Yesterday, I made an appointment with a local Walgreen's to get my COVID-19 booster shot by Pfizer. I qualified for the booster because I am over 65 years of age. It took about 15 minutes of waiting before I got it. The pharmacist gave me the injection, which was painless. For the next 10 hours or so, I had no reaction to it except for a sore arm, the same as with the first two shots. Then during the night, I started having horrible muscle pain as in cramps. I thought it might be from the run I went on during the day. However, those cramps got worse, and I didn't get out of bed for good until around 8:30. That was the easy part.
As the day wore on, I started getting chills and then tremendous fatigue, perhaps a bit like COVID symptoms. I felt like I had been hit by a Mack truck and could barely do anything most of the day. I came to the conclusion that these were the side effects of the Pfizer vaccine, which I confirmed through a google search listing said side effects. Those should wear off over the next few days.
I have already decided not to come to work tomorrow; I am truly out of it. Of course, any side effects from the shot are far better than getting the disease.
Because of this, I have decided to put off getting the shingles shot until December. I have heard that one can be a royal bitch as well.
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