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Just to keep my members safe and socially distanced...
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Not yet for me, been holding off to see what happens to all the guinea pigs :D I should be able to get my first jab booked in the next couple of days though.
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I'm double-jabbed with AZ :victory:
"Per Ardua Ad AstraZeneca"
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Been serious rollout issues over here.
Even for the over 70s. Our medical clinics have been pretty much "drip fed" supplies.
My wife's doc saw her a month ago and have her the first available appointment based on their expected supplies. It's still 3 weeks away.
I gave up waiting and went through the State Govt hospital booking system.
Got a date next Thursday which was only a fortnight after I made the request.
A recent outbreak in Melbourne has lit a fire under the authorities and the rollout has picked up speed.
Newly opened "vaccination hubs" are pushing them through.
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Fingers crossed it all goes good Trevor :fingers:
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A friend of mine is an IT specialist and was head hunter a year or so ago by a Palo Alto firm is living in the San Francisco area and sent this note last night.
San Francisco is now being cited as the first US city to achieve what is considered herd immunity thanks to a large vaccination coverage. Cases are now less than 20 per day and there is no widespread outbreaks either. The virus pops up but then fizzles out quickly without spreading.
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Fingers crossed it all goes good Trevor :fingers:
Thanks.
We've been extremely lucky here with our geographical isolation.
And the authorities have in general been very good at handling outbreaks.
Lockdown busters are the problem.
Melbourne has been in lockdown for the last couple of weeks but a week ago a married couple snuck out and drove through NSW and into Qld to stay with relatives in our Sunshine Coast postcode area.
Spent 3 days wandering around coffee shops and shopping centres before she got tested and proved positive.
Just waiting to see how bad the fallout is.
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Had my first AZ jab just over 3 weeks ago. I phoned my doctor for an appointment and got an appointment for later the same morning. Had no side affects for 24 hours, then got a slight headache which lasted only an hour or two. No side effects since.
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shocking !!!
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My 1st jab gave me a sore arm for 3 weeks, but the next symptom on day #2 was that my vision became foggy - lasted for a day.
My 2nd jab reinstated the fogginess, but it only lasted a couple of hours.
Worth every penny though.
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[they/she] Spent 3 days wandering around coffee shops and shopping centres before she got tested and proved positive.
Jail time.
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[they/she] Spent 3 days wandering around coffee shops and shopping centres before she got tested and proved positive.
Jail time.
Yep. She and her husband, who somehow hasn't yet caught it.
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Had a first jab of Pfizer-Biontech's "Comirnaty" at Tuesday. No side effects, except a sore arm which is also healed by now.
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Like Snookes....rang up for an appointment and was jabbed within the hour..... it seems here in the west there is no problems getting the jab
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First Pfizer jab 17th Dec 20
2nd jab 6th Jan 21
No side effects with either. Not even a sore arm
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Have had both AZ.
I got letter from nhs on 15 Feb requesting I book online.
Checked and directed me to a place some 20 miles away.
By chance I had to pass the gp's that day. Called in and they were a community jab centre.
Got appointment next day.
Had 2nd 10 weeks later
No side effects.
No sore arm.
No headaches.
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AZ#1, done and dusted.
7 hours and counting.
Hoping to go surfing in about 9 hours. :goodjob2:
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Oh.
And vote adjusted above. 😎
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Had my first AZ jab yesterday, first night was flu like joint pains everywhere and rapid heart palpitations which faded away by the morning, been getting headaches all day which I hope is also gone soon :Prayer:
Vote adjusted
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I had the shakes about midnight. Shivering mightily.
2 Neurofen and an extra blanket.
Gone within 30 minutes.
Surfed for 2 hours this morning with no after effects.
Oh. And had a really dry mouth all night.
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San Francisco is now being cited as the first US city to achieve what is considered herd immunity thanks to a large vaccination coverage. Cases are now less than 20 per day and there is no widespread outbreaks either. The virus pops up but then fizzles out quickly without spreading.
I guess that with HIV so prevalent in San Francisco the covid virus caught it and it was snuffed out.
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Had my first AZ shot 3 weeks back, did not notice any side effects.
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Had my first AZ shot 3 weeks back, did not notice any side effects.
@ Lakes, how I envy you. :)
Got my first jab of AZ on 8 May.
Arm. Slightly sore for a week but I bravely carried on. :wink:
Headaches. Bit more frequent now, but mainly dull ones. Bought more Panadol.
