How many times had she been boosted? When was the last one?
Whatās the average number? How many do they say youāre supposed to have at this point?
I tested positive a couple weeks ago. It kicked my ass. I mustāve slept 34 out of 36 hours and felt like I was 80. I wanna say thatās like my 3rd or 4th bout with covid now. Does it make sense to get vaxxed after you just had it?
I think Iām on shot number 6 or 7
Eta: just checked, 6 total. Two initial and then 4 since then.
Iām not sure about āsupposed toā without looking it up, but Iād say if you got the initial series of two and were boosted 2x by now, that would be pretty close to having followed the CDC recs.
The recs for when you should get a booster after COVID19 infection have evolved and may be different depending on which source you look at. Also, it likely depends on your overall health situation. You could look it up or just ask your doc.
Are you a young, healthy person as I am assuming Cactus is?
I still havenāt had it. Iām not sure why. I think something besides the vaccines (which Iāve had on schedule) is protecting me. Maybe blood type? I have no idea. That, and I must say Iām not super social and do like to keep my hands clean.
Young, yes. Healthy, mostly. But immunosuppressed and have opted to get the newest shot as soon as they are available each time. I believe the standard rec at this point would be the initial two rounds plus three boosters/updated versions.
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I just got my 5th shot today and believe Iām current on everything. Have had covid twice. Last time was a few months ago. A god damn plane ride did me in and I seem to have developed accute sinusitis which has brought on a bunch of unpleasant symptoms including dizziness, headaches, head pressure, and fatigue. Got a CT scan and the ENT suggested endoscopic sinus surgery if my symptoms donāt go away or if they worsen. I just finished a 20 day round of antibiotics and feel ~ better but this is the 2nd time Iāve been on the mend from this so who knows. He really believes my covid brought this on as it all kind of hit me 2-3 weeks after I tested positive.
Additionally I have a deviated septum and he recommended a septoplasty. He says this is all outpatient and nothing too invasive but if anyone has any experience with either procedure Iād love to hear about it.
I had septoplasty. Canāt breathe out of your nose for a couple weeks after. Mine was partially successful. I can sleep better, but I still have a permanent runny nose.
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Immunosuppressed is a whole other situation and could put you in the ānot healthyā group for the purposes of this question, imo. Presumably your doc would make vaccine recommendations depending on the nature and severity of your specific immunosuppression.
When you say havenāt had it, is it by serology? If not, you could have had asymptomatic infection. I suppose for practical purposes that is pretty much the same as never having had it, but itās not exactly the same thing.
My brother had it. He said recovery was uneventful and he can breathe better now. Heās happy that he did it.
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I had the septum surgery. I think it helped a bit, but I was disappointed that I didnāt get a big improvement. Outpatient surgery, healing was quick, pain was fine with mostly over the counter stuff - my only issue was I had to sleep with my head propped up and I hate that. The amount of gauze they put up my nose was incredible. Way more than youād think is possible.
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Ugh that sounds terrible. I get crazy anxiety about stuff like this.
I donāt know. I donāt recall being tested for antibodies. Do I get some from being vaccinated? Iāve gone to a walk-in clinic three times to be tested and came up negative each time. Once was a sinus infection and two were probably bad allergy attacks. I really donāt think Iāve had it. But then, I never got the flu shot until recently and only had the flu a couple of times. Iām lucky. I havenāt puked since the 80ās. Seriously.
Pretty sure 5x shots is the US state of the art if you have been on top of things. Initial 2, first monovalent booster, a bivalent, and then an updated one this fall. 6 probably possible for folks that squeezed a second monovalent before the biās finally got out.
Other path is the initial 2 and then get covid twice a year forever probably.
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Itās not bad - they packed it while I was out during the surgery. A couple days later I had a quick appointment to take it out.
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Was at my GP recently for something unrelated to COVID, but asked about when they were gonna get cleared to give boosters in the office.
Was taken aback by his mentioning that heās basically not even recommending any of the updated shots to healthy people who have at least the initial 2 shots + booster. He says theyāre literally always gonna be behind the curve with regard to whatever current variant is going around, and therefore are doing approximately nothing additional to either prevent infection or make it milder. Heās all in with prescribing Paxlovid if a case turns out to be bad, but basically says that collecting boosters every six months is just performative BS at this point.
Is there anything to what heās saying, or is he a moron? For the record heās never shown signs of believing anything sketchy before.
I had deviated septum surgery when I was 17 (a long long time ago). It seemed to be enough gauze for 4 heads. Like the magic trick where they pull an infinite amount of scarves out.
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Itās just what it is, being behind the curve. But broadening your response to a wider antigen spectrum and reminding your immune system about COVID are both very good things with a very very low risk of a downside.
Would he recommend against the flu shot on the same basis?
Ask him where he gets his news.
That said, I wouldnāt sweat a 6 month interval if there isnāt much known antigen drift in the news. But I think we are more like 12 months the last 3 cycles?
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