[~ Angel ~]

Just to keep my members safe and socially distanced...

[CraigB]

Not yet for me, been holding off to see what happens to all the guinea pigs I should be able to get my first jab booked in the next couple of days though.

[Shambles]

I'm double-jabbed with AZ

"Per Ardua Ad AstraZeneca"

[Surferdude]

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.

[Shambles]

Fingers crossed it all goes good Trevor 

[Surferdude]

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.

[Surferdude]

Fingers crossed it all goes good Trevor 

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.

[Snookes]

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.

[asathorny]

shocking !!!

[Shambles]

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.

[Shambles]

[they/she] Spent 3 days wandering around coffee shops and shopping centres before she got tested and proved positive.

Jail time.

[Surferdude]

[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.

[tohis]

Had a first jab of Pfizer-Biontech's "Comirnaty" at Tuesday. No side effects, except a sore arm which is also healed by now.

[neptune]

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

[AlanHo]

First Pfizer jab 17th Dec 20
2nd jab 6th Jan 21

No side effects with either.  Not even a sore arm

[eye30]

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.

[Surferdude]

AZ#1, done and dusted.
7 hours and counting.

Hoping to go surfing in about 9 hours. 

[Surferdude]

Oh.
And vote adjusted above. 😎

[CraigB]

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

Vote adjusted

[Surferdude]

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.

[AlanHo]

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.

[Lakes]

Had my first AZ shot 3 weeks back, did not notice any side effects.

[TerryT]

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.

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.

[Surferdude]

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.

[TerryT]

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. 

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.

[Surferdude]

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.

[tohis]

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.

[Dazzler]

 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..

[TerryT]

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. 

[Blazorax]

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