Tinnitus. A pre-existing condition but has stepped up a notch. Turned the radio up a little more.
Perennial Rhinitis (hay fever). A pre-existing condition but has stepped up a notch. Bought more tissues.
Vertigo. A pre-existing condition but has stepped up nastily in frequency and scale. Met my new best friend, Zerc tabs. Trying their best to manage it.
Blood clots. Two weeks after the jab, got a constant cramp in the calf. Ultra sound showed a number of blood clots. Met my new second best friend, Xarelto blood thinners. (And, if you're going to get blood clots, these apparently are the 'better' ones...not in the large veins, not in the brain, stomach or bowel).
My Dear wife was not impressed and it took all of my persuasive charm (actually, bribery) to get her to the surgery for her first jab of AZ (7 June). Fortunately, for us both, so far she has only suffered a sore arm for a few days.
As my doctor of 25 years explained to me, any or all of my “side effects” (apart from the sore arm) could have been caused by the jab, or none at all? No-one knows for sure but the Law of Averages suggest the jab has to be responsible for some of it. But, with the passage of time these "side-effects" could revert to pre-jab conditions. Who knows.
So, with the benefit of hindsight, would I get the jab again? You bet! I’m waiting to get my second jab at end July.
Both my wife and I are in our late-70s, much overweight, much unfit, with respiratory problems. If we got COVID in anything but its mildest form we likely would need to be hospitalised (maybe on a ventilator?). And, post-recovery, the side-effects on our organs would not be pleasant and probably affect the quality of our life going forwards.
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Wow Terry.
You got everyone's side effects.
Thanks.
Re Tinnitus, mine has increased in the last day or so but that's not unusual so I figure it's just a coincidence.
Generally subsides after a day or two or a decent sleep.
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Wow Terry.
You got everyone's side effects.
Thanks.
Re Tinnitus, mine has increased in the last day or so but that's not unusual so I figure it's just a coincidence.
Generally subsides after a day or two or a decent sleep.
@ Surferdude. Guess I can't be lucky in love and lucky in AstraZenica. :wink:
I've had not-nice tinnitus since 1995 (25 years) and, fortunately, it has only slowly increased over that period. But, yes, it does get a little busier with stress and/or lack of sleep etc. And, as my body absorbs AZ and settles over time, the T may tone down.
The hay fever I've had since about 1975 (45 years). Started off in the traditional spring months, then years later would start and end a few months either side of spring until now it's potentially 12/12...so I'm a perennial! :)
I've had vertigo episodes since forever (well, at least since I headbutted a car during a high speed off on my motorbike in the 70s). Usually it's the get-up-too-quickly with mild dizzy, off balance, maybe a touch of nausea...all temporary and over with within a minute, tops. Post-jab the vertigo is now a bit of an unpredictable beast. At least I'm getting more beddy time. :) And, there are more treatments I can look into.
Having medical conditions for over 20-45 years means you get good at monitoring myself and get a feel for when things change...so it's not a "he-got-the-jab-and-is-imagining-things". It's real, but I'm betting life post-vaccination will be much better for my wife and self.
I have a good friend 20 years younger than me with cancer and there's a good chance I will outlive him. That puts my problems into perspective...I've got nothing terminal.
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1995 was when my Tinnitus first reared its ugly.head too.
No hay fever as such but similar. The same weather conditions cause sinus infections for me. Since primary school so, over 60 years.
But I agree. Plenty worse off.
I can still surf as often as I want.
Or go for really long walks.
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Had a first jab of Pfizer-Biontech's "Comirnaty" at Tuesday. No side effects, except a sore arm which is also healed by now.
Update: After 8 days from the jab, I suddenly got hit by dizziness and fatigue and lost my appetite, but had no fever. I had to be 2 days off from work, resting on bed most of Wednesday and Thursday. Now I'm feeling much better. Can't say for sure whether this was from the jab or something else, as the side effects are supposed to occur in a day or two. However, in my typical flu I have sinus infection and nothing else, so this one was very different.
My second jab is scheluled at the end of August and I will get it, despite the possible side effects being often more intense than after the first one. That's nothing compared of what the Covid itself can do. Also, the tourism is finally starting again and the jab certificate makes your life easy when getting abroad.
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Had my flu shot about a month ago then my first covid jab Astra zenica about a fortnight ago. Second one is booked for late august. I'm going to be having a few other inoculations too soon as I want to go to Manila on September or October if possible..
