Why take Covid19 Vaccine?
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Hi everyone, so today 22nd August 2021, I will be adding information on this blog. Let’s begin.
Why take Covid19 vaccine? The most controversial topic these days and certainly onwards. For this blog, I will tell you the reasons why I opted to take Covid19 vaccine, and why it took me longer to take it.
April 2021, teachers here in Cambodia started having the chance to take Covid19 vaccine. During that time, I did fill up my form, lined up until the staff checked my vital signs. I had a very low BP which was 90/65 and on top of that, I had been having an allergy attack months prior to our schedule. I then declined to get the vaccine last April 2021.
Moving on, I knew that one day I will have to take the vaccine. During my summer break from work, June 16 to August 1, 2021, I prepared myself extremely well for the vaccine I am about to take. I release myself from the normal stressors I have. I followed healthier habits and gave myself enough rest time. I had never had an allergy attack since June until now, and I felt much ready to take the vaccine. That then will lead me to answer the question, “why take Covid19 vaccine?”
15th August 2011
So basically, today is the day that I went to take my vaccine. Why did I say yes? Here are the reasons why I decided to take Covid19 vaccine.
- Now I felt more ready and prepared
- There is a big chance I can lose my job if I don’t
- Government advise people in Cambodia that taking one is a duty
- I pretty much want to be a law abiding foreigner her
So let me tell you how my vaccination went. This is how it went.
First plan was to go on 14th August, my lucky number; but a big however. I woke up Saturday morning feeling so weak, with a sore throat and intense body fatigue. So I decided not to. I rested the whole Saturday, literally didn’t do anything other than being with my phone writing parts of this blog. Can you imagine it? I woke up on the next day, Sunday; feeling so perfect. It may look like I’m a bit careless for many but actually I notice tiny single things. A lot! So the feeling I had on that Sunday morning was seriously one of a kind. I was so active, feeling relaxed and was just very ready to take my shot. And so I left the house peacefully at like 10 before seven in the morning.
Arriving at the Phnom Penh Referral Hospital, I was surprised. I was expecting flooded of people lining up for the vaccine, but apparently that was not a crowd. The outdoor area, which you can see on the photo here, had more or less a hundred people. I was feeling positive that I will be able to get my shot done earlier than expected. I saw an announcer calling out names and people were receiving cards from her. I was thinking that was ofcourse a number for your queue. I approached that lady and asked her in khmer “oun oy ,som chong ley”, which said “hello sister, I want a number please” ( plus pointing to my arm with an injection gesture). After a few tries of getting my number, I failed. None of them wanted to give it to me. So I sat quietly and waited patiently. I was of course pretending that waiting was fine for me. That it doesn’t matter how long I will have to wait. “I want my shot done”. I was telling myself.
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Few more minutes of waiting, someone approached me and told me “come here”. And that’s when the vaccination happened. I was called to go to a tiny room. The lady came with a vaccine, and a card. I asked her to inject on my left arm but she said “No! it has to be here, on the right”. No complaint from me, “okay go ahead”, I asked her. So she started cleaning my arm with a cotton ball. Her hands were covered with gloves, and started poking that 5cc syringe full of sinovac vaccine right on my arm. And all of a sudden,, I got vaccinated. After that, she took a photo of me together with my passport and vaccination card. The process was done and viola. I then started calling grab to take me home.
Going home was also memorable for me. Why? Ofcourse, after all the thinking and apprehensions, I just couldn’t believe I made it. On my way home there’s only one thing I was hoping for. I was only hoping that I wouldn’t have any allergic reactions with the vaccine. I got so paranoid and was thinking “what if an allergic reaction happens right here, where I am still on a ride back home?”. There were just many other thoughts in my head that time. However, to distract myself from thinking about it all those, I stopped along the street and bought our favorite Cambodian breakfast. Yes! I got rice and pork or “baysakchrus” plus iced coffee. What I was trying to contemplate though was “ okay, at least I have eaten my favorite food if something unideal happens to me”. It’s just crazy thoughts that probably some of you have encountered. Okay, then I arrived home and let’s continue my Covid 19 vaccine journey.
We all have read. The DOs and DONT’s before, during and after vaccination. Upon arriving home, I devour my “baysakchru”, and honestly I caught myself in a very quiet moment. Even my love Chris asked me “are you okay?”. I was definitely okay, that I believe. I guess I was just too focus that time looking or waiting for usual side effects that we all have heard about the vaccine. Moment after I got my covid19 vaccine. I again rested completely. I didn’t do any cooking nor any house chores. I was lucky that the kids and Chris were able to help me out with the usual things I do. Things that made me sane. Cleaning, mopping, taking care of the laundry. They all did it for me. I can go for vaccinations once or twice a month for this sake. That’s a joke. I love doing all house chores myself.
Okay so first day, second day, third and fourth day right now when I’m typing this, I have been feeling perfectly okay. Perfectly normal. Not that I want to feel all the side effects, but I guess this is just another scenario of “it comes when you least expect it”. I was totally expecting all those side effects mentioned about Covid19 vaccine. I am I guess lucky that I haven’t encountered any of it. When I told people, they told me “wait for the second dose”. Well, I guess I will do the same. I will expect the worst.
So there you go everyone. Now I am officially a bearer of Cambodia’s Blue Covid 19 Vaccination card. This card will catapult me for better social acceptance and lots of other stuff which I will be blogging about soon again. I feel relieved that now, I am not an odd one from my colleagues. I feel good right now, and hopefully that will go on.
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To end, I would love to thank the people behind my successful vaccination, and for those people who have understood and extended their concerns about the decision I made. Basically, my family, my bosses, my colleagues, and my happy and healthy followers. Thank you s for reading this blog and I hope this has somehow given you a little good takeaways. Also, I hope you will also share your journey here with us. Stay safe and healthy.
Best,