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5 vaccinations 11 coded responses 23 check-ins 11 free-text entries 0 call cases

Sex: Female
Age at first dose: 56-60
ZIP prefix: 210 / MD
Registered: 2021-05-21

Relationship: Self
Race: White
Ethnicity: Not Hispanic or Latino

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Timeline

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2021-04-17
Dose 1 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-05-10
Dose 2 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-05-21
Registered in v-safe
2021-05-21
Survey response — day 7, dose 2
MedDRA: Neck mass — Feeling: Fair

Free text: Lump on neck above collar bone appeared 3 days after receiving the second vaccine. No change after one week. Nurse suggested I use an ice pack, but there is no change. I need instructions on what to do next.

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2021-05-25
Survey response — day 14, dose 2
MedDRA: Lymphadenopathy, Oropharyngeal pain — Feeling: Fair

Free text: Area above collar bone on my left side remains swollen. I also had a sore throat the same day the swelling began. Throat remains sore.

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2021-05-31
Survey response — day 21, dose 2
MedDRA: Chills, Headache, Neck mass, Oropharyngeal pain, Pain, Pyrexia — Feeling: Fair

Free text: Sore throat; Lump above collar bone on left side has not changed in size. A small lump on the right size has formed. After the 2nd vaccine my symptoms were the following: chills, fever, headache, and body aches. Those symptoms got better over time.

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2021-06-08
Survey response — day 28, dose 2
MedDRA: Lymphadenopathy, Oropharyngeal pain, Pharyngeal erythema — Feeling: Fair

Free text: I continue to experience swollen lymph nodes on neck and red sore throat 3 weeks after 2nd vaccine. Please advise what treatment should be administered to relieve symptoms.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-06-17
Survey response — day 35, dose 2
MedDRA: Lymphadenopathy — Feeling: Fair

Free text: No change in symptoms, swollen lymph nodes/glands in neck. I have tried applying heat.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-06-25
Survey response — day 42, dose 2
MedDRA: Lymphadenopathy, Oropharyngeal pain, Self-medication, Swelling — Feeling: Fair

Free text: Swollen lymph nodes around collarbone, area under chin is swollen and sore throat. I have applied heat to the effected area, but there is no change.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-08-15
Health check-in — 3 months, dose 2
Feeling: Fair

Adult check-in
2021-11-10
Survey response — 6 months, dose 2
MedDRA: Injection site pain, Pain, Pain in extremity — Feeling: Poor · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Left arm is sore where I received the COVID-19 shot. If I sleep on my left side, my arm is sore for several days and it hurts to lift. I don't know if I should get the booster. If I do, will my arm hurt? Please advise.

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-12-17
Dose 3 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2022-04-22
Dose 4 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2022-05-06
Health check-in — day 14, dose 4
Feeling: Fair

Adult check-in
2022-05-13
Survey response — day 21, dose 4
MedDRA: Fatigue, Loss of personal independence in daily activities, Pain — Feeling: Poor · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Three weeks after receiving the second booster, I'm still very tired and achy. It's very difficult to function. I'm traveling by air across the country in 5 days. And the airline dropped the mask mandates.

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2022-05-20
Health check-in — day 28, dose 4
Feeling: Fair

Adult check-in
2022-05-29
Survey response — day 35, dose 4
MedDRA: Back pain, Fatigue, Self-medication — Feeling: Fair · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: I'm still experiencing fatigue and lower back pain which I am treating with an OTC pain patch. I had experienced fatigue for 5-6 weeks after the 2nd vaccine.

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2022-06-06
Health check-in — day 42, dose 4
Feeling: Fair

Adult check-in
2022-07-24
Health check-in — 3 months, dose 4
Feeling: Fair

Adult check-in
2022-10-07
Dose 5 — Pfizer-BioNTech
Co-administered: Flu
2022-10-13
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 5
MedDRA: Back pain — Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain · Headache, Joint pains, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Lower back pain.

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2022-10-14
Survey response — day 7, dose 5
MedDRA: Back pain — Feeling: Poor · Site: Pain · Muscle or body aches · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Lower back pain.

