Y36-25752-95760

2 vaccinations 11 coded responses 12 check-ins 11 free-text entries 5 call cases

Sex: Female
Age at first dose: 61-65
ZIP prefix: 727 / AR
Registered: 2021-04-02

Relationship: Self
Race: Black or African American
Ethnicity: Not Hispanic or Latino

Timeline

Registration Vaccinations Survey responses Call reports Cases without a report Call attempts Call successful Pregnancy survey

2021-03-28
Dose 1 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-04-02
Registered in v-safe
2021-04-02
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
MedDRA: Lymph node pain, Lymphadenopathy — Feeling: Poor

Free text: I have had pronounced, painful swollen lymph nodes in my throat since Wednesday morning, the third day after I received my first dose of the Pfizer vaccine.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-04-03
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
MedDRA: Lymph node pain, Lymphadenopathy — Feeling: Poor

Free text: This is my fourth day with painful swollen lymph nodes in my throat.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-04-04
Survey response — day 7, dose 1
MedDRA: Lymph node pain, Lymphadenopathy — Feeling: Poor · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: I continue to have painful swollen lymph nodes in my throat.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-04-11
Health check-in — day 14, dose 1
Feeling: Poor

Adult check-in
2021-04-18
Dose 2 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-04-28
Survey response — day 7, dose 2
MedDRA: Lymphadenopathy — Feeling: Poor · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: I have had pronounced, painfully swollen lymph nodes in my neck since 3/31/21, three days after my first injection that remain unresolved.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-05-03
Survey response — day 14, dose 2
MedDRA: Lymph node pain, Lymphadenopathy — Feeling: Poor · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: The swollen lymph nodes in my neck have not resolved and have become more painful.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-05-11
Survey response — day 21, dose 2
MedDRA: Emergency care, Lymphadenopathy, Office visit — Feeling: Poor · Be unable to work, Be unable to do your normal daily activities, Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional · Telehealth, virtual health, or email health consultation, Emergency room or emergency department visit, Hospitalization

Free text: Symptoms: I was airlifted to the (b)(6) last night having never recovered from the swollen lymph nodes in my throat that first appeared on 3/31:21, just 3 days after my first Pfizer injection on 3:28/21. · Healthcare visit (other): (b)(6)

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-05-11
Report sent to call center — day 21, dose 2
Be unable to work · Be unable to do your normal daily activities · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-05-18
Survey response — day 28, dose 2
MedDRA: Ligament rupture — Feeling: Poor · Be unable to work, Be unable to do your normal daily activities, Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional · Emergency room or emergency department visit, Hospitalization

Free text: I have been diagnosed with ACL and nearly died,

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-05-18
Report sent to call center — day 28, dose 2
Be unable to work · Be unable to do your normal daily activities · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-05-23
Survey response — day 35, dose 2
MedDRA: Acute myeloid leukaemia — Feeling: Poor · Be unable to work, Be unable to do your normal daily activities, Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional · Telehealth, virtual health, or email health consultation, Emergency room or emergency department visit, Hospitalization

Free text: Clinically confirmed AML with limited available treatment options for which a 28 to 32 day in house treatment program at the (b)(6) is currently underway.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-05-23
Report sent to call center — day 35, dose 2
Be unable to work · Be unable to do your normal daily activities · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-05-31
Survey response — day 42, dose 2
MedDRA: Acute myeloid leukaemia, Lymphadenopathy, Office visit — Feeling: Poor · Be unable to work, Be unable to do your normal daily activities, Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional · Telehealth, virtual health, or email health consultation, Outpatient clinic or urgent care clinic visit, Emergency room or emergency department visit, Hospitalization

Free text: Symptoms: I am undergoing a 28 to 32 day aggressive treatment program for AML at the (b)(6) fighting for my life after taking the Pfizer COVID vaccine. I was healthy before receiving the vaccine on 3/28, developed swollen lymph nodes in my neck on 3/31. · Healthcare visit (other): Aggressive in patient treatment program at Mayo Clinic

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-05-31
Report sent to call center — day 42, dose 2
Be unable to work · Be unable to do your normal daily activities · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-07-18
Survey response — 3 months, dose 2
MedDRA: Hospitalisation, Pre-existing disease — Feeling: Poor · Be unable to work or attend school, Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: I continue to be hospitalized at the (b)(6) treating for AML following a second round of chemotherapy,

