Anyone got Covid after vaccination?

I just had a super sore throat, still sneezy and congested. Body aches, especially a headache starting in my neck.  I’m fully vaccinated.  Went for Covid testing and it came back negative.  I guess it’s a summer cold? I don’t know. Hope you feel better soon.  

I am fully vaccinated but due to being scheduled for an endoscopic ballon dilation of my stricture at Yale on Monday, August 9, I was required to go for a Covid test which was scheduled earlier this week to happen at 12 noon today at their Branford Draw station, which is an indoor facility. The problem I had was that I woke up with a wicked sore throat this morning, but no other symptoms (my temperature is 96.3 and normally varies between 96.3 and 96.7). So when I got to the Branford Draw Station they asked me if I had any symptoms, and when I advised them of the sore throat, they immediately rejected me and told me I had to be tested elsewhere.

I then called the Yale Covid hotline and was able to get a 3:30 pm appointment scheduled at the Goose Lane Facility in Guilford, where Yale has a small emergency department to facilitate the emergency medical care needs of the CT shoreline. They also have an outdoor, tented testing facility there, which is where they apparently send the rejects, like me, from other indoor testing facilities. It's a drive through.

So I get there and am greeted by a pleasant woman  who verified my identity. I then had the test. Not really a skull tickler but more invasive than the past 4-5 rapid tests I had. I was expecting this when the lady said "think happy thoughts" before swabbing me. Those kinds of euphemistic statements, before any medical procedure, always translate to really mean, "get ready for something that's gonna be real uncomfortable and don't freaking dare mess with me while I do it." It was more annoying than uncomfortable. Anyway, results to be emailed to my My Chart within 24 hours. Stay tuned, I really don't want the EBD to be cancelled due to Covid! Although I must admit that last weekend I took the ferry from Bridgeport to Port Jefferson, NY, to spend the day there. If I picked up the Covid, probably got it on that trip.

@CTBarrister posted:

I am fully vaccinated but due to being scheduled for an endoscopic ballon dilation of my stricture at Yale on Monday, August 9, I was required to go for a Covid test which was scheduled earlier this week to happen at 12 noon today at their Branford Draw station, which is an indoor facility. The problem I had was that I woke up with a wicked sore throat this morning, but no other symptoms (my temperature is 96.3 and normally varies between 96.3 and 96.7). So when I got to the Branford Draw Station they asked me if I had any symptoms, and when I advised them of the sore throat, they immediately rejected me and told me I had to be tested elsewhere.

I then called the Yale Covid hotline and was able to get a 3:30 pm appointment scheduled at the Goose Lane Facility in Guilford, where Yale has a small emergency department to facilitate the emergency medical care needs of the CT shoreline. They also have an outdoor, tented testing facility there, which is where they apparently send the rejects, like me, from other indoor testing facilities. It's a drive through.

So I get there and am greeted by a pleasant woman  who verified my identity. I then had the test. Not really a skull tickler but more invasive than the past 4-5 rapid tests I had. I was expecting this when the lady said "think happy thoughts" before swabbing me. Those kinds of euphemistic statements, before any medical procedure, always translate to really mean, "get ready for something that's gonna be real uncomfortable and don't freaking dare mess with me while I do it." It was more annoying than uncomfortable. Anyway, results to be emailed to my My Chart within 24 hours. Stay tuned, I really don't want the EBD to be cancelled due to Covid! Although I must admit that last weekend I took the ferry from Bridgeport to Port Jefferson, NY, to spend the day there. If I picked up the Covid, probably got it on that trip.

results?

I was negative!  My procedure went forward today and will post about it in the endoscopic balloon dilation thread.

Oh good! Hope all goes well

I spoke to my GI doctor today and he told me that anyone who is immunosuppressed should get the Covid Booster shot. That means anyone taking Remicade or other biological drug. There is both CDC guidance, and, in Connecticut, a Governor's order on this which came out last Friday. So I am calling Walgreens and scheduling my booster.

Just got my Pfizer booster vaccine at Branford Walgreens. No appointment needed. Just walked in. You do need your vaccination card, but that's it.

Was wondering about this...CTB how many weeks between your 2nd and 3rd(booster) ?

We are further back in our vaccine rollout in Australia. I have had two shots of Pfizer, wanting a 3rd booster when approved.

drone3: my Covid vaccination sequence was as follows, all dates are on my vaccination card and they will not give you the booster unless at least 4 weeks have passed from your last shot:

Pfizer, part 1- March 20, 2021

Pfizer, Part 2 April 17, 2021

Pfizer, part 3 August 16, 2021

Also, here is the press release on the order from the Connecticut Governor, Ned Lamont, implementing the CDC recommendations on giving booster shots and pursuant to which I got my booster shot:

https://portal.ct.gov/Office-o...ations-on-Additional

People are considered moderately to severely immunocompromised if they are/have:

• Active treatment for solid tumor and hematologic malignancies
• Receipt of solid-organ transplant and taking immunosuppressive therapy
• Receipt of CAR-T-cell or hematopoietic stem cell transplant (within two years of transplantation or taking immunosuppression therapy)
• Moderate or severe primary immunodeficiency (e.g., DiGeorge syndrome, Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome)
• Advanced or untreated HIV infection
• Active treatment with high-dose corticosteroids (i.e., ≥20mg prednisone or equivalent per day), alkylating agents, antimetabolites, transplant-related immunosuppressive drugs, cancer chemotherapeutic agents classified as severely immunosuppressive, tumor-necrosis (TNF) blockers, and other biologic agents that are immunosuppressive or immunomodulatory.

Active treatment with Remicade qualifies under the above bolded section.

I received my 3rd Covid vaccine yesterday. California quickly conformed to the CDC guidelines. I was beginning to get concerned for my safety with the Delta variant going wild.

Jan