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Neuropathy | Last Active: Nov 7 12:50pm | Replies (2237)
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@lacy2 Hello to you too, Fellow Canadian! I am on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. I believe all of Vancouver Island is now on the new 16-week protocol. I'm 85 years old with just about every disease on the Mayo Clinic Connect site, so I'm very fortunate not to have had any serious side effects from my first Moderna shot. Good luck to you with your shot!
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@artist01 Love Vancouver Island! Love British Columbia! So lovely and interesting. A beautiful part of the continent.
FYI: I got the 1st Moderna shot in Jan at Mayo Clinic Florida. with no bad side effects. I was wonderfully surprised. The 2nd one was a completely different matter. After a couple of hours, I had 18 hours of a very ill response, with extreme fatigue, could barely move and every muscle and bone in my body ached or hurt. Headache, feet/legs/joints/back/spine/hands and fingers.....generally a pretty sick girl. I also had a fever. I finally felt so badly, I took an extra strength tylenol and went back to bed...I never do that unless I'm truly ill. I slept several hours and awoke sweating profusely, with a fever broken. I was fine after a day or so. I kept reminding myself what was happening in my body. I was making lots and lots of antibodies to the covid19 virus, so any temp side effects were certainly worth the discomfort. I was very unlikely to get covid19 now, so I was thankful for the shot and the side effects.
That may not be a medically correct assessment, but it makes sense to my non-medically trained brain. I have some good protection now I didn't have before the shot. Thank you, everyone who helped get that vaccine in my arm!
Wish you well on this vaccination journey. The whole thing is truly amazing.