I couldn't roll up my sleeve far enough for the injection (left arm), so I just pulled down the neck and she did the injection there.
After a day or so, I noticed that my left arm was quite sore. Unusual for me, as every other vaccine (flu, Covid, shingles, pneumonia) there were no affects at all in the arm.
The arm continued to ache and ache. Then we drove to Prince Rupert/Haida Gwaii and back. It was a tough drive both ways because I couldn't find a position where my arm would stop hurting. I tried everything I could to control the pain but nothing worked - not Tylenol, not Advil, not heat, not cold - nothing.
When we got home (May 22) I made a doctor appointment to have things checked out.
What we think happened is that the Covid shot was too high on the arm, and damaged a nerve. Dr. LeVoi has put me on nerve pain medication (gabapentin - an Epilepsy drug) and I think it's starting to work.
Sigh.
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