I am scheduled to get my first injection a week from tomorrow. No idea which one will be offered!

chisue talk to your doctors. It may have been the salt in the saline solution that stopped the cramps rather than just being dehydrated. Drinking water unless you drink too much is an excellent idea but if in a week or so you have cramps again call your doctor.

Thanks for all the responses, everyone. As it turned out, I didn't get the second shot as scheduled. My cardiologist advised against it because I was experiencing an irregular heartbeat---and had been for 10 days. It wasn't because of any anxiety about the shot; I think it was a culmination of a bunch of factors, including four years of worry about the state of our country and its divisions, which got worse and worse, and exist even now. Living alone, keeping on top of the news, and spending way too much time in my head for almost a year hasn't been a good thing.

Anyway, the doctor wants me on a Holter monitor for 24 hours soon, and then I'll see about rescheduling the shot.

LadyPat, are you feeling better today? I hope so. Dizziness is so unpleasant.

I wish we could get our first one! Not happening any time soon here. It's so screwed up. We are on every list I can find.

Just got my 2nd Pfizer shot. No issues with 1st except very sore arm.

Just got the second Pfizer today and I have a sore arm. No other problems so far.

Alsande Thank you for asking . NO still much dizziness, did get into PT and they did the Epley Maneuver for BPPV. I do the drunk walk when I get up in the morning and gradually get better through the day, then start over again the next day. I am thinking it is not a side effect of the covid vaccine.

I'm sorry to hear that, Ladypat. It sounds awful. I wonder if propping your upper body up in bed would help. Might not be easy to sleep that way at first, but worth it if it helps.

DH and DDIL, both health care providers, have each had both doses of Moderna. DDIL was sick in bed with both, DH cruised right through with no ill effects.

We had our second Pfizer shot nearly three weeks ago with no reactions whatsoever, not even a sore arm. We certainly don’t believe it’s a ticket to party wildly, which at our age (70s) would probably mean staying out till 10:00 PM, but I did get together with about a dozen fully vaccinated friends outside on one of the two beautiful days we’ve had since the deep freeze. It’s a good feeling. Alisande, we’re going to be watching for updates about your Holter results.

24 hours after the second shot I did have a slight fever, chills and a sore throat and fatigue. It lasted through the day and now I am back to normal.

ladypat1 I know you didn't get the Moderna vaccine but on their website they list dizziness or weakness as a possible severe allergic reaction. The CDC also considers dizziness a serious post vaccine reaction with the advice that a health care provider should be called right away.https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/videos/coronavirus/expect-after-getting-COVID-19-vaccine-transcript.pdf

I'm back to deciding what to do about my second shot because the Holter monitor has been scheduled for March 9, and it would be too much of a delay to wait until that's done. I really don't want to start over with another "first" shot.

I went through something similar with my heart when I was in perimenopause and I've started doing what helped me then, including progressive relaxations (yoga nidra) every day. In addition, I've cut myself off from the news, and have been sticking to that. I don't know how Lester Holt and Chuck Todd are managing without me! I've been feeling a lot better than I had been. So as far as the second shot goes, I think I'm going to Just Do It.

Alisande - you don't have to start over, the shot is the same whether it's the 1st or 2nd. As for delays between shots, it's being studied and so far they aren't seeing any negative issues. Many officials are considering getting more people vaccinated by only giving one dose to as many as possible and wait until mass vaccination to give the second dose.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-it-safe-to-delay-a-second-covid-vaccine-dose/

Glad to hear you figured out how to make yourself feel better, Alisande. I've had to cut myself off from the news for a few days now and then, but not lately. It's such a relief to not be tense all the time and waiting for lotsa shoes to drop. I find watching comedies, often older ones, helpful to my state of being. Is there any way you could meet a friend or family member at a park for a walk? I find that helpful, as well.

Thanks, Sjerin. Not yet for the walk, but I do need exercise. I've been neglecting it badly. I'm going back to dancing in my kitchen, like I did at the beginning of the pandemic. ("Alexa, play Paul Simon (or AC/DC)." lol)

But I did get the second shot today!

I hope all goes well, Alisande

Still trying to get my first one!

We finally got our second shots of Moderna today. We were originally scheduled for last Saturday but they didnt get their vaccine. They did eventually get not only this weeks but last week's. Kaiser is vaccinating 26,000 people in my state (Wa) today. I am over the moon. Such a relief. I will let you know if I have any side effects but I am sure it will be fine. No matter what. It was well done both times. Lots of organization and very well managed. We were diverted to a different clinic than the first time since they were doing first timers at the original site. Oh hooray. I am high risk and so ready for this opportunity.

I’m happy to hear you got your 2nd shot. Alisande. The peace of mind that comes with getting it can help with your stress.

Thanks, Rose and Maddielee. Yes, it's a good feeling to have gotten it done.

Hounds, I wish you luck. Maybe the arrival of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine will help.

still waiting to hear when my group will be served. have called to get on several lists, but they warn it's 'going to be awhile.' DW got her 2nd moderna shot last week [health care worker] and so it shouldn't be coming home with her. she had a somewhat sore injection site, and a bad headache the second day [saturday]; was fine next day.

I got it today. I was told that any reaction would show up 10 to 14 hours later, if I recall correctly. It has been 10 hours, and so far so good. Can't wait for everyone to be able to get theirs.

Good news, the J&J vaccine has been approved and shipments have started. Hoping this will relieve some of the backup and speed the process. I'd much prefer to have the one shot and since I live in a rural area I'll have a better chance of getting a shot that doesn't require extreme storage temps.

