This past Thursday at 1000 I arrived at the local CVS in Granbury, TX, and received a COVID and Shingles shot. So far so good. Later on the day, my arm was a little sore but no big deal. We had a late lunch, and in the middle of eating a salmon pattie all of a sudden, I had to vomit and deposited the contents of my stomach into a toilet. Let’s regress here.
In my 25 years in the US Navy, I received countless injections with multiple shots on the same day. I had NEVER had a reaction of any kind taking whatever was thrown at me in stride. You can’t believe the number of shots we were required to have before going In-Country Vietnam. So this is something new for me. I have had previous shingle shots and six COVID shots also.
On Friday morning my Biometrics were whacked. My BP was 89/59, temp was 99.4, and my pulse was 104. Friday night was hell on earth. I had to get up and vomit at least six times with nothing coming up toward the end. We tried some OTC meds to stop vomiting and I just puked it up. Saturday morning things settled down at I slept in until noon. Saturday I was able to keep soup down, and Sunday I was fully back in battery, but stayed in bed until 1000. I was able to blow off storm debris from the porch and driveway and finish putting a border on a front flower bed, even though the humidity was very high and the temp was 90F.
Throughout all of this, I maintained my normal dialysis schedule without any problems or challenges. One lesson to be taken from this is bodies do change in ways you cannot predict. Will I continue to receive shots? Yes, but perhaps with a more critical reading of potential side effects. And life does go on. We just saw our first fawn of the season through our kitchen window. There is a God!
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