COVID-19: Dose 1 plus two days

Yesterday I said "I'm not worried" about side effects. Maybe I should have worried a little more? Maybe I should worry a little more about the next dose?

Yesterday I felt pretty good (modulo slamming my left middle finger in the front door on my way out to pick up a prescription for Colleen) up until 9:30 or 10pm, so about 28 hours after the shot, when I started getting some pain around the injection site. Then I started feeling chilled. No fever, though -- 97.1, so a little low if anything. I seem to recall getting low temperatures during viral illnesses back... a long time ago.

Then came the muscle aches, and then the headache. Pretty close to what I remember from some of the times I had the flu. Night-time was pretty miserable; getting out of bed for water, taking care of Colleen, or a bathroom break proved to be a major undertaking. Breathing was complicated by my usual post-nasal drip -- I don't think that was connected to the vaccine after-effects -- but it made the night pretty bad. I was strongly reminded of The Nightmare Song from ‘Iolanthe’ by Gilbert and Sullivan.

I don't think it would have been a good idea to drive today; fortunately I don't have to -- V is taking Colleen to her CAT-scan appointment this afternoon. (There's an amusing comment to be made about a Cheshire Cat getting a CAT scan, but I'm a little low on spoons at the moment.)

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