I had my first dose yesterday and so far so good, just a sore arm at injection site. I found out about the availability on the local news; they had put up a link on their website which led to an on-line appointment scheduler. I was able to make the appointment, get a confirmation and get vaccinated with relative ease. I was told back in December when I first asked my coordinator about getting vaccinated that I would need to do weekly labs for two months to monitor immune response and I'm guessing that at some point in a few month an antibody titer will be a good idea to guage the quantity of immunity I've produced. Hope that helps.

Hello, jolinda. I'm a Mayo Florida patient. My only non-Mayo doc is my PCP.

I received a message on the Mayo Patient Portal from the Mayo covid team doctor in charge of the distribution. Staff, etc., at Mayo have received the vaccine, so now they requested the providers to go through the patient files and determine who should get the vacccine and in what order. I have no idea why I was one of the early patients. In this regard, I wish I weren't as that means I have medical issues so serious I need to be an early receiver! But, I'm thrilled and grateful.

I scheduled as soon as I rec'd the message on the portal, actually they gave me time choices. This was apparently the first day, they were working through their system to be sure to get it organized, etc. I guess I was a guina pig patient! I was so impressed with the set-up.

Check the covid-19 connect message site and you can see what I wrote about the process.
So, stay in touch with the portal and you'll get a message when your vaccine is available.

My friend, with lung transplant, has been contacted and is scheduled now for vaccine. This is good!

Let us know how it goes. I'll keep in touch as well and let you know how it goes. Blessings, Elizabeth.