short blog: moderna dose #2

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hello all.

this isn't really a proper blog but i just wanted to talk about my experience with moderna as someone who had covid in january. the first dose left me very fatigued and with MAD soreness on my vax arm (couldn't lift it past 90 degrees). and i thought that was going to be the worst of it from the rumors i heard about covid survivors getting vaccinated.

i received my second dose of the moderna vaccine on this past saturday, 5/22. i managed through the whole day with no side effects and very little soreness. i slept over at my boyfriend's place that night, feeling completely fine going to bed. in my dream, i started shaking, and i wasn't sure why. upon realization, i woke up from my slumber to find myself actually shaking–– completely uncontrollably. "rigorously" as webmd says. my teeth were chattering, my entire body was vibrating. muscles tensing and releasing like rapid fire. it woke up my boyfriend, and i was highkey starting to freak the fuck out. it was dark, i didn't know what time it was (it was 3am), and it wasn't stopping. i thought i was going to die; that sounds dramatic, but it's totally true. i wasn't sure what was happening. vaccine wasn't the intitial answer we came up with. in the moment, i thought i was having a seizure or something, or perhaps sleep paralysis. i felt my throat closing up (from anxiety, in retrospect), so i started to think it was anaphylaxis. after a few minutes, it stopped. the trembles returned in shorter bursts and eventually edged off after i gave into some tylenol. i was extremely feverish. i wish i took my temperature–– i could've sworn i was 107 degrees. i felt dangerously hot. not even in the good way.

it was kind of traumatic, i'm not gonna lie. i felt really bad for my boyfriend, waking him up and all. we both were pretty calm during the whole event, but once it was over, i just cried like a baby. it was so horrifying. today, i slept a shitton. my body temperature still in the high. it is now the evening, and i feel much better. but jesus christ.


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