covid impact

[ExistHarm]

got the first pfiz vaccine march 2021, slightly sore and slept it off. booster april, a little worse, got kind of sick but managed to sleep it off. got the third moderna booster in december 2021 and it fucking wrecked me, hot and cold flashes, head spinning, HSV flareup, sore from head to toe, sitting in the bathtub with the shower running over me. i was straight up sick for weeks after.
then, may 2022 i got covid. wrecked me, i think i would have died if i wasn't vaccinated. no significant long term issues. then i got covid again in november 2022. wrecked me again. arrhythmic and too fast heartbeat, audible and shallow breathing, and a serious brain fog and memory problems. then, i caught covid again in jan 2023, and it of course wrecked me again, amplification of breathing problems, heart arrhythmia, and terrible brain fog, memory issues, and just generally lowered mental capacity in many regards.
and i have gotten it easy compared to a lot of people. since my third infection is when my ctb desires have taken root, although they really have always been there, sometimes quite soft and sometimes loud...anyone else have complications from covid? please share

 

[general bacon]

My gosh that sounds terrible, I'm so sorry you've gone through that. I personally have lucked out and have not had Covid once…yet. I just want to tell you you're in my thoughts *hugs*

 

[guayabas]

I had a really intense reaction to the booster as well. It messed up all my joints and all my muscles felt like they were flexing at once, I couldn't relax at all, it felt like I was gonna have a charlie horse in every muscle. I bent down to turn on my floor heater bc I was absolutely freezing, I messed up my knees really bad. I had pain walking for 6 months afterwards, couldn't bend them much. It's still not completely better a year later but the pain isn't everyday anymore. But it made me absolutely terrified to get the real thing, especially since I already suffer from musculoskeletal problems and chronic pain. Getting covid would make them even worse and possibly permanently immobilize me.

I've had to continue social distancing and it's really messing me up mentally. No one is being careful anymore and I feel trapped with my abusive partner bc he's the only person I know who's willing to be extra careful about covid for my safety. He's so weird. Like he knows if he gives me the one thing I need that no one else will give me, I won't leave. My friends who previously said stuff like "stay home, save lives" are now telling me I need to stop letting covid control me. I'm not letting it. It's a misconception that we have control over every aspect of our lives. I can't control that I'm vulnerable to covid and everyone stopped masking. All I can control is my own actions to do my best to protect myself.

 

[Kattt]

After 4 weeks, I finally tested negative for covid. Because I have barely any immune system, if I get sick, it can be incredibly difficult (if not impossible) to recover.
At first it wasn't that bad.. just the flu thing you hear about. But pretty soon I lost all sense of taste, which has made eating virtually impossible. Luckily, I needed to lose some weight anyway. It's still not working properly, but again, losing another 10lb would not be a bad thing.
After the first few weeks, I started seeing everything around me in faded colour and kinda 2D. Like a bad 1980s TV documentary, only it was my whole world.
Tomorrow will be the first day I've been able to go outside in a month. Very much looking forward to it too. I had 5 vaccines so far and without a doubt, that is the reason I am here and able to write this today. I may have suicidal ideation, but suffocation is not for me.

For people who felt bad following vaccines, that's a good sign. It's just your body's immune system doing what it's supposed to and learning to fight off the virus.
Remember NONE of the RNA vaccines have any viral material in them. They us a harmless natural protein to cause the muscle cells to create a cell that acts as a COVID decoy. A looky-likey. An imposter. Your body thinks it's a COVID virus even though it's harmless, and learns to recognize then eliminate it. If you are feeling unwell, it's your body fighting off the fake covid virus which is just what you want it to be doing.
Try to imagine how it would feel if your amazing immune system had to fight off these viruses for real with your life being at stake.