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1995 was when my Tinnitus first reared its ugly.head too.
No hay fever as such but similar. The same weather conditions cause sinus infections for me. Since primary school so, over 60 years.
Ah yes, sinusitis, the ugly sister to rhinitis. :)
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I had both Pfizer jabs - Sydney is in lockdown yet there are still so many people loitering around.
and she did a good job too :)
(https://i.ibb.co/yfryT7x/IMG-20210507-WA0008.jpg) (https://ibb.co/p0SzD5k)
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I had both Pfizer jabs - Sydney is in lockdown yet there are still so many people loitering around.
and she did a good job too :)
(https://i.ibb.co/yfryT7x/IMG-20210507-WA0008.jpg) (https://ibb.co/p0SzD5k)
Blazorax. You said: "Sydney is in lockdown yet there are still so many people loitering around". That's because we have so many people who get their "knowledge" through the internet, forums and their butcher's third-cousin's hairdresser .
Yesterday's illegal street protest in Sydney defies description. Gross stupidity, selfishness and irresponsibility don't even come close. If you want, be anti-government, be a covid-disbeliever, be an anti-vaxxer, ignore the bulk of worldwide expert medical opinion BUT your beliefs do not give you the right to endanger the rest of us by massing in public without social distancing and (mostly) without masks.
That protest achieved NOTHING except probably cause more community transmission which will probably extend the lockdown...the very thing they were protesting about! Of those that were there, hazard a guess how many will self-isolate and/or get tested? Exactly!! [END OF RANT]
On a lighter note, Blazorax, your nurse would tempt me into getting weekly jabs though I'm not keen on the size of the horse needle she's holding...and not keen on my chances if the wife sees her photo. :)
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I had both Pfizer jabs - Sydney is in lockdown yet there are still so many people loitering around.
and she did a good job too :)
(https://i.ibb.co/yfryT7x/IMG-20210507-WA0008.jpg) (https://ibb.co/p0SzD5k)
Haven't I seen a photo of Alan Ho in an outfit like that?
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I had both Pfizer jabs - Sydney is in lockdown yet there are still so many people loitering around.
and she did a good job too :)
(https://i.ibb.co/yfryT7x/IMG-20210507-WA0008.jpg) (https://ibb.co/p0SzD5k)
Haven't I seen a photo of Alan Ho in an outfit like that?
Ignorant is bliss - as long as I am only looking, I do not care if that is Alan Ho or you Surferdude :)
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Gross stupidity, selfishness and irresponsibility don't even come close
+1,
At time I feels total freedom is not a good thing since there are people that endanger the rest by their ignorant actions. Darwin laws, Covid will be like the cold/flu and sooner or later everyone will get them. Just hope that those ppl who anti vax do not spread it and kill someone innocent. Regarding the anti vax, it is their choice and if they die from it - so be it.
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I had both Pfizer jabs - Sydney is in lockdown yet there are still so many people loitering around.
and she did a good job too :)
(https://i.ibb.co/yfryT7x/IMG-20210507-WA0008.jpg) (https://ibb.co/p0SzD5k)
Haven't I seen a photo of Alan Ho in an outfit like that?
Ignorant is bliss - as long as I am only looking, I do not care if that is Alan Ho or you Surferdude :)
😱🤯
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The poll is still open, if anyone else would like to vote :D
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Had my first AZ jab on the 14th of June and it took two months for a major blockage to appear.
All doctors - emergency department and haematology specialists said blockages don't appear that late and not in the upper chest and arm where mine appeared but after numerous blood tests and scans (ultrasound - X-ray - CT venogram) they've now concluded it is definitely AZ related.
Doc tells me I should have died due to the amount and size of the blockages and this type of blockage is the first they've encountered, updating the government information is their next step while I am to remain on anti coagulants for quite some time yet till this is all cleared from my system.
Definitely no second AZ jab and waiting for information on when I'm allowed to have the Pfizer or Moderna.
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^ :Ouch: let's hope that's the last you hear of that episode :Touch:
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Had my first AZ jab on the 14th of June and it took two months for a major blockage to appear.
All doctors - emergency department and haematology specialists said blockages don't appear that late and not in the upper chest and arm where mine appeared but after numerous blood tests and scans (ultrasound - X-ray - CT venogram) they've now concluded it is definitely AZ related.
