I took the first shot of Moderna on 7/27/21 and am scheduled to take my second dose tomorrow. I am filled with anxiety about getting it. When I was given the first shot, my arm immediately started to bleed and the tech slapped a bandaid on it. The bandaid had a small window in it and it immediately filled up with blood. I've never heard of anyone else bleeding except from the gal who gave me the shot. My arm was pretty sore for a few days and I sported a bruise by the injection site for about two weeks.

Over the last year, I've complained of my little toes feeling numb at times, but don't know what is causing it. I think I complained once to my nurse practitioner or doc and they thought it wasn't a big deal. I hate going to the doctor and rarely go. My only regular medication is wearing a very low dose estrogen patch and I've worn that for more than 20 years to control headaches, and level out anxiety. My little toes on each foot are kind of numb right now and often are feeling that weird way at night. Not painful, just kind of numb feeling.

The only new thing I guess I've noticed since the first shot is occasionally feeling like my lower calf is tight or swollen, but nothing is visibly wrong. I've also had some occasional heartburn. I believe in immunizations, but I've read about so many people having pain after the 2nd shot, particularly with neuropathy, like Eric Clapton, the guitarist guy! I am a musician and I can't imagine losing my fingers ability to play the keyboard, or to have pain in my hands like that, or pain anywhere like that, really.

I don't want COVID, but right now I'm thinking I'd rather take my chances on getting over Covid than living with some kind of pain for months or forever because of taking some shot. I am a supposedly pretty healthy 67 year old woman, and take total control of myself, but I do live alone and have no one to care for me if I get down. This insanity of the unknown side effects of the vaccine is about to drive me nuts. I think I'll call my doctor and have him run blood tests on me to see if any of my labs have changed since I took the first shot.