Earlier this week I went and took an antibody test for a Covid study. To my knowledge I have never had covid. This test confirmed that. I had absolutely no antibodies whatsoever, natural or artificial (through vaccination). Well, the result was expected to be that way.

I haven’t been vaccinated simply because we didn’t know how my body would react to the shot. I’ve had a severe allergic reaction to Rabies vaccination, but it was the third shot in the series that I reacted to. What substance or ingredient it actually was my body didn’t like, I don’t know. But it had come to that point now that to get the shot became more and more inevitable. On top of that our (fucking) president came out with a demand that basically everyone in healthcare needed to take the shot or had to leave the work.
So I had a conversation with my doctors about the situation and we put everything up on the table. Pro’s and con’s. Risks and benefits. And we all agreed that to be able to ease my mind about not losing my job and also being better protected against the virus, it was worth the risk to try. Since Pfizer is the one FDA approved, that was the one I had to take and thankfully CVS in Canton had it and that’s the closest place for me. The first shot is most likely not the risky one for me, but the second. But to minimize a reaction I was prescribed a little stronger type of benadryl that I would pick up an hour before I got the shot. I was told to make sure I had someone drive me home… eh, well, I don’t have that luxury so I had to drive myself. And I needed to have at least 48 hours of rest after the shot for my body to adjust. Well, I have SOC today (Saturday) but hoped that I wouldn’t get called in. This was supposed to be my 4 day weekend but as always that was destroyed. This was not even a day I requested my SOC on so I’m literary pissed about it. But to get the shot yesterday was my only choice.

Said and done… went to CVS, got the Benadryl and took it. So far so good. 30 minutes later I got the vaccination and sat down for my post vaccine time. I was suppose to sit for 30 minutes but felt too tired so I left so I could drive home. Driving was no major problem (according to me). I didn’t hit anyone, I didn’t get pulled over :).

I had prepared everything at home so I didn’t have to do anything else than let Twix out from the crate, open the back door and go to bed. And that was exactly the amount of work I could manage. I have no clue about anything else until 5 hours later. I woke up and was groggy and dizzy. No pain anywhere. It was most likely from the benadryl. Both dogs were sleeping like rocks next to me. Had to get up to pee. Not a good idea. My bathroom is very small and narrow. I made it to the bathroom but when I stood up again my blood pressure plunged. I don’t know for how long time I was down. It could have been 10 seconds, it could have been 1 hour. But once again, Twix came and licked my face. I made myself back to the bed, thankfully not hurt. Had some messages from scheduling about tomorrow. First it looked like I was safe from having to work but that flipped quickly and I have to work a night shift tonight.
Went back to sleep. I didn’t feel bad really. More tired. That benadryl certainly worked. Woke up around 7pm again. I could now feel the soreness coming in my left arm where she stabbed me. And I was hungry. Damn I was hungry. Trembled out in the kitchen to make me a toast. Was just standing waiting for it to be done and it all went black again. Fuck! This time I know I was out for about 4 minutes so not too bad. But the toast was done at least. Ate it and crawled back to bed. Wondering how long time this dizziness was going to last. But that vs an allergic reaction…

Woke up by myself at 3:30 am and felt so much better. My arm is sore but that’s it. Dizziness is almost gone, tiredness is back to normal. I can feel some blood pressure fluctuation and therefore also some tachycardia. Guess that’s expected. No other pains or aches from the falls that I didn’t have before. So I hope this is all I get. According to the guidelines I will be able to get my next shot in 3 weeks but that is most likely too soon for me so I’ll have to wait 4-5 weeks instead. Then we have to do this all over again. At least I feel like I will be able to do the night shift tonight, even thou I am absolutely NOT happy about it…