Doc tells me I should have died due to the amount and size of the blockages and this type of blockage is the first they've encountered, updating the government information is their next step while I am to remain on anti coagulants for quite some time yet till this is all cleared from my system.
Definitely no second AZ jab and waiting for information on when I'm allowed to have the Pfizer or Moderna.
Unbelievable!! Craig, I though I had bad luck when I got minor clots about two weeks after my first AZ shot (in May) but your horrible experience is next level up!! I hope your treatment will give you a quick and full recovery. If you hadn't said that your tests have concluded it was the AZ shot I would have believed it had nothing to do with the jab and, given the time elapsed, you were destined to get those clots anyway...but apparently not the case.
Coincidently, I am seeing my GP tomorrow for his 3 month review of my treatment (and hopefully, I can stop taking the blood thinners) and I will be showing him a copy of your post just for his information. BTW, what were your symptoms before you knew you had to seek medical help?
I got my 2nd AZ jab three weeks ago and apart from a sore arm and some dull headaches for a few day, no side effects! :happydance: Fingers crossed as I do not want a get what I shall now call the CraigB time bomb although reportedly the side effects after the 2nd AZ jab are a lot less than after the 1st jab.
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Hi Terry
I had initial symptoms of heart palpitations on the first night after the jab with some headaches and flu like joint soreness for the first week but was all good after that.
On the 12th of August I was out working on my motorbike for a few hours and noticed swelling in my right armpit and soreness in my upper right arm which I thought was a pulled muscle so I just went about doing my thing for another 5 days till I thought something is definitely not right here.
The lump under my arm continued to get larger with increasing pain through the right bicep, capillary vessels in the right side of chest and my upper right arm started to bulge due to main veins being blocked, swelling and hard lumps in the inner side on the right upper arm including fluid build up in the bicep and forearm.
Doctors findings were deep venous thrombosis in right upper limb...
( Deep Veins ) Deep venous thrombosis ( occlusive thrombus ) is seen involving paired brachial veins, axillary vein and subclavian vein.
( Superficial veins ) occlusive thrombus seen within the basilic vein extending from elbow up to the confluence with the brachial vein.
Cephalic vein is patent.
From what the specialists have said is that previous blockages discovered in other patients have always been in the legs and appear within two weeks, looks like I'm special :crazy1: :)
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Thanks, Craig, for the detailed reply. I shall copy it for my doctor.
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Thanks, Craig, for the detailed reply. I shall copy it for my doctor.
No problem :hatoff:
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One thing worth mentioning - as we seem to have missed the point totally in the UK and have removed pretty much all social distancing measures - Both makes of Jab may well stop serious infections and hospitalisations but they don't appear to stop you catching it or spreading it. Our infection numbers locally are shooting up again, and the hospitalisations are creeping up too.
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One thing worth mentioning - as we seem to have missed the point totally in the UK and have removed pretty much all social distancing measures - Both makes of Jab may well stop serious infections and hospitalisations but they don't appear to stop you catching it or spreading it. Our infection numbers locally are shooting up again, and the hospitalisations are creeping up too.
Yes, the facts are clear as day and yet the measures are easing. Governments will tolerate the spread and deaths so long as the numbers are deemed manageable. :rip:
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looks like I'm special
You are to us, Craig, and we're very happy you're still with us.
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One thing worth mentioning - as we seem to have missed the point totally in the UK and have removed pretty much all social distancing measures - Both makes of Jab may well stop serious infections and hospitalisations but they don't appear to stop you catching it or spreading it. Our infection numbers locally are shooting up again, and the hospitalisations are creeping up too.
Same here in Australia, the east coast is being hit pretty hard with the Delta type 1 strain which is why the west coast where I am has the boarders shut down.
My doctor told me this morning the new Delta type 2 strain is now affecting in the US.
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Is there a way to review individual votes? I can't recall whether my vote was before or after my 2nd Pfizer jab. Either way, I can report no pain, numbness, nausea, nothing at all with either. Might as well have been a placebo for all I know.
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We had our first shot in May. In and out in half an hour, including the 15 minute ‘wait and see if you pass out’ time. Second shot nearly two weeks ago. We arrived at 1.30, stood in a queue for 2 1/2 hours, and left at 4.30 so 3 hours in total this time. :wait:
Both times we both had a sore arm and a headache for a day or so. We were both lucky you have no major side effects. My husband had a bit of an upset stomach the next day, but I’m not sure if it was connected.
I hope everything turns out well for you Craig.
