About a week and a half ago, I went in for my second shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. That date was pushed up a month from my original appointment.
I listened to the warnings about the side effects being more severe than after the first dose. I had people close to me who claimed to suffer flu like symptoms for a few days after. I listened, but I had no fear of these things happening to me.
The big question – Did I experience any ill effects from the vaccine?
My Experience With the 2nd Dose
I was schedule for 12:45 at our local mass immunization centre – the local hockey arena. I started my day with a sunrise 10km run, followed by my usual hour of strength training. I wanted to get those in before the needle, just in case…
Prior to entering the building, I did a second series of Wim Hof Method style breathwork. Unlike the first dose, I was met with a lineup after entering the building. It seemed there was a bit of delay.
Standing in line to get checked in, we all witnessed an ambulance going by the window with lights ablazing. Shortly after, two paramedics entered the building with a gurney.
I could see the worried look on people’s faces, wondering if getting this needle was indeed safe. After all, should someone be taken away by an ambulance after getting a simple vaccine?
As I made my way closer to the floor and an injection station, the ‘patient’ was rolled away. He was conscious and he looked to be a teenager. I was fully expected someone elderly or someone in clear physical bad health. It was a bit of a surprise, for sure.
From what I got from the nurse who gave me my shot, they were having problems with the younger crowd. It seems they were simply getting dizzy or even passing out from the anxiety of getting the needle. We can attribute the fear that caused that to the amazing bucket of crabs that is social media.
So, when I actually got the needle, it was about 20 minutes later than expected. Once again, I barely felt the thing going in my arm. I waited out my recovery time and hit the parking lot for another round of breathwork.
The Side Effects Of The COVID-19 Shot
Once again, as with the first dose, there was pain in my shoulder where the needle went in. It wasn’t at all debilitating, just a noticeable pain in the muscle. I put in a four hour shift delivering food later in the day with no ill effects.
The following day, I once again put in a 10km run and my usual strength training session. I went about my day as usual.
In the end, there were simply no other symptoms or side effects. Living my pillars of optimum health and optimum fitness saw to it that my body could handle anything sent its way.
I’m not an anti-vaxxer. But, I truly hope that I don’t have to have anything else injected into me. If optimum health and fitness had been promoted even a little over the past year and a half, I believe that we wouldn’t have reached the situation we’re in now. But, instead, governments steadfastly ensured that fast food, alcohol and pot were always readily available to the people. After all, the real pandemics of obesity and diabetes are the staples that keep the world economy rolling on…