scotia wrote:I was phoned by the surgery today - to get my second (AZ) jab next week (at the surgery) - exactly 11 weeks from the first one (I'm in the 75+ age group)
My wife received a blue envelope today for her second (Pfizer) jab next week at the mass-vaccination centre (she is in the 75- age group). That will be 4 days less than 11 weeks from the first.
So we seem to be keeping up with the promised schedule in west-central Scotland.
And we have now both received our second jabs.
Mine - in the surgery - was slightly different from the first. I was asked if I had arrived by car - with myself driving. I answered yes, and the nurse requested that I wait for about 15 minutes, after the jab, before driving - but I could go shopping in the meantime. I was also told that I had been given the AZ vaccine. For the first jab there was no mention of a 15 minute wait, and I had to ask which vaccine I had been given. There were no leaflets either time.
My wife's Pfizer vaccination in the mass vaccination centre was organised as her first - with an area set aside for the 15 minute wait, and leaflets available on both visits.
Side effects? Both times I felt a slight bruising on the site of the jab. For a few days after the second jab my wife felt slightly nauseous and tired.
We were both asked if we would be prepared to participate in any follow up for research purposes - our answer was yes.