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I hope everything turns out well for you Craig.
Thanks Cecilla :hatoff:
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Is there a way to review individual votes? I can't recall whether my vote was before or after my 2nd Pfizer jab.
There's a button under the votes to remove your vote.
I wanted to update mine as well so I just removed my vote and voted again with the second dose variety.
BTW, how did you manage to get the Pfizer stuff ?
Rare as hens teeth here.
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how did you manage to get the Pfizer stuff ?
Rare as hens teeth here.
Military priority
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Is there a way to review individual votes? I can't recall whether my vote was before or after my 2nd Pfizer jab.
There's a button under the votes to remove your vote.
I wanted to update mine as well so I just removed my vote and voted again with the second dose variety.
Thanks for that, I had overlooked that button. D"oh!!
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Thanks, Craig, for the detailed reply. I shall copy it for my doctor.
No problem :hatoff:
Craig. I saw my GP today and showed him your posts. He said that "originally" the Health advice was if there were no side effects 2~3 weeks after a jab , then one should be ok from the 'bad' blood clots (TTS). Then, the advice went to up to 4 weeks. Now the current advice is up to 6 weeks. He said there only needs to be more cases like yours and he expects the advice will be up to 8 weeks.
I was due to go off my blood thinners today after being on them for 3 months to treat the non-TTS blood clots I got after my 1st AZ jab.
My 2nd AZ jab was almost 4 weeks ago, with no real problems to date. However, my doctor looks at your post and then says to me "Maybe we should let you continue the blood thinners for another 4 weeks to give you 8 weeks post 2nd jab?" I didn't argue. :)
Note. The side effects after the 2nd AZ jab are reportedly much less severe than after the 1st jab...but I'll err on the side of caution.
BTW, have your tablets helped with your condition?
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BTW, have your tablets helped with your condition?
Yes, the 15mg Rivaroxaban (twice daily) they have me on is starting to reduce the swelling in my arm.
I've got to take this dosage for 3 weeks then change to 20mg (once daily) till they tell me to stop, could be months or years I'm told as some of the deep veins have no flow whatsoever and need breaking down into microscopic particles before they end up in my lungs.
Good advice to take the thinners for a bit longer just to be sure :goodjob:
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BTW, have your tablets helped with your condition?
Yes, the 15mg Rivaroxaban (twice daily) they have me on is starting to reduce the swelling in my arm.
I've got to take this dosage for 3 weeks then change to 20mg (once daily) till they tell me to stop, could be months or years I'm told as some of the deep veins have no flow whatsoever and need breaking down into microscopic particles before they end up in my lungs.
Rivaroxaban? Me too. Good that the tabs are starting to help you but sorry to hear you may have to go through a prolonged recovery. A bummer!!
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Good that the tabs are starting to help you but sorry to hear you may have to go through a prolonged recovery. A bummer!!
What really bummed me out was 2 days after my AZ jab they changed the age bracket which would have allowed me to get the Pfizer instead :head_knock:
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Good that the tabs are starting to help you but sorry to hear you may have to go through a prolonged recovery. A bummer!!
What really bummed me out was 2 days after my AZ jab they changed the age bracket which would have allowed me to get the Pfizer instead :head_knock:
The irony is painful!
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I got first shot of Pfizer 3 months ago. Just got a sore arm from that. Last week I got the second shot. That got a bit more stronger reaction. Same sore arm, but almost exactly 24 hours from the shot I got huge pain in joints and muscles. Same pain as you might get in severe flu. Except without the flu. Also physical and menthal energy ran out completely. Mentally it felt like being super drunk, without being drunk. I had difficulties to follow and understand complex issues. I was at work when this hit, and I had difficulties to stay awake. Struggled the rest of the day at the office. Not the most productive day. After I got home I crashed the sofa and fell asleep. Woke up in the evening just to move myself to bed and slept through the night. Next morning I felt better and went to work. During that day I started to feel like a normal person again. One of the worst feelings I can remember, and this was just a vaccine. If the symptons would be that strong for several days or even a week with the real virus, I could see myself hospitalized.
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I got first shot of Pfizer 3 months ago. Just got a sore arm from that. Last week I got the second shot.
That's a long time between the 1st and 2nd shot, Pfizer is supposed to be 3 weeks - Monderna 4 weeks and AstraZeneca 12 weeks.
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I got first shot of Pfizer 3 months ago. Just got a sore arm from that. Last week I got the second shot.
