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MAC and getting the COVID vaccine
MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Sep 29, 2021 | Replies (163)Comment receiving replies
My pulmonologist encouraged me to get the vaccine. I recieved my second Moderna shot on Thursday and had no reaction, not even a sore arm. I’ve never had reactions to flu, shingles, or pneumonia vaccinations either. One benefit I see is a mental one....the freedom to venture out of the house more and to socialize more. I was told to stop going to the gym and promptly gained weight. Exercise is a must and I’ll strive to add it back into my daily routine in two weeks, when the vaccination will have kicked into max effectiveness.
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I just went to gym twice this week ( 3 weeks after second Moderna shot), first time in a year. It felt great. Ive gained a lot of weight --- before Covid I was pretty fit for my age. I used to go to personal trainer 2s week for weightlifting and flexibility , also group gym classes, and two types Pilates classes weekly (barre and reformer)-- which kept me in OK shape. I finally recognized I have no will power to do planned exercise on my own, but I will go to an appointment-- so I scheduled it into my life. I stopped all of those except one the pilates classes (where the teacher is doing it online) , last March. And I gained a tone of weight and got out of shape -- it will be hard to recoup my fitne4ss at age 70, plus Im short so the wright shows. I live in place with a lot of winter weather so I need organized activities to stay fit. LabCorps has an antibody test that can measure your titer (quantify of IgG antibodies) against the spike protein which will measure your response to the vaccine. It is new--approved in Dec 2020;