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Immediately after my 2nd Moderna dose on Wednesday, I felt dizzy. I wrote it off as a coincidence, until it started getting worse.
My Mom was sitting there engrossed in her iPad Find-a-Word game while holding her “Allergy” tag, which means she had to wait 30 minutes vs. the standard 15. I leaned over and asked G if dizziness was on the list of side effects. We both started Googling. I got up and walked to a table in front of me that had a bunch of I Got Shot or whatever stickers on it, with a staff member sitting there; I asked her if dizzy was normal. She shrugged.
Walking back to my seat was like being drunk on a fishing boat on 6-foot waves.
I was thinking about what to do next (like “will I be able to walk ALLLLL the way to that exit when we leave??”) when an RN suddenly appeared before me: Karen. She asked how I was doing, I figured now’s not the time to bullshit. She told me she wanted to take me to an area to lie down for a bit. Ugh, okay. She got a WHEELCHAIR and insisted I ride in that. By the time I climbed out of it and onto a REALLY HIGH stretcher, I realized Karen knew what she was doing. I was REALLY dizzy, holy shit.
I lied there for a while as Karen checked my oxygen levels and BP and pulse, all good. I asked her if people pass out from the shot.
“Oh, yeah.”
I texted G, then he suddenly appeared from between the divider curtain. He said my Mom hadn’t even noticed I was gone (eye roll). Just then, we heard some commotion and a loud THUD and Karen went running ... someone had passed out cold, G said “face planted,” just after getting into the MASH area. Later, after I was leaving, we saw her on a stretcher; she was young, like early-20s?
After drinking some water and lying there for less than I think 30 minutes, I was cleared for takeoff. I went home and slept for HOURS.
Yesterday, G had a headache ALL DAY. I only felt tired and a tad feverish, but still managed to get some stuff done around the house while G slept all day.
This morning, I had a telehealth appointment with my neurologist. I said I had read reports of migraines after the 2nd shot, but I didn’t get one. He said yeah, ESPECIALLY with Moderna: migraines, but also headaches in general. Dr. said that dizziness after some shots is a fairly normal reaction, in general.
My arm still hurts like last time but no big deal.