I got my second dose of Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 yesterday (Thursday, March 18, 2021). I feel fine, soreness in my arm overnight which subsided early in the day and now is mild (11 hours after the shot) – the shot was yesterday at about 2:10 pm and it is now 12:45 pm.
Update – Later in afternoon I started to feel tired, I slept on the couch for a few hours, I got up to eat some dinner but then laid down again and went to bed around 8:30 pm… I feel better this morning at about 8:20 am Saturday.
I got my shots at the Morris County Regional Vaccine Center on the first floor of the old Sears Store at the Rockaway Mall.
When I went for the first shot it was a lot warmer than yesterday and I went right in but then waited a long time inside as there were a lot of people there at that time (February 25, 2021).
Yesterday was chilly and raining. I got there about 15 minutes early and when I got to the line the guard told me to come back at 1:40, about 12 minutes later. Since it was raining I went back to the car and waited…. I got to the line again and was told to come back at 1:45 (5 minutes later). I walked over to the mall entrance and went inside and waited about 5 minutes.
At that point I went to the end of a line, a nice young man and I arrived at the line together, he was actually ahead of me and he told me to go in front of him. That was so nice – there are nice people out there for sure. It took about 15 minutes before we got to shelter near the entrance. It was crazy we had to wait outside in the rain. However this was the only bad experience the waiting in the rain, so I will not concentrate on that.
When I got to the nurse that I was assigned to she said “Oh, I remember you!” I said you do, from my eyes? She said “no – you were the one with the cut off name that I fixed”. Yes, I did remember her… the first time I had said to her my name was “Christopher” not “Christoph”. That my license says Christoph so she took the card and added “er” to the end…… Pretty cool it was the same nurse…
The vaccine is a miracle of science that is based on technology that his evolved over the last 20 or 30 years – starting with the mapping of the gnome so many years ago. For most people the vaccine is safe and will be part of the key that will get us to some form of normal – with herd immunity.
Unfortunately Megan did not get an appointment locally at the Morris County Regional Center so she has an appointment the end of month in Southern Jersey about 2 hours away. We are hoping something pops up locally before that appointment. But we will do the trip if we have to.
Also, it does not matter which vaccine you get because you get protection from all of them.
Please let me know how you are doing and if you got the vaccine.
Great to hear!
I am fully vaccinated as well and feel a sense of relief and look forward to getting the world to a better place.
Vaccinated also!! We were fortunate and our doctors got it for us. There was no waiting for it. We got our 2nd one 2/2 and there, definitely, is a sense of “some” security. I just feel better about going shopping, etc. Bob is still apprehensive but, he doesn’t do the shopping anyway. I wish you didn’t have to go so far for Megan but, if that’s what you have to do, so be it. Glad you are vaccinated.