i haven't met anyone that wasn't affected by the second moderna vaccine and it
really does affect everyone differently and so i did a ton of homework both reading articles online
watching youtube videos and even asking my friends on social media on twitter and
instagram about their experiences and in this week's video i'm sharing with you my best tips
for what helped me to get through this experience as well as sharing my actual experience in case
it helps you and if you're new here welcome i'm christine with where in the world is CL and i
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and if i could have watched this video it may have helped me to not feel so
yeah that was what it was like let's start with what i was expecting to feel based on everything
i read witness or soreness at the injection site muscle aches fatigue tiredness headache fever
or chills how did it end up playing out all of that plus i had extreme nausea and dizziness and
diarrhea it's true and what i took away from all the articles that i read the reason why i was
feeling like crap is because my immune system was activated and i linked all of those articles below
in the description for you to do your own homework let's talk about tips for getting through it and i
would say my best tip is try to get your shot as late as possible i'll get into that in a second
but let's start with the day before the day before i kind of treated it like i was prepping for
race day with my triathlons in which i started eating insanely healthy and just chugging tons
of water i tell you i got a good night's rest but i was up all night editing these types of videos
until 2am which by the way if you're getting some value out of this video cheers that like button
and consider subscribing and check the description for more resources and info below and then on the
day of i made sure to work out as early in the morning as possible because i was expecting to be
laid out so let's talk about that tip with getting it as late as possible some of the people i talked
to when i posted on instagram and twitter and talked to other travelers about their experiences
is they said a lot of them were only affected for 12 hours so why get it in the morning and
feel like crap all day when you can get it at night and ideally sleep through the experience
and so i called the pharmacy and i asked the latest time i could come in and she said
as long as you're in by six it's totally fine and so i went in toward the end of the day and instead
of going to bed really really late like i normally do i went to bed really early to sleep it off
time to get the shot let's do it these next three things helped me a lot the first one was i took
tylenol at the maximum amount you're allowed to take it at it was for me literally the only thing
that helped me to get through how uncomfortable i felt the second thing is my body aches
were awful and i took epsom salt baths and that actually helped a lot to help with some of the
muscle soreness and fatigue i was feeling and then i continued to just eat really healthy and i drink
bone broth and things like that i basically acted like i was having a really really bad hangover so
i'm used to that feeling but this one was worse
that one for sure oh okay so how did it end up playing out i expected to feel like crap
it was pretty bad but not this crappy i even had a hard time doing just the basic arm circles that
everyone recommended that i do so i know shots are different everywhere so as a quick background i
got my shot in south florida and the way it works here for the moderna vaccine is you're taking them
four weeks apart and so like i mentioned i went as late in the day as i could so in theory i could
sleep it off and after i got the shot i was in the waiting area for a few minutes to make sure there
was no immediate reaction and then i went home and i rested and by rested i mean i responded to a few
hundred emails but wow i was so tired i'm tired the next day can be described as pretty rough
ow i would describe it as it feels like a massive hangover with a fever and like
someone punched me in the brain i slept for a long time to be honest i was shocked at how
incapable of life i was and so i was trying to do things like keeping myself comfortable and so i
literally took two hour naps every two hours or so tylenol is the only thing saving my life right now
and then i put on a face mask while i was doing my epsom salt bath i feel really terrible i may
as well look really ridiculous which helps me to emotionally versus physically feel better
they're ready to get in the bath or i'm ready to rob the cake
and then very early i was ready to go back to bed more sleep
last night i slept for another 12 hours and i was feeling pretty nauseous and dizzy this morning
but taking more tylenol definitely helped and unlike yesterday i'm kind of functioning
today i'm christine i hope that by sharing my experience it helps you cheers that like
button if you haven't already and i'm not suggesting that you take the vaccine only
you can decide what's right for you i just want to share with you my experience in hopes that
it helps what's next for me a lot of travel so i hope to see you in the next adventure ciao