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ShazzieB

(16,396 posts)
Fri Mar 19, 2021, 05:24 PM Mar 2021

Mission accomplished!

I got my first shot of the Pfizer vaccine this afternoon. (Didn't know which one it was going to be till I got there, and didn't really care, lol.) Shot #2 is scheduled for April 12. It still doesn't feel real, but I have a little card in my hand that says it is, so who am I to argue?

The whole process went very smoothly. The hospital had the whole thing set up so that it ran like a well oiled machine. The shot was almost completely painless, just a very quick pin prick. The appointment for the second shot was scheduled during the 15 minute waiting period after my injection.

They gave me a sticker that looks like this:



If someone had told me on Monday that I'd be getting my first Covid19 vaccine shot before the week was out, I wouldn't have believed it. Might have believed I'd have an appointment lined up by now, but NEVER imagined I'd be able to actually get a shot scheduled and done this fast.

I can't wait till EVERYBODY can get vaxxed. It's an amazing feeling.

In closing, I want to say a big than you to all those who encouraged me when I was so discouraged about being unable to find an appointment. It helped more than you'll ever know.

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Mission accomplished! (Original Post) ShazzieB Mar 2021 OP
Yaaaaaay! SheltieLover Mar 2021 #1
Nice! Hugin Mar 2021 #2
I get to call for an appointment Monday. I'll be on the phone at 8 AM trying. Idaho opened it brewens Mar 2021 #3
I get my second tomorrow. sheshe2 Mar 2021 #4
I get my second shot exactly one week from now! Delmette2.0 Mar 2021 #5
We are doing it! sheshe2 Mar 2021 #7
I got mine yesterday. Hurray! It was a real shot in the arm. Beakybird Mar 2021 #6

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
1. Yaaaaaay!
Fri Mar 19, 2021, 05:28 PM
Mar 2021

Congrats, Shazzie!

Are you signed up with CDC's V Safe, post-vax tracker? Smart phone required & takes about 1 min/ day for 5 days to complete brief survey:

https://vsafe.cdc.gov/en/

I love your sticker!!!

brewens

(13,585 posts)
3. I get to call for an appointment Monday. I'll be on the phone at 8 AM trying. Idaho opened it
Fri Mar 19, 2021, 05:30 PM
Mar 2021

to everyone starting then.

I'll still lay low for awhile even when vaccinated, but won't stress about going in for appointments. I assume I'll be getting the two shot vaccine, so hopefully I'm done before June. Maybe by then it will be clear everything is under control and we have no risk of getting seriously ill. I sure hope so.

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