only five other people.
The injection itself was barely noticeable, and I really hate needles. My BF had no side effects other than a slightly sore arm and feeling a little tired. My arm wound up in tetanus shot territory after a day or two, and I felt like hell for a week. My knees, ankles, and shoulders ached. I was very tired and very sad - I kept crying seemingly for no reason. Mom died last August, and I lost two old friends w/in 3 weeks in March, so maybe it turned the grief into general weepiness. My arm still hurts a little once in a while.
I’m V allergic to flu shots - bad flu symptoms that last two weeks - but there’s no comparison between that reaction and this one. I’m planning to take acetaminophen and go straight to bed after the 2nd shot, though.