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2022-10-24
Health check-in — day 14, dose 5
Feeling: Fair

Adult check-in
2022-10-28
Health check-in — day 21, dose 5
Feeling: Fair

Adult check-in
2022-11-04
Health check-in — day 28, dose 5
Feeling: Fair

Adult check-in
2022-11-11
Health check-in — day 35, dose 5
Feeling: Fair

Adult check-in
2022-11-19
Health check-in — day 42, dose 5
Feeling: Fair

Adult check-in
2023-01-06
Health check-in — 3 months, dose 5
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2023-04-09
Health check-in — 6 months, dose 5
Feeling: Poor

Adult check-in

Vaccinations

Dose	Date	Manufacturer	Co-administered
1	2021-04-17	Pfizer-BioNTech
2	2021-05-10	Pfizer-BioNTech
3	2021-12-17	Pfizer-BioNTech	No
4	2022-04-22	Pfizer-BioNTech	No
5	2022-10-07	Pfizer-BioNTech	Flu

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Release 8 — day 7, dose 2

2021-05-21

Systemic reaction (other): Lump on neck above collar bone appeared 3 days after receiving the second vaccine. No change after one week. Nurse suggested I use an ice pack, but there is no change. I need instructions on what to do next.

Release 8 — day 14, dose 2

2021-05-25

Symptoms: Area above collar bone on my left side remains swollen. I also had a sore throat the same day the swelling began. Throat remains sore.

Release 8 — day 21, dose 2

2021-05-31

Symptoms: Sore throat; Lump above collar bone on left side has not changed in size. A small lump on the right size has formed. After the 2nd vaccine my symptoms were the following: chills, fever, headache, and body aches. Those symptoms got better over time. cut off by CDC

Release 8 — day 28, dose 2

2021-06-08

Symptoms: I continue to experience swollen lymph nodes on neck and red sore throat 3 weeks after 2nd vaccine. Please advise what treatment should be administered to relieve symptoms.

Release 9 — day 35, dose 2

2021-06-17

Symptoms: No change in symptoms, swollen lymph nodes/glands in neck. I have tried applying heat.

Release 9 — day 42, dose 2

2021-06-25

Symptoms: Swollen lymph nodes around collarbone, area under chin is swollen and sore throat. I have applied heat to the effected area, but there is no change.

Release 10 — 6 months, dose 2

2021-11-10

Symptoms: Left arm is sore where I received the COVID-19 shot. If I sleep on my left side, my arm is sore for several days and it hurts to lift. I don't know if I should get the booster. If I do, will my arm hurt? Please advise.

Release 11 — day 21, dose 4

2022-05-13

Symptoms: Three weeks after receiving the second booster, I'm still very tired and achy. It's very difficult to function. I'm traveling by air across the country in 5 days. And the airline dropped the mask mandates.

Release 11 — day 35, dose 4

2022-05-29

Symptoms: I'm still experiencing fatigue and lower back pain which I am treating with an OTC pain patch. I had experienced fatigue for 5-6 weeks after the 2nd vaccine.

Release 12 — days 1–6 daily, dose 5

2022-10-13

Systemic reaction (other): Lower back pain.

Release 12 — day 7, dose 5

2022-10-14

Systemic reaction (other): Lower back pain.

Each entry is dated by the survey it was written in (the CDC re-sent the releases with survey dates in 2025); click a date to see that survey response. The CDC cut some text off at about 250 characters: symptoms in every release, and the other two fields in releases 9-12. Those entries are marked "cut off by CDC".

MedDRA terms by release

Field	Preferred term	2021-09	2023-04	2024-11
SD	Back pain	·	·	✓
SD	Chills	✓	✓	✓
SD	Fatigue	·	·	✓
SD	Headache	✓	✓	✓
SD	Injection site pain	·	·	✓
SD	Loss of personal independence in daily activities	·	·	✓
SD	Lymphadenopathy	✓	✓	✓
SD	Neck mass	✓	✓	✓
SD	Oropharyngeal pain	✓	✓	✓
SD	Pain	✓	✓	✓
SD	Pain in extremity	·	·	✓
SD	Pharyngeal erythema	✓	✓	✓
SD	Pyrexia	✓	✓	✓
SD	Self-medication	✓	✓	✓
SD	Swelling	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Back pain	·	·	✓
SRO	Neck mass	✓	✓	✓

✓ active code · ○ coded but marked inactive · blank = not in that release