First, you wait by louannwarren

First, you wait

Yesterday I had my first vaccine. You check in, then you wait (and stand on the 6’ apart floor markers) in a circuitous line; there were 18 enclosed shot administering stations; your nurse gives you a vaccine badge; lastly you sit 6’ apart for 15 minutes, in the observation room, in case you have a reaction. The whole process took maybe 25 minutes. I received the Pfizer vaccine, I go back in three weeks for my second one. I’m waiting for my arm to hurt, so far, nothing. My DIL, the nurse anesthetist, said to keep my arm moving after the shot, maybe that helped. I’m thankful for this opportunity! This affords us the possibility of controlling Covid-19. So hopeful.
Congrats. Sounds like it was a tedious process!
Let us know how it goes ... inquiring minds want to know!
January 19th, 2021  
excellent news
January 19th, 2021  
Great shots of what sounds like a very professional job well done. Hope all is good and you have no unwanted reaction.
January 19th, 2021  
Thanks for sharing the process with us in these terrific photos. I’m surprised they let you take them.
January 19th, 2021  
Good news! Great collage of the event! Not sure when I will get the invitation for my vaccine. Got the over 80s and over 70s first in line.
January 19th, 2021  
Well done you, and good to record this momentous ocasion!
January 19th, 2021  
We get to do this tomorrow as our healthcare had signups
January 19th, 2021  
Good historical shots
January 19th, 2021  
That is great news! I'm convinced moving your arm after the shot helps. Love it that you took photos too!
January 19th, 2021  
Nice record of who things get done
January 19th, 2021  
Great to document this day Lou Ann. .I am so hopeful with you.
January 19th, 2021  
Great collage telly the story so well Lou Ann one for the history books:)
January 19th, 2021  
@ingrid01 I am sure I was not supposed to take photos. But I just acted like it was okay and no one said anything to me. I was careful to not really get front on faces 😊
January 19th, 2021  
Something different for the album
January 19th, 2021  
A super collage documenting an important day on the road to freedom.My surgery phoned me today saying I can have my first vaccine on Friday ☺️
January 19th, 2021  
So glad for you to have had your shot!
January 19th, 2021  
well done
January 19th, 2021  
Great news.
January 19th, 2021  
Good to see this, I have my first vaccine this Thursday so will remember the tip of moving my arm @carolmw . We are only having one to start with & the second within 12 weeks. It’s to give others the chance of a first shot quicker....hope it works! Sounds like exactly the same procedure Harry went through a month ago when he had his. Incidental the queue looks quite young, are you going by age?
January 19th, 2021  
Its good to see the UK totals decrease gradually! They might be doing it right here.
January 19th, 2021  
@happypat .Yes,we are.
January 19th, 2021  
Good for you. Not sure when we will get the vaccine here in Australia. I don't think the roll out is until February.
January 19th, 2021  
Good that you have had your shot. My arm is still a bit heavy & I have a localised reaction at the injection site. Yesterday I had a rise in temperature & aching joints. Today apart from the arm , I feel relatively normal.
January 19th, 2021  
Great collage.............and glad you had your shot!
January 19th, 2021  
@happypat anyone 16 and older with serious health issues is eligible. I was surprised at how many younger people were there. There were at least 75% of senior citizens there, just not really captured in my photos.
January 20th, 2021  
@carole_sandford oh my Carole. It’s now 24 hours and I have not had any kind of symptom. My arm is not sore. I keep waiting to feel bad. Ha. I’m sorry you’ve had those reaction problems. I do not have reactions to flu shots, that and the fact that the young man who gave my shot did a fantastic job, works in my favor I think.
January 20th, 2021  
@grammyn see my note to Ingrid above about the photos. I’m a good bluffer. 😊
January 20th, 2021  
Good for you Lou Ann. My pharmacist really thinks that having had the shot one week exactly before I came down with Covid is what kept my symptoms as light as they were. Now anxious to get the 2nd shot and hope all others do, too.
January 20th, 2021  
@milaniet I know Pfizer offers 52% protection after one shot and 95% one week after the second shot. It makes sense that your vaccine enabled your body to fight the virus. 🤗
January 20th, 2021  
How exciting! Glad you got it.
January 20th, 2021  
Great collage. Canada has run into a vaccine shortage. The government says by September everyone who wants the vaccine will have it
January 20th, 2021  
💪
January 20th, 2021  
great to see it rolling out.
January 20th, 2021  
you deserve a fav for going for the jab, congrats.
January 20th, 2021  
I'm not sold on this but I'm glad it worked for you. I am not comfortable with synthetic "stuff" being shot into me. Anyway, I know it will be very helpful to the most susceptible.
January 21st, 2021  
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