Just One of those Interesting Experiences in Life
A Yin & Yang of Second Shot Experiences
The contrast in my wife’s, and my second shot experiences could not have been greater!
The purpose of this story is to share an interesting experience that I had. It is not intended to convince you to get vaccinated for COVID-19.
Opposites Attract
My wife and I are in the 65 and over group and so we signed up to take our first vaccine shot on February 10, 2021. We both had sore arms and skipped our normal morning yoga zoom class for a couple of days. At one point in the middle of the night, I woke up with an intense dizziness (vertigo), but it did not last long and we had no other reactions.
We got our second vaccine on March 10. We had read that we were more likely to have a reaction to the second shot, and were told that when we got the shot, as well. So I was kind of ready for more vertigo.
Well, I did not have any vertigo spells, and our arms were about the same as after the first shot — maybe a bit more sore. But we did have other reactions.
After the shot, the rest of our day was normal. But starting that night, my wife basically slept for some 32 hours straight — from that night, through the next day, and through the next night. She got up a few times for short periods and drank some juices. But she did not eat anything. When she finally got up on the second morning, she was fine. So that was interesting.
For me, it was almost the opposite story. I was in a lull in my writing articles on Medium. I usually wait for inspiration of some kind to motivate me to write, and I had not had any such inspirations for almost two weeks — although I had updated a few articles.
However, starting on March 10th (the day of the 2nd shot), I wrote four articles in four days!
While I felt a little tired, I was not wiped out like my wife. I would get up to for awhile, but spent most of my time reclining on my bed and writing on my laptop.
Yin and Yang
Yin and Yang can be likened to contraction and expansion, respectively. My wife’s reaction to the second shot was the yin of contraction — of drawing inward and conserving energy as a way of adjusting to the vaccine.
My reaction was the yang of expansion. My body was also retracting to a degree — I was tired and rested as much as I felt comfortable doing so. But my mind was inspired and enjoying the writing I was doing.
Granted, two of the articles were ones I had started sometime earlier but never finished, while the other two were written entirely new. But that was still a pretty intense writing period, especially after an almost two week lull in my writing.
Lessons?
Not everything has to have a lesson, but I do think there is one here. And that is that each of us is different. We perceive our environments differently. We make different choices in our lives. And we respond and react to our environments differently, even when we are exposed to the same external stimuli, like a COVID-19 vaccine shot.
So the lesson is to recognize, acknowledge and respect our differences. Each of us is, after all, a different manifestation of the universe. And that is what makes life so fascinating.
Of course, it also helps to be retired and to have the freedom to work in this way. 😎
These are the 4 articles I wrote:
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