Fri. Oct. 20, 2023: Post Vaccine Blues
image courtesy of NeiFo via pixabay.comFriday, October 20, 2023
Waxing Moon
Saturn, Neptune, Chiron, Uranus, Jupiter Retrograde
Weirdly greenish gray sky and cool
Today’s serial episode is from ANGEL HUNT:
Episode 78: Gaston Explains the Demon of Gaul
Gaston has an unexpected personal connection to the demon.
Tomorrow’s serial episode is from DEADLY DRAMATICS:
Episode 28: Grace Painter’s Opportunity
Nina, Nigel, and Andrew work together to protect a vulnerable client from a conman.
Yesterday was vaccine booster day, Shot #6 for us.
I managed to draft an episode of Legerdemain before we left.
We headed up to Walmart (I can’t believe that’s where we got our shots). There was a lot of paperwork, but they were very nice and got it through and cleared by insurance. Unlike CVS, smirking as they find reasons NOT to put it through, the people here just kept at it until it went through.
We got our jabs – Moderna.
Uh, oh.
My first two shots were Moderna, and they took me down badly. My mom only had Pfizer. But we got Moderna.
For most of yesterday, we were just very, very tired (within about 30 minutes of getting the shot). About 4 hours after, our arms started hurting. But we just lounged around, alternating reading with napping with drinking lots of water. Sitting up for more than ten or twenty minutes at a time took too much work.
We were hungry enough to eat lunch and dinner.
But by 8 PM, I got the chills. Bad, bad chills, so bad I physically shook. I went to bed and swaddled myself in blankets, trying to get warm. Charlotte sat on me, doing her part.
I sort of dozed off, but woke up around midnight, absolutely miserable. Everything hurt. I couldn’t get comfortable, and was shifting around every few minutes. I should have hoisted myself out of bed and taken some liquid Tylenol, but that was too hard.
Around 4:30, I fed the cats, took the Tylenol, and finally fell asleep until about 8. I have a little bit of a fever, but nothing like the last few jabs.
My mom had a bad night, too, with arm pain. She is not enjoying the Moderna experience. I’m not either, but it’s still not as bad as the first two Moderna shots.
Today, we take it easy. I’m about to migrate to the couch, where, again, I will read and nap. We’re just going to take it slow. That’s why I cleared off the next few days, so we don’t have to worry.
Hopefully, we’ll feel better by tomorrow. There’s supposed to be a Nor’easter coming through, so it’s not like we’d go out and about anyway.
Have a good weekend, and I’ll catch you on the other side.