That's a long time between the 1st and 2nd shot, Pfizer is supposed to be 3 weeks - Monderna 4 weeks and AstraZeneca 12 weeks.
Interval for AZ jabs has gone now from 12 weeks to 4(+) weeks.
From Commonwealth Dept of Health web site:
"Given the heightened risk of people becoming infected, ATAGI’s advice in responding to such an outbreak of the COVID-19 delta strain is that anyone who has received an AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria) vaccine more than 4 weeks ago should contact their vaccine provider to arrange their second dose as soon as possible."
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Here health officials decided to use 12 week interval in all vaccines to get coverage of first dose to bigger group. I believe now the time has come shorter as there are more vaccines available. In the beginning there was a shortage of them and they were given to those in greater need. As a young healthy man I was at the end of the line.
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I got first shot of Pfizer 3 months ago. Just got a sore arm from that. Last week I got the second shot.
That's a long time between the 1st and 2nd shot, Pfizer is supposed to be 3 weeks - Monderna 4 weeks and AstraZeneca 12 weeks.
Interval for AZ jabs has gone now from 12 weeks to 4(+) weeks.
From Commonwealth Dept of Health web site:
"Given the heightened risk of people becoming infected, ATAGI’s advice in responding to such an outbreak of the COVID-19 delta strain is that anyone who has received an AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria) vaccine more than 4 weeks ago should contact their vaccine provider to arrange their second dose as soon as possible."
Interesting, must be an eastern states ruling with the severity you guy's have it over there :undecided:
Luckily no Covid here in the west...yet, except for quarantined ship crew.
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I got first shot of Pfizer 3 months ago. Just got a sore arm from that. Last week I got the second shot.
That's a long time between the 1st and 2nd shot, Pfizer is supposed to be 3 weeks - Monderna 4 weeks and AstraZeneca 12 weeks.
Interval for AZ jabs has gone now from 12 weeks to 4(+) weeks.
From Commonwealth Dept of Health web site:
"Given the heightened risk of people becoming infected, ATAGI’s advice in responding to such an outbreak of the COVID-19 delta strain is that anyone who has received an AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria) vaccine more than 4 weeks ago should contact their vaccine provider to arrange their second dose as soon as possible."
Interesting, must be an eastern states ruling with the severity you guy's have it over there :undecided:
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Craig, yes, that's about it. For major Delta variant outbreak areas (like Sydney now), Health are recommending a AZ jab interval of only 4(+) weeks to get as many 2nd jabs in arms asap. For other areas, the AZ interval is up to 12 weeks for "best" protection.
But with anything COVID-related, it's pretty much "watch this space". :confused:
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No suggestion of shortening the 12 weeks gap in Qld.
I'm booked for Sept 7.
My wife for Sept 24.
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Yesterday I got the second jab of P-B into my arm. Now they have found out that Moderna is better against the Delta variant, although all of the vaccines are at least protecting us from getting severe symptoms. A third jab at next year is likely to come as well.
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Had my second covid jab this arvo, as I can't have the AstraZeneca after the clotting problem they moved my 2nd date forward a week and topped me up with Pfizer...they're now saying it's better to mix em up for broader coverage :undecided:
Hope I have better luck with it than the AZ :Prayer:
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Good to hear my members are keeping as safe as possible :clapthanks:
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Had my first AZ jab on the 14th of June and it took two months for a major blockage to appear.
All doctors - emergency department and haematology specialists said blockages don't appear that late and not in the upper chest and arm where mine appeared but after numerous blood tests and scans (ultrasound - X-ray - CT venogram) they've now concluded it is definitely AZ related.
Doc tells me I should have died due to the amount and size of the blockages and this type of blockage is the first they've encountered, updating the government information is their next step while I am to remain on anti coagulants for quite some time yet till this is all cleared from my system.
Definitely no second AZ jab and waiting for information on when I'm allowed to have the Pfizer or Moderna.
Oh $hit Craig that is terrible. I'm glad you are ok. Definitely hit with the unlucky stick to have that happen to you. The risk as a percentage is pretty low. 😱
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Had both jabs of AZ now. The 2nd one only a week ago at 64 apparently I'm not at risk of clots but not entirely sure why age reduces the risk?
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My AZ #2 at 1.30 pm today.
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Done now.
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Wife and I got Pfizer #1 today. Few side effects but it is what it is.
