My five year-old self must think I'm crazy because...

[Tommy Carcetti]

...for the first time in my life, I'm actually super-excited to get a shot today.

[Walleye]

1. Didn't get a lollipop, but I got a really cool Band-Aid

[Scrivener7]

2. Yaaaayyyyyy!!!! Congratulations!!!

Isn't life so much better today than it was just a few months ago??

[Hortensis]

3. :) Your five-year-old self never experienced the relief at getting it,

poor baby, or even more the almost-not-there needles they use for these shots.

Seeing all the people getting "shot in the arm" every time he turned on the news has been making my husband squeamish for months now ("I wish they'd stop that!" ), but he didn't even know just when his shots happened because he refused to look.

[Rebl2]

11. I got

my second shot yesterday and the nurse said hold on, I have to get a different size needle. I don’t have much meat on the bones, so I asked her if that was the reason and she said yep. I did not feel either shot. Arm is a little sore today and I’m tired, but then I’m always tired. The worst shot I ever got was a tetanus a couple years back and my arm was sore for at least three days.

[Hortensis]

13. So they have needle options even beyond the very fine one? Huh!

There's always a lot more to know.

Glad you're doing pretty good. My husband had the only "fatigue" of his life all next day and assumed he must have a fever to go with, but he didn't. I have an idea of what you mean about always being tired even if he didn't; clinical chronic fatigue is normal for me because of an autoimmune disorder.

[Rebl2]

17. I also

have autoimmune problem. RA since childhood and am in my 60’s now.

[Hortensis]

19. Oh, sorry. RA only really manifested in my 60s, that I was aware of.

At least this isn't the 19th century, right?

[Hortensis]

14. So they have needle options even beyond the very fine one? Huh!

There's always a lot more to know.

Glad you're doing pretty good. My husband had the only "fatigue" of his life all next day and assumed he must have a fever to go with, but he didn't. I have an idea of what you mean about always being tired even if he didn't; clinical chronic fatigue is normal for me because of an autoimmune disorder.

[Siwsan]

4. That's how I felt, two weeks ago. And three weeks before that.

Now I'm good for at least 6 months. Hopefully longer, but if not I'm back in the queue for another jab.

[Pobeka]

5. "I've not been this excited since I was a kid at Christmas".

-- that's what I told the nurse yesterday who gave me the first dose.

[pandr32]

6. I'm super excited to get my first one tomorrow

[jaxexpat]

7. The acuity of one's 5 year old self is difficult to retain.

[Shrike47]

8. Yep. I remember crying about shots. Now I'm all yay! Gimme another if you please!

[3Hotdogs]

9. Instead of worrying about the virus, maybe start worrying about

Burrell.

[multigraincracker]

10. I like shots.

I give myself one every week in the butt. Way better than in the arm. It all depends on the gauge needle used.

[wryter2000]

12. Enjoy

Everyone around you will feel the same way. It’s wonderful energy.

A friend of mine plans to take cookies for the staff.

[Jetheels]

15. Got my second Pfizer shot two days ago, and yeah, super excited to get it too.

I was sick though on Thursday, mostly flu like body ache, but today better, only a slightly sore arm. The first shot I didn’t feel anything, I even wondered did they even give me a shot? The second shot was more painful. Now I feel like a big relief, it’s been such a long journey from first hearing about Covid-19 till getting vaccinated. Good luck with yours, and everyone else too.

[usaf-vet]

16. I'll bet you aren't the only "5 year old" that has thought that way.

I was that way myself for years. Boot camp in the 1960s solved that problem.

Then when I was trained to be a medic and was on the other end of the syringe administering 100s of shots to "shot lines" in one day.

You would be surprised how many grown men who were training to go to war, jump out of planes, handle explosives, fight in hand-to-hand combat were petrified to get a shot.

[panader0]

18. When I was 5, almost 6, (1955), my dad got stationed in Morocco.

think I got 7 or 8 shots--typhus, typhoid, bubonic plague, diphtheria, and more.
I had my arm in a sling for the flight over.
I get my 2nd Moderna tomorrow.

[Skittles]

21. I moved back and forth overseas when I was growing up

I remember getting several shots each time and my arm would hurt pretty badly!

[Skittles]

20. I got a shot today: pneumonia

I've given up trying to get a covid shot for now, those appointments are long gone by the time I wake up (night worker)