You're probably better protected than most.
Originally Posted by Tiny
I agree. Joined the TX CARES study shortly after breaking quarantine, as I was almost a pure immunization + infection subject they could study. S-Proteins were still through the roof (not sure how much they actually helped with the infection, if they were that high a level, yet I still had a 10 day battle with the virus), and natural antibodies were above 80 percentile levels. Actually have my 3 month follow-up tomorrow to re-test. I'm curious what those levels will be now.
If you don't mind me asking, how severe were your symptoms after you got the J&J vaccine, and after you got the disease? I don't have an agenda, I'm just curious, as I don't know anyone in the same boat. I know people who've gotten COVID twice, people who've gotten the disease after Pfizer and after Moderna, but no one who had severe symptoms after J&J or who had COVID after J&J. That's probably because I only know a handful of people who got J&J.
Originally Posted by Tiny
After I got the shot in April, a few days before it was pulled off the market temporarily, I had bad neuropathic pain down my legs for 2 weeks straight, to the point where I couldn't sleep well. Not sure if it was an overactive immune system, or some other side-effect. I took a baby aspirin, to prevent any blood clotting, as that was a reported side-effect for the general population back then, and the pain eventually subsided. When I contracted COVID in August, I had worsening symptoms (cough, fever around 102F, pulse ox dropping into low 90's, loss of taste and smell) for about 7 days. My antigen test immediate turned positive within 10 seconds (high viral load). Ended up finding out later, after a lot of jumping through hoops with state agencies and the testing lab to get data unmasked on the follow-up PCR test I took, I had contracted a Delta variant (AY.12). Was almost about to go to urgent care, but I got a script for Ivermectin, and within taking the first mega dose, my temp dropped, pulse ox increased back up to 95%, and cough lessened within 2 hours, and I got back a large part of my taste and smell in 4 hours. Within 3 days (and a second mega dose of Ivermectin), I was able to safely break quarantine. I'd say the after-effects of the vaccine concerned me more, but I wouldn't wish either on anyone.