What a doctor said about the Covid vaccines

I had Covid last summer but it was fairly mild. Just felt like a bad cold. It came on super quickly though. I had a cough for a couple of days but was on a road trip with my BFF and within 3 hours, I was super sick.

I'm going to get the new booster and my flu shot probably toward the end of the month. I'm 57 and diabetic and I also take care of my parents so I need to be as healthy as possible.

I follow a world expert, Dr. Michael Osterholm. He is still recommending vaccines. Here is a link to his podcast: link. I skipped ahead until I found the covid discussion, somewhere around the 12 minute mark.

From the very beginning, he said it was going to be a pandemic. He also was saying from the beginning it was airborn and all the excessive cleaning by businesses was a waste of money.

I'll give my own doctor as an example. He does not push the Covid booster. He says it is up to the individual patient. He just doesn't think it is totally proven yet, and he sees more people with side effects from the Covid booster than the flu shot. When the shot first came out, and we were in the middle of a terrible pandemic, he was all "Yes, take the shot". But now that things have calmed down, and I guess he is looking at more data and believes more studies need to be done. He does recommend it if we are going overseas, but staying near home, he doesn't feel it is necessary.

COVID has not been mild for me either time I have caught it this year.

First time was the beginning of January. I do not remember January and half of February. My puppy went from 3 months to 4.5 months and I missed it. Ended up with Long COVID and didn’t return to work until the beginning of May. From FT to 3 days a week, 5 hour days.

Got it again in August. Lost 3 weeks to that one. My boss told me that she was happy to know I was coherent this time. Since I returned to work, I have had to call off on Wednesday, 2 weeks in a row. The first for extreme fatigue. The second due to extreme pain.

COVID escalates my Fibromyalgia and CFS issues.

I would quit work if I could stay home permanently. I’m terrified of catching it again.

Had an allergic reaction to the flu shoot 2 years ago. I think it is possible my body is overtaxed on meds. The last four new meds came with side effects I could not tolerate. The Wellbutrin made me suicidal.

Due to having COVID, I can’t get the vax until November or December.

I think mild is relative.  

For me?  My first Covid sucked ass.  I went from “allergies” to 103 fever and body aches in 3 hours.  I was rocking the 103 for 3 days and then it slowly went down.  I got it Christmas Eve and struggled thru Christmas Day with my kids mostly sleeping. Scrolling on my phone was asking too much of me.  I coughed for a good 2 months (asthmatic). For me that was not mild.  Compared to the OG Covid my friend had I’d say mine was mild.  She was sick for weeks and had to lay on her chest to help with the coughing.

My second Covid felt like a sinus infection and low grade fever.  Within 3 hours (what is it with 3 hours and my body?) I was rocking 102 and an hour later 103.  I slept most of 2 days but was able to get up and get food and function for the most part.  I never had bad coughing that time.  Sinus congestion was gone quickly.  Fever lasted 2 days and just as I was feeling better I lost taste for 2 days.  Coughing was minimal, not a lot of snot and I was 100% better in less than a week.  I’d consider my 2nd round mild compared to the first time.  

I'm sorry this happened.

I can't have the Covid vaccines, I ended up with myocarditis which is the worst and very rare side effect you can get. Due to the severity of my reaction and DS had slight reaction to his vaccine, DS's doctor has recommended he not get the vaccine either. So we both get our flu shots but not he Covid vaccines. We've both had Covid once, last October. I was immediately put on Plaxovid due to my autoimmune disease. I wish I could get the vaccine. I've been on lock down since November 2021 and I'm OVER IT. I like the working from home accommodation but hate that I can't do anything or see anybody. Whenever I get frustrated, DS knocks me back to earth with "Mama, you have to remember, you're all I have, you have to stay safe". (atrb_partsz)

Just keep in mind that each time you get Covid, you can still develop Long Covid. I had Covid for the third time after a July cruise, it sucked! But the worst part is the several weeks afterward with terrible fatigue.

Every doctor has an opinion. Talk to enough doctors you will find one who will say what you want to hear. Allergies are a whole different matter

This is how our pediatrician is as well. He says it is up to the patient/parents. However, during the pandemic he very strongly recommended it. 

I know more people right now that have gotten covid in the last 30 days than i did during the pandemic. I am getting the covid shot either tomorrow or next friday.