I spoke too soon.
I can't attend a safe outdoor gathering in the park masked with masked fully vaccinated friends because there are no public restrooms, and I'm not allowed to use restrooms in nearby restaurants because of my rare severe reaction to the 1st dose of the vaccine which prevents me from being able to meet vaccine requirements. I'm fucked lol.
Maybe I can drop by for a super short visit and either hold my pee or drink no liquids all day. :(
The situation is probably only going to get progressively crazier with time.
It's so conflicting because, on one hand, it keeps me and my community safer that these mandates are in place. On the other hand, I have a severe handicap in life now due to this situation which keeps me frighteningly dependent on others to enter businesses for me.
Just one unmasked person or one thoughtless mistake could mean hospitalization for me. And people don't consider that some of us aren't medically able to complete our vaccination. There is no empathy for people in my situation, thanks to covidiots who ruined it for everyone.
I vaguely remember also having a fairly bad reaction to flu shots which disrupted my menstrual cycle in a similar (albeit less severe) way that covid vaccine did, which is why I stopped getting flu shots and just stopped going out in winter, because I also had severe flus. I also remember in childhood having colds that lasted all winter. So the problem could be my immune system. Or some disease I have that hasn't yet been diagnosed and probably won't because I'm terrified of catching covid at my hospital.
But doctors said immune compromised people should still get vaccinated, so I'm wondering how they do that without ending up in the ER? If they are ill for 3 months like I was (with lingering side effects now and then still), is someone monitoring them during those hellish months? It seems insane to go through this for 3 months for one dose, then presumably another 3 months (or more) for the 2nd dose, only for it to lose effectiveness in 6 months anyway.
Really wish I had some answers but I guess there's nothing I can do but wait and hope and keep bugging my doctor about it. I guess I'm just unlucky.
1:54 p.m. - 2021-09-03