Second dose

[tobyaw]

kateaw and I received our second doses of the Pfizer vaccine first thing on Monday morning. We were lined up, well spread out, in one of the corridors of the St Andrews Community Hospital just after 8am.

The first dose had left me feeling dozy and my arm sore for three days. This time the effects were a bit more pronounced; I was sleepy all day Tuesday and it has felt like every muscle has been aching. Still, could be worse. The crib sheet tells me that a rare side effect is “temporary one-sided facial drooping”.

I took advantage of the relaxation of the rules this week to be a little more confident about going out. The only indoors places I’ve been to in the past 14 months have been for medical appointments, but I felt very daring and adventurous this week as I made a brief trip to Morrisons, and then a briefer trip to M&S for food shops. What luxury to be able to shop in person rather than ordering online. End-of-aisle specials! Yellow-label bargains!

I might go shopping again. Later in the summer, maybe.