Vaccine Today, here we go!

blind99 said:

Couple of friends of mine have gotten shingles. One guy said it was like getting stabbed over and over with a hot knitting needle. The other had eye involvement. Nasty. Glad you got that shot!  That’ll be great for Bridget and eventually you to get the covid vaccine. I’m hoping it’s not as long a delay as originally thought. 

I've had shingles, and the rash went 3/4's the way around my torso (can be fatal if it goes all the way around, I was told).  You can only get chickenpox once, but you can get shingles more than once (it's the same virus, go figure).  I'll be getting the shingles shot when I refill another prescription this week.    

PigBeanUs said:

I felt a single semi-painful blister on my neck, with smaller dots, not as ‘blistery’ in a row after it. Maybe two or three dots at most. 

Went to the Dr and said “I think I have a spider bite or something. And it bit me a couple times maybe”

she said “shingles. Earliest case I have ever diagnosed”

I don’t know how fast it spreads. But I think that was maybe the second day or so, max. 

She gave me some antibiotics and nothing more happened. 

Can’t imagine waiting until it covered a significant portion of my body. 

That is the problem with shingles - most of us don't recognize what it is and wait until it gets worse before we go to the doctor.  By then it is having its way with you, and not in a good sense!  Get the vaccination if your doctor recommends it.

Hang in there brother Mike. 

nolaegghead said:

Gulfcoastguy said:

So far I think everybody mentioned is a health care worker. People with medical conditions and age will be somewhere in late January after the health care workers and people at assisted living(care) centers. Of course it seems that politicians are jumping the line in order to “inspire “ our reluctant people that it’s safe . AOC is only in her late 20’s for example and Rubio is in his 40’s. Admittedly most of the politicians are old and have preexisting conditions like lacking a spine or a heart.

I don't mind politicians getting it if that helps convince people it is safe and gets more people to get immunized in the long run.  

What does bother me is how many of these same politicians that have been towing the virus hoax line, virtue signaling with the president's rhetoric, spewing bible quotes out of context and encouraging behavior contrary to public safety from the CDC.  That hypocrisy is astounding.

A preacher in Texas who poo pooed the virus just lost his 84 and 79 year old parents within a day of each other.

I will gladly wait my turn and take it when offered to me. I count myself lucky, I rarely have to leave the house.

One of my Aunts is adament about having the  Christmas Eve get together for the entire extended clan. The aunt and uncle who usually host it finally had to say no. Their son will be stopping by on the way back from M.D. Anderson in order to rest since he is driving. Paul just had some surgery that I can't spell for lung cancer. The Doctor said Covid would take him right out. He never smoked btw. Now she is ticked that both of her daughter in laws said no way that they were not coming(the first aunt mentioned).

CTMike said:

caliking said:

CTMike said:

blind99 said:

@ctmike my concern with immunocompromise would be that someone gets the shot and thinks they're protected, but really aren't.  i'd rather face covid with some degree of immunization rather than none.  i'll be interested to hear what advice you were given. 

where we are, the only contraindication to the shot is known allergy to a component of the shot.  everyone else is a candidate.

i recall getting antibody titers checked only once - hep B vaccination is considered protective at a certain level. 

Her pulmonologist today recommended she get the vaccine when available. He said without she has about a 20% chance of contracting the virus, as opposed to 1% chance of side effects from the vaccine. She has been in the ICU on a vent 3 times this year due to asthma exacerbations - pulmo said if she gets the virus she would absolutely be back on a vent and it could be fatal. 

She has an appt with her immunologist tomorrow so we will see what he says. 

Even when and if she gets the vaccine, she knows that it won’t provide blanket protection. As I stated earlier in this thread (a or maybe it was a related one) - I give her Xolair injections twice a week, and a nurse comes to the house to give her an IgG infusion once a month - all to give her a short term immunity boost. 

Severe asthma such as hers, and the long term steroids to combat it really sucks. 

Vanilla doesn't have a "sending happy thoughts" button, so that's what I'm trying to do here.

Thanks for the thoughts. She just got off the call with immunologist who agrees that she should get the vaccine when offered, but he went on to say it likely wouldn’t be as effective as her immune system won’t generate as robust a response that it would in others. 

Maybe a second booster shot?

CTMike said:

Gulfcoastguy said:

CTMike said:

caliking said:

CTMike said:

blind99 said:

@ctmike my concern with immunocompromise would be that someone gets the shot and thinks they're protected, but really aren't.  i'd rather face covid with some degree of immunization rather than none.  i'll be interested to hear what advice you were given. 

where we are, the only contraindication to the shot is known allergy to a component of the shot.  everyone else is a candidate.

i recall getting antibody titers checked only once - hep B vaccination is considered protective at a certain level. 

Her pulmonologist today recommended she get the vaccine when available. He said without she has about a 20% chance of contracting the virus, as opposed to 1% chance of side effects from the vaccine. She has been in the ICU on a vent 3 times this year due to asthma exacerbations - pulmo said if she gets the virus she would absolutely be back on a vent and it could be fatal. 

