He’s on the wait list, but they haven’t called him yet. Oddly, his wife, who is several years younger, got her shot already.
My parents in Connecticut already had the first dose and will receive the second in the next week. They received theirs from Griffin Hospital. I assume you know that there are various entities providing the vaccine in the state, not all using the same scheduling platform
I called Monday afternoon and got an appointment for Tuesday. It took less than an hour, including the post-shot waiting period. Last night I started feeling fatigued and my muscles were sore, and I woke up this morning feeling like hell. After breakfast I took a two hour nap, and I’m starting to feel better except that I think I’m coming down with a cold.
Got my first (Pfizer) shot about 2 weeks ago. No side effects for the first 4 days, then my lymph nodes in my neck were noticeably enlarged. Two phone consultations with a VA nurse – no pain, no redness, absolutely zero other symptoms – suggests there is nothing to worry about, but the swelling isn’t going down yet.
Got Moderna #1 Wednesday in Kansas; I’m not eligible yet, but was in right place at right time at end of day when they had one dose left in the bottle and nobody else around. My arm is still sore, and this afternoon I am desperately tired and have vague GI symptoms.
My parents in Missouri are both 80-ish and still waiting. I’ve signed them up for multiple waiting lists and check regularly for appointments in their area, but no luck so far.
Got Pfizer #1 today from being (well) over 65. I got it at our local hospital, which is taxpayer supported and made vaccines available to those in the proper tiers in the tax area. Extremely efficient - in and out in under half an hour, half of which was waiting time after the shot.
Shot 2 is Sunday March 7, which will be drive through.
My wife gets hers tomorrow - she had a doctor’s appointment today.
If you got a Pfizer shot today, Friday, Feb. 19, your 2nd shot should be 21 days (3 weeks) later, or Friday, March 12th.
Pfizer shots are always at a minimum 3 weeks or 21 days apart. That’s what they were tested and ‘approved’ for. You might want to check your dates~the scheduling program may have gotten off-kilter going from the hospital system to the drive-thru system. It would be very frustrating to arrive to shot #2 only to be told, “nope. Too soon. Go back home and spend hours getting another appt at least X days from now”.
The other US vaccine, Moderna, is 28 days or 4 weeks apart.
The CDC does allow a grace period of 4 days early.
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/info-by-product/clinical-considerations.html#Administration
And they also allow the second shot up to six weeks later. My parents are getting the second shot this weekend, thirty days after the first one.
No problem with the scheduling program. My wife had her shot today, one day after mine, and her shot 2 is the day after mine also.
From here.
Second doses administered within a grace period of ≤4 days from the recommended date for the second dose are considered valid; however, doses administered earlier do not need to be repeated. The second dose should be administered as close to the recommended interval as possible. However, there is no maximum interval between the first and second dose for either vaccine.
Now some vaccinations are being pushed out due to the freeze - but as far as I can tell, not Pfizer ones. Perhaps Moderna is manufactured in the south?
Yay! I just got an email from my provider rescheduling my 2nd vaccine for Monday. They had canceled due to snowstorm-power failures-etc. I’ll be really glad to get that behind me.
I had my shot just over two weeks ago and for the most of the last two weeks my muscles have been aching as if I’ve been working out. Obviously I can’t be sure it’s related to the jab but has anyone else experienced anything like this?
Yay from up here too! (Foat Wuth). Been following the thread without much to add beyond dreading the second jab. Just got my second vax (6 hours ago) and dreading the onset of whatever’s in store. I hope yours goes as planned (and minimal side effects).
So far, the only thing I’ve noticed is my shoulder is much sore-er than before. Not terribly bad, but for some reason they gave the second shot much higher up my arm. I wonder if this is typical. Also, they gave me a longer wait-to-see-if-you-pass-out time (15 minutes first jab, 25 minutes for the second). No idea why.
Here’s the advice my doctor kid sent me on my way home from me getting my jab Thursday, so if it gets uncomfortable acetaminophen is what the doctor ordered. At least your personal concierge physician in the mitten state says so.
Take some Tylenol if you start feeling a malaise. The Pfizer shot is really good at being seen by your immune system and some people really feel it.
I had it couple of weeks ago due to underlying health conditions. I’m in the UK, FWIW.
Had a very bad reaction - a hellish night overall, and my heart rate got up to the 120s for several hours. It still isn’t normal, so I’m concerned that the heart condition I had an operation for a few years ago might have come back (it can sometimes reoccur if something causes it to). I certainly have the symptoms I used to have. So I’ll check with my GP before getting the second dose - I want to get it, but I’m not sure it’s a good idea.
That’s not a recommendation against the vaccine, though - my GF is getting it on Wednesday (frontline social care worker) and I’ll drag my daughter there as soon as she’s eligible, which will be a while, as she’s in the lowest categories health, age and work wise.
I had covid in October and it seems that people who’ve had covid are more likely to have a reaction. It’s also another reason to possibly not have the second dose - I’ve already effectively had at least two doses, really.
In France, that’s now policy.
The HAS said in a statement that current data suggest “people who have already been infected retain an immune memory” whether their disease was symptomatic or not.
“This leads the HAS to propose only one dose to people who have been infected with SARS-CoV-2, regardless of how long they have been infected. This single dose of vaccine will thus act as a booster,” it added.
It also recommends that the single dose of the vaccine be administered at least three months after contracting the virus and up to six months later.
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Got my first shot this past Saturday, the 20th of February. My 2nd shot of Pfizer is on March 18.
Got my second Pfizer shot this morning. (I may have said I was getting the Moderna, but that was incorrect.) The UTHealth School of Nursing was a model of efficiency. Even though the line was l-o-o-o-ng-- 100+ people at any time-- it moved very fast. From the time I got at the end of the line to the time I was seated in the “adverse event” post-shot waiting room was 20 minutes. Very impressive.
My happy dance that you’re now fully vaccinated. 
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Here’s a text I got from my doctor/young kid son after my first jab last week, in case you have any creakiest from your sound jab. He’s advised Tylenol if needed for comfort but that needing it is a good sign of a robust immune response.
Take some Tylenol if you start feeling a malaise. The Pfizer shot is really good at being seen by your immune system and some people really feel it.
Took my wife and in-laws to get vaccinated (dose 1) today. Even though I wish I could have gotten vaccinated myself, I feel better knowing they’re going to be protected, and that in turn reduces my risk as well.
Just hope I/we didn’t catch anything while we were there. Would be just my luck.