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Despite over 80% of Finns (12 years and older) being double jabbed, we are now having more daily infections than ever before. There are not much restrictions, and people are getting lazy of wearing face masks. Not so surprisingly, the very majority of hospitalized are not vaccinated. While some of them are those careless anti-vaccers, many are just plain lazy to get their *ss up from the sofa and go getting the d*mn shot. Also, today's youngsters read rather the social media and fake news instead of traditional newspapers or their websites, so the news of vaccine availability may not always reach them.
Now we are receiving the news of new Omicron variant, which may be more resistant to current vaccines and antigens from earlier Covid infection. The vaccines can be updated but the availability of them will take again lots of time. My trip to Tenerife in March 2020 was canceled, and the next try at March 2022 may also fail.
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^ this new variant, and the public's resistance to get vaxxed, are a real threat to the world. Sad news.
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Had my second covid jab this arvo, as I can't have the AstraZeneca after the clotting problem they moved my 2nd date forward a week and topped me up with Pfizer...they're now saying it's better to mix em up for broader coverage :undecided:
Hope I have better luck with it than the AZ :Prayer:
CraigB , sorry I'm slow to reply, that no good to read you had a clot & it was due to the AZ !!
I've had my second AZ & again I did not notice anything or experience adverse reaction.
hope your right now!!
I know someone who got Covid right at the start & before a VAX was developed, he had to learn to walk & talk again after he recovered.
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Had my second covid jab this arvo, as I can't have the AstraZeneca after the clotting problem they moved my 2nd date forward a week and topped me up with Pfizer...they're now saying it's better to mix em up for broader coverage :undecided:
Hope I have better luck with it than the AZ :Prayer:
CraigB , sorry I'm slow to reply, that no good to read you had a clot & it was due to the AZ !!
I've had my second AZ & again I did not notice anything or experience adverse reaction.
hope your right now!!
I know someone who got Covid right at the start & before a VAX was developed, he had to learn to walk & talk again after he recovered.
All good now, thanks Lakes :)
I still have major blockages though they are starting to dissolve with the anticoagulant tablets they have me on, could be many months yet :undecided:
Both my parents had Covid right at the beginning, my father didn't get the respiratory help he needed at the time so his lungs are pretty knackered now, he's also got nervous system damage that will likely stay with him for the rest of his life.
From what I'm hearing the new Omicron variant is more contractible but less severe so it might yet be decided to let this version run rampant to build world wide immunity levels, like when we were children and our parents would let you go play with your friends who had the Mumps or Measles :D
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@ CraigB. Good to hear that you are on the mend but not good that you still have a while to go...so unlucky.
Sorry to hear about your father. Long Covd-19 can be so lifestyle-destroying and has happened to some that only had mild Covid symptons.
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Out of interest I had jabs 1 and 2 with the Astrazenaca.
But had the Phizer for the booster.
Was told all UK boosters will be Phizer.
So I've had a mix of vaccines.
I've had no reaction to any of the jabs.
What are others had/due to have?
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Two AZ. But apparently all boosters in Oz will be Pfizer too.
Mine isn't due till March.
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I am AZ AZ PF - only really symptoms were flu like after the first, and sore arm after PF
I have other family members who are AZ AZ MO(derna) very similar
we'd all had flucelevax flu jab a few weeks before the booster.
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Today I got the third jab, this time Moderna after two P-B shots in last year. The daily infection rates are really getting out of hand, being about 10-fold compared to a month ago which was then already record high. :scared:
The testing and infection chains tracing capacity is now insufficient in many cities and therefore double jabbed with mild symptoms will not be tested, so no one knows how many undocumented infections there are as well. Hospitals are increasingly crowded of Covid patients, although the need of intensive care has not raised nearly as much, thanks to vaccinations and the Omicron being less prone of causing life threatening symptoms. It almost looks like most of us will get infected sooner or later and then it will vanish due to herd immunity?
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Lest ye forget...
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The jury is still out on herd immunity.
I got my booster (3rd Jab) yesterday.
Pfizer after 2.AZs.
18 hours down and no after effects yet.
Arm is slightly tender if I pres really hard on it but was able to sleep on that side with no problem.
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I was supposed to get my third jab today till the nurse canceled on me because she’s sick :rolleyes: Tuesday it now is.
Meanwhile my right arm is still blocked up from the first AZ jab :disapp:
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We had our booster (third covid jab) and flu jabs on 10th October.