She has an appt with her immunologist tomorrow so we will see what he says. 

Even when and if she gets the vaccine, she knows that it won’t provide blanket protection. As I stated earlier in this thread (a or maybe it was a related one) - I give her Xolair injections twice a week, and a nurse comes to the house to give her an IgG infusion once a month - all to give her a short term immunity boost. 

Severe asthma such as hers, and the long term steroids to combat it really sucks. 

Vanilla doesn't have a "sending happy thoughts" button, so that's what I'm trying to do here.

Thanks for the thoughts. She just got off the call with immunologist who agrees that she should get the vaccine when offered, but he went on to say it likely wouldn’t be as effective as her immune system won’t generate as robust a response that it would in others. 

Maybe a second booster shot?

The Pfizer vaccine is a series of 2 injections, 3 weeks apart. Not sure about Moderna. 

All the covid-19 vaccinations are 2 shot.  The only difference is Moderna (and others) are 4 weeks between injections. 

Gulfcoastguy said:

CTMike said:

Gulfcoastguy said:

CTMike said:

caliking said:

CTMike said:

blind99 said:

@ctmike my concern with immunocompromise would be that someone gets the shot and thinks they're protected, but really aren't.  i'd rather face covid with some degree of immunization rather than none.  i'll be interested to hear what advice you were given. 

where we are, the only contraindication to the shot is known allergy to a component of the shot.  everyone else is a candidate.

i recall getting antibody titers checked only once - hep B vaccination is considered protective at a certain level. 

Her pulmonologist today recommended she get the vaccine when available. He said without she has about a 20% chance of contracting the virus, as opposed to 1% chance of side effects from the vaccine. She has been in the ICU on a vent 3 times this year due to asthma exacerbations - pulmo said if she gets the virus she would absolutely be back on a vent and it could be fatal. 

She has an appt with her immunologist tomorrow so we will see what he says. 

Even when and if she gets the vaccine, she knows that it won’t provide blanket protection. As I stated earlier in this thread (a or maybe it was a related one) - I give her Xolair injections twice a week, and a nurse comes to the house to give her an IgG infusion once a month - all to give her a short term immunity boost. 

Severe asthma such as hers, and the long term steroids to combat it really sucks. 

Vanilla doesn't have a "sending happy thoughts" button, so that's what I'm trying to do here.

Thanks for the thoughts. She just got off the call with immunologist who agrees that she should get the vaccine when offered, but he went on to say it likely wouldn’t be as effective as her immune system won’t generate as robust a response that it would in others. 

Maybe a second booster shot?

The Pfizer vaccine is a series of 2 injections, 3 weeks apart. Not sure about Moderna. 

CTMike said:

Gulfcoastguy said:

CTMike said:

caliking said:

CTMike said:

blind99 said:

@ctmike my concern with immunocompromise would be that someone gets the shot and thinks they're protected, but really aren't.  i'd rather face covid with some degree of immunization rather than none.  i'll be interested to hear what advice you were given. 

where we are, the only contraindication to the shot is known allergy to a component of the shot.  everyone else is a candidate.

i recall getting antibody titers checked only once - hep B vaccination is considered protective at a certain level. 

Her pulmonologist today recommended she get the vaccine when available. He said without she has about a 20% chance of contracting the virus, as opposed to 1% chance of side effects from the vaccine. She has been in the ICU on a vent 3 times this year due to asthma exacerbations - pulmo said if she gets the virus she would absolutely be back on a vent and it could be fatal. 

She has an appt with her immunologist tomorrow so we will see what he says. 

Even when and if she gets the vaccine, she knows that it won’t provide blanket protection. As I stated earlier in this thread (a or maybe it was a related one) - I give her Xolair injections twice a week, and a nurse comes to the house to give her an IgG infusion once a month - all to give her a short term immunity boost. 

Severe asthma such as hers, and the long term steroids to combat it really sucks. 

Vanilla doesn't have a "sending happy thoughts" button, so that's what I'm trying to do here.

Thanks for the thoughts. She just got off the call with immunologist who agrees that she should get the vaccine when offered, but he went on to say it likely wouldn’t be as effective as her immune system won’t generate as robust a response that it would in others. 

Maybe a second booster shot?

The Pfizer vaccine is a series of 2 injections, 3 weeks apart. Not sure about Moderna. 

Moderna is also two shots. I was talking about adding a third shot.

Ahh gotcha, not sure the powers that be would authorize that - but it’s worth asking about. 

I have never heard of getting an extra booster shot as part of the initial series.  That said, if she can get the vaccine, she should.  It will afford her an advantage in hopefully not getting *as sick* compared to not getting the vaccine at all.  What she'll benefit most from is the herd immunity that we hope to achieve.  Also what helps is getting vaccinations for anything that could turn into a comorbidity such as the flu shot.