Sheilajoyce, by now it's been about 16 hours for you--and same for me. I feel fine. But I don't think we're necessarily in the clear. This article from a health system that owns several hospitals in this region says, "Side effects of the vaccine typically occur between 24 and 48 hours after you receive the injection."

Geisinger article

Ha! I cant get 1st shot cuz of my age and im healthy. Maybe by June

Had my first Moderna yesterday, the second will be in four weeks. My injection site is tender, just like the regular flu shot. My mother, age 103, goes for her second tomorrow. If the elderly have fewer reactions, she will be good! I’ll stay with her for a few hours to be sure. I’m certainly glad to be on my way to being fully vaccinated, but it will be quite awhile before we are all mask free. I plan on using hand sanitizer forever, as well as increased hand washing.

No first jab yet. ole joyful (

My first ever one-line message?)

So we got our second Moderna yesterday as per above. Today I have similar tenderness in my arm as my first but DH is getting all the symptoms. Fever, chills, headache, muscle aches etc. He was more sore the first time. Still we are thrilled to have our vaccine, but will not stop masking and taking precautions.

Good luck to the rest of you waiting for your jabs.

Wahoo! Just booked for 1st shot this Friday. Yay!

Yes, we both had #2 a few weeks ago, the over 65 bracket opened in January. We're all set but for reports of new strains apparently beyond the effectiveness of the current vaccines. Wait and see time.

Wait and see indeed. Other than people being infected with the new strains with the health organizations urging caution it raises warning flags for me. I was already worrying about additional damage to people who had the previous strains. I have a friend who was left with heart and lung damage from the virus. Only forced oxygen no intubation.

It is already known that there will be people who never will be able to return to what their normal was so the new strains should increase that number. A red flag to me was the announcement that parts of Brazil were going back into lockdown. From what I have read about the previous lockdown kept people off the streets with stuff delivered to them by the local security forces.

Figured I'd update to say it's been two days and other than a somewhat sore arm, which I hardly notice, and maybe more fatigue than usual (although it's hard to tell), I've had no reaction to the second shot. I suppose this could mean I have a wimpy immune system--or likely it's busy dealing with my chronic Lyme and Babesiosis. My age is probably a factor too.

A family member in her 60s got the second shot the same day as I, and the next day she experienced all the unpleasant reactions. Fortunately, she felt a lot better this morning.

One of the concerns that will keep me home although not as much is the various statements I have seen that the new strains are no more damaging that the first one. To me that translates into the health concern is still there but doctors know more about how to treat the virus if a person develops one or even more of the new strains. No where have I read that the new strains are less serious than the previous ones.

The vaccines are supposed to protect you from serious damage. Both Pfizer and Moderna have had no people who got the vaccine who had serious issues after getting the virus.

I've been home about an hour from getting my second Pfizer vaccine.

Sore arm with both Pfizer doses. Slightly more sore with the second one. No other issues.

J&J is able to ship only 4 million doses for now so it isn't going to be widely available for a while.

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it is allowing undiluted frozen vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine to be transported and stored at conventional temperatures commonly found in pharmaceutical freezers for a period of up to two weeks. This reflects an alternative to the preferred storage of the undiluted vials in an ultra-low temperature freezer between -80ºC to -60ºC (-112ºF to -76ºF).

“Pfizer submitted data to the FDA to support this alternative temperature for transportation and storage. This alternative temperature for transportation and storage of the undiluted vials is significant and allows the vials to be transported and stored under more flexible conditions. The alternative temperature for transportation and storage will help ease the burden of procuring ultra-low cold storage equipment for vaccination sites and should help to get vaccine to more sites,” said Peter Marks, M.D., Ph.D., director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.

The pope was happy to get the vaccine and strongly encourages all to do so.

Had my second today at 11 a.m. Feel fine so far. If I push on the injection site, it does hurt, though.

According to the news, I should be able to get mine by summer. We will see. If the first roll out for the seniors is any indication of how poorly our provincial government is doing these, I may wait until near the end because they had seniors with walkers standing outside in the cold with their walkers waiting long after their appointed times to get theirs, and it was below freezing outside. I don't do lineups.

We got our second one yesterday and stayed in our car. I had the best night's sleep in over a year as I felt a huge sense of relief.

"I had the best night's sleep in over a year as I felt a huge sense of relief."

We're getting our second shots tmw. Hoping for the same!

We haven't even had our first vaccine dose. Our county of more than 55.000 has only received 2600 vaccine doses since Jan. 30th, all of which (rightfully) went to medical personnel/first responders, and left over doses were administered to nursing home residents/long term care facility residents. The rest of us may get vaccinated in summer, if we are lucky.

Got my first shot today. Wahoo!!

Second Pfizer dose done yesterday. Our arms are more sore than before but that's about it.

Second Moderna this afternoon. So far not even a sore arm. The first one produced no side effects. We'll see tomorrow when some get aches and chills. A doctor friend of ours spent the second day in bed after the second moderna shot.

When I got my 1st dose on Friday, I was given information about the CDC's app for reporting side effects, called V-safe. As part of this, the CDC will contact you via the app to ask how you are, any problems, any illness.

I hope that any of you who have had side effects (I had a rash the next day, that lasted about 16 hours) have downloaded it and are participating. This is how we can help to know just how effective the vaccines are as well as the issues people are having with them.

Raee, I tried to use V-Safe via my computer, but apparently it works only with phones. I have a phone, but still don't use it much as I don't have a cell signal at home.