First Dose of Pfizer on 03/31/21
Second Dose of Pfizer on 04/21/21
Michigan
37 yrs old
Q: What was your life like before you got the vaccine?
My life before the vaccine was good. I had spine problems from a car accident, but I was able to live my life, raise my daughter, do activities and be active. My husband and I were actually trying for baby number two before the vaccine, which now we have given up hope for that to ever happen. I provided for my family by gardening, since I am disabled. Something I did at my own pace and with minimal help from my family. Prior to the vaccine, I was normal, with the exception of my back and neck injuries from the car accident. I had quality of life, I was full of happiness, joy, and peace.
Q: Would you like to share your reasons for getting vaccinated?
I only got the vaccine to protect my family, instead now my family is taking care of me and trying to protect me.
Q: What was your reaction, symptoms, & timeline?
Within 36 hours of my second dose of the Pfizer vaccine, I was admitted code stroke to the hospital. After tests and hours in observation, they said I had a mini stroke and sent me home the next day. Within 12 hours of being released I was in the hospital (a different one) again, admitted code stroke. They did further testing and ruled out a stroke. Said it was a mini stroke. I was discharged the next day. I had about a week of normalcy and waiting to see the neurologist and cardiologist, to find out what was going on and it happened all over again and worse. I was rushed to the hospital, where I ended up being admitted and discharged every single day for over two weeks. Finally, the inpatient Neurologist said I was having a rare but serious migraine disorder called Hemiplegic Migraine. He said, he felt the vaccine triggered it. It was then, that I felt I wasn't crazy after all. He was the first to acknowledge it, even though I had nurses and physician assistants tell me they were seeing patients coming in left and right for vaccine injuries. I wasn't alone. I asked if it could be reversed, he said no, once the gene mutates, that I am stuck with it for the rest of my life. That maybe whenever my body calms down, it'll go in remission. Within a couple of days, I was searching for specialists who handled this rare and serious disorder. I spent over a week in a hospital out of state for that specialist to say well, you're having a vaccine reaction, you have to let it play out. No help. In fact, he kept me drugged the entire time I was there and I lost memory for that entire week. Thankfully, my husband was with me for the duration of that stay.
As time continued on, so did worsening and new symptoms. Next thing I knew, I was having heart attack pains and symptoms, but no heart attack. High heart rates, high blood pressure, plummeting blood pressure, inability to stand or walk more than a few feet. I then experienced nerve pain from the top of my head to each and every toe. The pain was excruciating. I began passing out when standing or walking, losing time and loss of memory, hospitalized with pericarditis and pleural effusion. The list of my symptoms go on for six pages.
Q: What is your life like now, after getting the vaccine?
My life is miserable, it's upside down. I have no quality of life. Very rarely do I have a decent day where I can fake my way through the day. I spend most of my life in a bed, in a dark room, doing absolutely nothing but praying and trying to research when I am able to tolerate looking at the computer screen.
Every day I live with the fear that this is going to kill me. I wonder how can I take care of my daughter when I can't even take care of myself. I just wish someone would try something that would help. I'm tired of majority of the doctors saying that they have no clue how to help instead of researching or reading the research I've given them to try to advocate for help.
Q: Share your experience with any medical care and any diagnoses you have received:
In the beginning, I was blown off. This infuriated me. I couldn't believe a field I once worked in was gaslighting me. They just turned a blind eye. I had to speak up for myself, get in the doctors face for him to take me seriously. It took one doctor to write a letter to the others admitting this was the vaccine before they got on board. I now carry that with me and advocate for myself daily. I've had multiple rejections to some of the biggest clinics in the USA, all because I'm vaccine injured. I've received multiple diagnoses, HMD, Tachycardia, POTS, Fibromyalgia, unspecified neurological deficits, Pericarditis, Pleural Effusion, Vaccine Injury, suspected MCAS.
I've tried well over 40 different medications, multiple supplements, had over 40 CT scans, multiple MRIs, Heart Cath, PICC lines, multiple EKGs, EEGs, EMGs, and so much more testing. At least now all of my doctors agree that these are injuries from the vaccine. I was healthy prior to the vaccine, I was type 2 diabetic with mild asthma. The diabetes was caused by years of steroids for the pain and inflammation from the car accident.
Q: Was your reaction reported, and what was the response?
CDC, VAERS, to any doctor I see. NO RESPONSE....
Q: Is there anything that has helped, and have your symptoms improved?
My symptoms have not improved. Botox has decreased some of the facial drooping and taken the edge of the migraine pain off. That is the only thing that has helped. My migraine ice cap helps as well in taking the edge off. Nothing has helped the neurological deficits, the tachycardia, or anything else going on.
Q: Have you had Covid before? What was your experience if so?
It was not confirmed, however my doctors feel I had it and was suffering long haul symptoms but they did not say this until after the vaccine injury. It's suspected I had covid in the very beginning, Dec 2019 and January 2020. That was the sickest I had been in my life. I was in and out of doctors, urgent cares, multiple rounds of antibiotics, steroids, inhalers, breathing treatments. Took months to get better. I have the lingering cough, exhaustion, and lung pain, to this day.
Q: What do you wish others knew?
I wish that others knew that this does happen to people and it's not as rare as people would think. It's just not spoken about because not everyone realizes their symptoms are linked to the vaccine. They are fearful of speaking out (whether due to having loved ones upset with them or being told they're crazy). Do your own research and see that there are all sorts of people like us going through living hell right now.
We do exist, and each day more and more people are finally speaking out.
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