There have been 11 people in our extended family and friends who have had covid since they had their third jab - but in each case it was no worse than a bad cold and lasted less than 5 days. For two of them it was the second time they caught covid in 2021 and for one of them it was really bad and he was laid low for 3 weeks but not hospitalised.
Our next door neighbours have two children 7 and 5. The wife had a fall on the snow last month and went to A & E to have her ankle checked where they found she was Omicron positive but she had no symptoms whatsoever. The 7 year old also tested positive but the other child and the husband were negative. They all had to isolate for 10 days but remained completely without symptoms. I bet there are thousands unaware they have covid and are thus spreading it to others. No wonder we have another peak in infections
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Two jabs last year (July/August) plus the booster last week (all Pfizer/Comirnaty), my fiancée was done a few weeks earlier.
She has a donor kidney and is on immune-suppressants so it's important for us to keep on top of them.
I work in IT for a Bank so can work from home quite effectively (too effectively you could say, long days) but my daughter has been working and commuting through all of this.
We live in rural Victoria but she works in a lab in Melbourne (she's a Lab Tech for heart/diabetes researchers). Luckily she's had two doses of AstraZeneca/Pfizer booster so she's fine too...and we have been ok, so far.
My eldest son is married and has kids of his own. My youngest granddaughter (4yo) caught COVID from her great-grandmother (on her mum's side), the symptoms surfaced yesterday and now it looks like they all have it. The great-grandmother and her son (the daughter in-law's dad) are blaming my granddaughter even though the great-grandmother arrived with a headache and slight fever which developed into a cough and it's not like the 4yo goes out shopping or clubbing (yet). I haven't seen them since Boxing Day as they have her family visiting from Queensland, which is just as well I guess...may have to do a food run this weekend though as they're not allowed to shop (or leave the house).
* Fiancée had no symptoms from any of her shots (she did have a mild tachycardia episode after the first which may/may not be related). This is weird given her history of catching everything.
* Daughter had some mild flu-like symptoms after her first AZ, ok for the later two.
* I had mild flu-like symptoms after the second Pfizer (nothing after the first) and although the nurse was exceeding gentle, swelling and a sore arm after the booster (but no other symptoms).
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Jab 3 last week. Still no side effect. May as well have been saline! :lol:
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Jab 3 last week. Still no side effect. May as well have been saline! :lol:
That's the joke line my surgeon used on our last Skype checkup.
He had Pfizer and reckoned for all the effect it had it might as well have been saline.
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Got my Pfizer booster (3rd jab) on 4 January. Almost two weeks on and, thankfully, no nasty side effects.
Interestingly, two days after the jab, I received Covid alerts on my Service NSW app for four of the four places I visited that day (NSW Dept. of Health Vaccination Centre; Blooms Chemist; Centrelink; Woolworths) so it seems Penrith is riddled with this crap.
SIDE ISSUE
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet reported last Sunday that around half of those in the state’s intensive care units (ICUs) were vaccinated. Predictably, the anti-vaxxers again chanted: “See, the vaccines don’t work!”
Let's look at the figures. About 93% of 16+ year-olds in NSW have been double-dosed, leaving about 7% not fully protected (i.e. unvaxxed or partially vaxxed). So, the unprotected 7% comprised 50% of all ICU admissions in NSW while the fully vaccinated 93% made up the other 50%!
If vaccinations didn’t help protect those people who contracted Covid from worse infection or hospitalisation and ICU, the ratio of vaccinated people in ICU would be the same as those in the general population i.e. 93%...not 50%!
Logic sometimes eludes the Fervent!
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I was supposed to get my third jab today till the nurse canceled on me because she’s sick :rolleyes: Tuesday it now is.
Meanwhile my right arm is still blocked up from the first AZ jab :disapp:
Craig, what do you mean by "blocked up"?
Of those who have posted on this thread you seemed to have had the worst of it, by far.
Good luck with your booster when you get it.
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Logic sometimes eludes the Fervent!
That's putting it very politely indeed, Terry. :lol:
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Hmm. Expert teams of architects and engineers claim this bridge is only 99.997% safe.
I stack shelves in my local supermarket after dropping out of school at the age of 15 but I've done my own research on the internet and I think I'll swim.
...I never learnt to swim but how hard can it be?
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Well been a while, but in-between last post & this one, I've two AZ & Pfizer booster Jab.
Still no side effects.
The good new's is the COVID taken the heat off riding a Motor Bike!!
Hope everyone well!!
Lakes