Will you get the covid vaccine!

Just got the word that I get my first dose of Pfizer on Wednesday. I am a nurse so that's why I am getting so soon here. Happy tears, so grateful!

I am in Texas. I am in group 1B. I was able to get moderna vaccine December 30.

Texas has it together with vaccine. Its probably because I'm in big DFW

My 81 yr old mom is in SC. They open up on the 13th for her group. But they dont have online portals for people to sign up. Seems kind of backwards. They expect all those people to be calling the listed facilities. I looked on one of the listed facilities...it said do not call. So I've been writing SC representatives to see if they can get this together.

Received my first dose of pfizer today. Felt just like a flu shot. Will update if I get anything other than a sore arm over the next few days. It was a room filled with hope, and more than a few shedding a grateful tear.

So I didn't realize that all the Covid vaccines are considered reactogenic. I ended up getting an immune response including the chills/aches/headache/fatigue that lasted about 24 hours total. It's perfectly normal and I am absolutely still excited for my second dose. I just should have planned for a quiter day and a babysitter for my 2 year old. Oops. Will do that for my next dose. I don't want to deter anyone from getting the vaccine. This is normal and expected, and so very mild compared to Covid-19, but I think it helps to know that it's not uncommon and to plan in case you have a similar experience.

If you are interested in providing data for any side effects for vaccine, CDC website has V-SAFE as an option. It was strongly encouraged for hospital staff to do so but optional. I got a text daily to answer 4 easy questions. Based on my answers I'm down to a weekly text now until I get my second shot

I got my first dose of Moderna today! Opted to get it in my rear end as my one arm is risk of lymphedema, and I mostly sleep on the other side, and I hear the arm pain is significant.

I definitely want the vaccine but doubt I will ever be able to get it because distribution and availability is chaos in PA where I live!

I want the Pfizer vaccine as my husband retired from Pfizer and I worked for a lab that Pfizer bought years ago. I trust them.

LilyIsHere, thanks for the laugh! Too funny!

As predicted people who shouldn't be getting the vaccine are and many who desperately need one are not. My SIL is a snowbird in Florida and got a vaccine. My feeling, if you have the ability to go to Florida for 4+ months during a pandemic, go back to your home state to get the vaccine! People who live in a state all year should be first on the list!

I am almost sure I will get the virus, pass it on to my much older husband and may not even live to ever get a vaccine. It is out of my control so I try not to think about it. In the mean time both staff and students where I work are constantly coming up positive. The school tried to arrange to have someone come to the school to vaccinate employees, but that never happened.

My husband and I had been registered on PA's 1B, me, age 65+ and I work with students in a public school, my husband due to being over 75 with diabetes and heart disease. Last week PA changed the guidelines to make everyone 65+ and those 16-65 at high risk, to 1 A! Why, I have no idea but I had to re-register as 1A and now who knows how many people just bumped ahead of me and my husband? Many I suspect are at home, retired and aren't at a high risk of exposure, but just tired of being confined!

Yep, life isn't fair and it is particularly true with Covid Vaccines! I really wonder how many anti-maskers got the vaccine?

7of9 my question as well, so many of survivors have implants. I don't want to have any more surgeries to fix what cancer destroyed.

I got my first Moderna shot on Wednesday. Got a headache, chills and a really sore arm within a few hours. I had covid the week of Christmas. Some say that you have worse side effects if you've had covid but I know those who had reactions without ever having it. Tylenol, sudafed (congestion) and Claritin helped

My 2nd dose of pfizer is now rebooked for day 39 instead of day 21. Pfizer is not making good on Canada's contract and we are got 0 doses this week and might get 20% of the promised doses next week. I have lost faith that there will be a dose available by the time day 39 is here. I had rearranged my childcare and work schedule for my 2nd dose but cannot do the same for the new date. Will the side effects be worse getting it on day 39? I hope not. It is frustrating when pfizer did not short countries fairly; Europe and Canada were each supposed to get about half of what was promised, then Europe got their full amount and we got zero. We aren't being told why. They say we will get our promised amounts by April, but that brings little solace as I watch more people die. Devastating.

I got my first Oxford/AstraZeneca today and have a bit of a sore arm and feeling wiped out and achy, but that could have been from the standing around outside the vaccination center in the cold wet rain for 45 minutes, or traveling around town for the first time in over a year with two masks slapped on my face. Maybe a little warm tonight, but I'm too lazy to get up and get the thermometer out. Took some Tylenol and am drinking a bunch of water now.

Second shot not until April, but we will see. Its at least booked.

Boobs, as I answered in the LE thread, I had my first Pfizer shot yesterday, in my thigh. It was at a local hospital, so an RN was called over to administer. I think you can forget places like CVS & WalMart for thigh shots.

My 40 year old niece who had a bad case of Covid in March got her 1st shot this week. She says yes, there are more side effects if you've already had the virus. Her most annoying SE was fatigue. She took a 5 hour nap in the afternoon & still slept all night. Sounds like chemo or rads fatigue, as most of us remember.

I got the first shot of Moderna a week ago.

I envy those of you who have received the vaccine. Here is CA, getting a vaccine appointment is like winning the lottery. On top of this, the state has decided it's too complicated to verify who has preexisting condition, therefore CA is abandoning CDC recommendations and moving towards an aged based vaccination system. Those of us who are young with mets are now in the back of the line along with the young & healthy general population. A bunch of people in my support group have written to the state representatives and CA vaccine advisory committee, but they either do not care or believe people like us will slow the whole process down. Meanwhile, the state has no clue where >35% of vaccines are. At first, the state insisted private providers like Kaiser got most of the doses, but their public data showed 75% of doses went to county public health departments. Now, they are saying those doses are reserved for people who have already received the 1st dose. It's just mess here. I wish breastcancer.org could advocate for people like us.