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I am getting tested tomorrow for Covid, as I have a runny nose, sore throat, and sneeze, all of which are supposed to be symptoms of the Delta variant for  vaccinated people. I also have fatigue, muscle aches, and chills. I feel extremely dehydrated.

Has anyone got the Covid after an MRNA vaccine? If you did, how was it?

My GI had told me that I am immunocompromised with a j-pouch, even without immune suppressing meds, so I was wondering whether our chances of becoming a breakthrough case after vaccination is higher?

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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.

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@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?

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.

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