Sword of Pfizercles

Yep. Time for COVID vaccine round two, my immune system doesn't like me boogaloo.

Yeah, I stepped up and took it for the team (the office actually and other reasons). I got shot #2 Thursday morning. I am still not a mutant lizard creature although I can feel my body still trying.

They've improved the mass vax process considerably. No strange ladies yelling at me about believing in science for example. This time, the gal who gave me the shot was in a chatty mood, so we discussed martial arts (she saw my nice jahng bong bruise on my upper arm - looks like a football player planted his helmet there in a tackle) as she's been pondering jiu jutsu herself, then we talked about vaccine side effects. She laughed when I told her about my experiences with round 1 (extreme muscle and joint pain, sweats, nausea for the night), and she told me that I would almost certainly react to round 2 and possibly worse. She said to plan for at least a day, drink plenty of water and take Tylenol. She said I had about 12 hours.

So start up the doom clock and commence the sword of Pfizercles hanging over my head.

Work was pretty uneventful. My arm was sore like last time, but nothing horrible. So as evening set in, I went to practice. By then I had about 2 hours left on my doom timer and figured I'd be safe. I was, but I could feel it starting to set in. I have an ankle I sprained the holy heck out of, and it started to get really, really stiff and sore. We were doing a lot of back stance on that leg and that ankle was on fire! Normally, it doesn't bother me.

I thought I would be in for it all night, but it was surprisingly calm. Instead, I woke up feeling like crap the next morning. I am currently into day 2 of what feels like a cold. I have a swollen goose egg on the arm where I get the shot this time along with soreness in that armpit and across that collarbone. I assume these are swollen lymph nodes. All my mucus membranes in my nasal passages, down my throat and into my upper chest have that slightly inflamed feel I get when I'm about to erupt with a cold. I've been doing the hot/cold thing, and I've been running a low grade fever. I think the only reason I got into work at all yesterday was because I'd taken Tylenol about an hour before heading out. I also have random muscle aches along with some truly special aches in those places with old injuries: ankle and neck and shoulder where I've had surgeries. Oh, and let's not forget the random bouts of sweat out of nowhere, always fun at work.

I slept a solid 12 hours last night, so there is your fatigue.

I think I'm better this morning. At least so far, I feel like maybe I'm getting better.

So I would say this is at once better and worse than the first round. Better in that the symptoms are all less intense; the first shot seriously laid me out. Worse in that these are lasting longer and while none are truly deal breaking, they all add up to make you feel like crap.

I am guessing that they are a product of a strong immune system and think that COVID on its own would have likely done little to me.

originally posted by: ketsuko
I am still not a mutant lizard creature although I can feel my body still trying.

Well, that's unfortunate. Let me know when you get a craving for flies and a desire to warm yourself under a heat lamp. Then it could get interesting.

a reply to: AugustusMasonicus

I only want to go that route if I get my poison tongue.

a reply to: ketsuko

If you get super powers, I'm going to be so jelly!

originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: ketsuko

If you get super powers, I'm going to be so jelly!

*You're* going to be jelly?! My son will be absolutely green with envy.

originally posted by: DBCowboy
...I'm going to be so jelly!

Dude, look at your belly, you achieved this decades ago.

a reply to: ketsuko

The immediate side effects from these things aren’t the side effects to worry about. The question is what is going to show up in the bodies of people who’ve gotten these shots, six months, a year from now?

a reply to: KansasGirl

The infertility one doesn't bother me. At my age, I don't need to be getting pregnant anyhow.

The questions about possibly triggering autoimmune conditions are more concerning. And I'll just have to wait on that one. Thing is that if I get arthritis ... well, my whole family has had it anyhow, so did I get it early or was it just going to happen?

originally posted by: KansasGirl
a reply to: ketsuko

The immediate side effects from these things aren’t the side effects to worry about. The question is what is going to show up in the bodies of people who’ve gotten these shots, six months, a year from now?

The immediate side effects.


six months.


a year from now.

Everybody let us know if you start looking like an aoudad and start feeling transition effects 😎

Brundlefly. Just saying.

I will try to let everyone know if I start develop an insatiable craving for brains before I completely lose my conscious thought processes.

originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: AugustusMasonicus

I only want to go that route if I get my poison tongue.

I think you mean venom tongue. Poison only hurts you if you ingest it.

originally posted by: ketsuko
I will try to let everyone know if I start develop an insatiable craving for brains before I completely lose my conscious thought processes.

Pfizer makes great stuff.

WARNING: Contact your doctor or seek emergency medical attention if your craving for brains is painful or lasts longer than 4 hours.

a reply to: IAMTAT

What about if you can't resist and consume the brains of your nearest relations?

originally posted by: TzarChasm

originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: AugustusMasonicus

I only want to go that route if I get my poison tongue.

I think you mean venom tongue. Poison only hurts you if you ingest it.

No. I think I mean poison. The one I am thinking of seemed to be a contact weapon, so I would be immune to it myself, but anyone touched by its lash would be poisoned.

originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: IAMTAT

What about if you can't resist and consume the brains of your nearest relations?

That's probably the point.
Thanks for willfully accepting your government mandated bio-modification. you will be rewarded with one "allowed to go to the grocery store" passport.
You are now instructed to consume the brains of anyone you know that refuses their bio-modification.
Your compliance is appreciated.

got my 2nd moderna a week ago.. first shot reaction was just a day of fatigue and light achiness/headache and a sore, swollen arm... 2nd shot i started feeling tired three hours later, my arm got more sore and swollen than last time, and i was fatigued and achey for about 36 hours. all good now though

It’s from the makers of OxyContin, so you just know it’s the good stuff!
I jest. I hope all goes well with no complications. I think what some people fear is losing their ability to reproduce, which the people who are pushing this vaccine would absolutely love because it falls in with their belief system that we shouldn’t for our own good.

Not saying that’s what it does, just saying Gates and many other would absolutely love it if it did. Whoops! Sorry guys we had NO idea.

Pretty sure they said Oxycotin was a nine addictive wonder drug at one time or another.
a reply to: ketsuko

a reply to: Athetos

Oxycontin not addictive ... nope, I'm giving you an opiate, but that's not addictive, not in the least, and that liquid on your leg? Oh, that's just a passing rain shower ... in broad daylight ... without a cloud in the sky. Excuse me while I zip my pants up.