You'll be fine Jim...

Hey everyone! I'm 2 weeks away from my second vaccination. YAY! Didn't even feel the first one, and had no side effects at all except the sore arm for a day. (I had the Pfizer shot). The reason I'm posting here is because I'm happy to have survived this pandemic! I really didn't think I would. I was certain Covid would kill me if I got it, and I can't believe I managed to escape it as my kids were constantly being sent home from school to self-isolate after coming into contact with carriers!

Anyway, I'm still here. my health isn't brilliant but I should survive a little longer. Maybe I should skin something to celebrate not being dead?

Take care everyone.......

I too had my first Covid-19 vaccination, May 17 will be my second (last), so far no side affects, mine was Moderna, and I concur with Jim, be nice to see you skinning again BoXXi.   

That's great news, Jim, glad to hear it.  

It sure can!  I had another fall last Friday [30.04.21] and suffered damage to my right shoulder/upper chest area.  I was fumbling around in the dark to turn my bedside lamp on when I lost my balance and landed awkwardly on my right elbow... and geez, didn't it hurt.... and then some. Trouble is, since I was diagnosed with vertigo and diabetes, my balance hasn't been the greatest at the best of times, but in the dark it's even worse because I often can't see anything to get my bearings, etc.

Thing is, though I landed firstly on my elbow, my arm was pushed upward and probably dislocated my shoulder as well as injure my collarbone.  I say that because the actual shoulder joint is quite sore.  Luckily it went straight back in, but it's the collarbone area that's causing the greatest pain and discomfort.  I don't think anything is broken, it feels more like soft tissue damage and it may be that I have torn some ligaments and muscle during the fall.

If it doesn't improve by Monday [10.05.21] I shall go to my doctor to get it properly assessed, just in case the damage is more serious than I first thought.

We usually have some low-light LEDs set up to help with night movements, but we recently moved and thus far have not been able to access the box they're packed in.  I certainly won't be able to locate them while struggling with this pain, but I have a couple of housemates looking for them for me.

It's one of the most niggling and uncomfortable injuries I've ever had.  I can't cough, sneeze or fart without the pain reaching a 7 or 8 out of 10.  While I'm using my left arm/hand to do any lifting and most tasks, it still aggravates the injury on the right.

Yup, more of that.... lots more!!!!

Oh what fun....attempting to survive my first AZ jab on Thursday.....currently at second round of fever....

Bit rich having just got over a spider bite....with massive temperature followed by cellulitis and a round of anti-biotics.

Some prick out there clearly wants me dead....

Hi all

Everything is going well here in sunny socialist Victoria with our glorious leader proclaiming a easing in restrictions . But on the serious side, we are all healthy, no sign of COVID, both my partner and 92 year old father in law are vaccinated now. as for myself, i just spent a month in hospital due to a strangulated bowel which resulted in a 10 centimetre section of my small bowel being removed resulting in my now need to wear a bag to catch my poo lol. It was serious for awhile with me being placed in a medically induced coma for 9 days because my body went into sepsis and most of my organs decided to shut down. i had 4 surgeries in 5 days to fix me up and a 2 week stay in ICU then into the ward of Bendigo hospital for another 3 weeks. Well i am back at home, recovering well, my organs are working well again. still a ways to go but what should have killed me did not. On the plus side i lost 30 kilograms while all this went on so that's a good thing. As for my vaccinations, my doctor has advised me against it for the time being, he wants me to wait until i am further recovered which makes sense. I can't have the Astrazenica vaccine because i have already had 3 major DVT's in my leg so the risks of  further blood clots are a lot higher for me so once i am allowed i will me getting the Pfizer variant instead. Well that's my check in. I hope everyone is healthy and well and staying safe. Take care