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-10-17
Survey response — 6 months, dose 2
MedDRA: Acute myeloid leukaemia, Chemotherapy, General physical health deterioration, Lymphadenopathy, Office visit — Feeling: Poor · Be unable to work or attend school, Be unable to do your normal daily activities, Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional · Telehealth, virtual health, or email health consultation, Outpatient clinic or urgent care clinic visit, Emergency room or emergency department visit, Hospitalization

Free text: Symptoms: I remain in (b)(6) treating for AML as an outpatient at the Mayo Clinic while my medical team determines if I am a candidate for bone marrow transplant. Swollen lymph nodes in my neck finally resolved after two rounds of aggressive chemotherapy. · Healthcare visit (other): After receiving the Pfizer vaccine, I went from good health to fighting for my life. Please look into my case!

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-10-17
Report sent to call center — 6 months, dose 2
Be unable to work or attend school · Be unable to do your normal daily activities · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare pr

Telehealth, virtual health, or email health consultation · Outpatient clinic or urgent care clinic visit · Emergency room or emergency department visit · Hospitalization · 1 call case(s)
2021-10-18
Call 1 — Left Voicemail

Vaccinations

Dose	Date	Manufacturer	Co-administered
1	2021-03-28	Pfizer-BioNTech
2	2021-04-18	Pfizer-BioNTech

Call center

Reported	Outcome	VAERS-related outcome
2021-05-11	Unsuccessful
2021-05-18	Unsuccessful
2021-05-23	Unsuccessful
2021-05-31	Unsuccessful
2021-10-17	Unsuccessful

Free text

Release 6 — days 1–6 daily, dose 1

2021-04-02

Systemic reaction (other): I have had pronounced, painful swollen lymph nodes in my throat since Wednesday morning, the third day after I received my first dose of the Pfizer vaccine.

2021-04-03

Systemic reaction (other): This is my fourth day with painful swollen lymph nodes in my throat.

Release 6 — day 7, dose 1

2021-04-04

Systemic reaction (other): I continue to have painful swollen lymph nodes in my throat.

Release 8 — day 7, dose 2

2021-04-28

Systemic reaction (other): I have had pronounced, painfully swollen lymph nodes in my neck since 3/31/21, three days after my first injection that remain unresolved.

Release 8 — day 14, dose 2

2021-05-03

Symptoms: The swollen lymph nodes in my neck have not resolved and have become more painful.

Release 8 — day 21, dose 2

2021-05-11

Symptoms: I was airlifted to the (b)(6) last night having never recovered from the swollen lymph nodes in my throat that first appeared on 3/31:21, just 3 days after my first Pfizer injection on 3:28/21.

Healthcare visit (other): (b)(6)

redacted (b)(6)

Release 8 — day 28, dose 2

2021-05-18

Symptoms: I have been diagnosed with ACL and nearly died,

Release 8 — day 35, dose 2

2021-05-23

Symptoms: Clinically confirmed AML with limited available treatment options for which a 28 to 32 day in house treatment program at the (b)(6) is currently underway.

redacted (b)(6)

Release 8 — day 42, dose 2

2021-05-31

Symptoms: I am undergoing a 28 to 32 day aggressive treatment program for AML at the (b)(6) fighting for my life after taking the Pfizer COVID vaccine. I was healthy before receiving the vaccine on 3/28, developed swollen lymph nodes in my neck on 3/31.

Healthcare visit (other): Aggressive in patient treatment program at Mayo Clinic

redacted (b)(6)

Release 9 — 3 months, dose 2

2021-07-18

Symptoms: I continue to be hospitalized at the (b)(6) treating for AML following a second round of chemotherapy,

redacted (b)(6)

Release 10 — 6 months, dose 2

2021-10-17

Symptoms: I remain in (b)(6) treating for AML as an outpatient at the Mayo Clinic while my medical team determines if I am a candidate for bone marrow transplant. Swollen lymph nodes in my neck finally resolved after two rounds of aggressive chemotherapy.

Healthcare visit (other): After receiving the Pfizer vaccine, I went from good health to fighting for my life. Please look into my case!

redacted (b)(6)

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
HCVO	General physical health deterioration	·	·	✓
HCVO	Office visit	✓	✓	✓
SD	Acute myeloid leukaemia	✓	✓	✓
SD	Chemotherapy	·	·	✓
SD	Emergency care	✓	✓	✓
SD	Hospitalisation	·	·	✓
SD	Ligament rupture	✓	✓	✓
SD	Lymph node pain	✓	✓	✓
SD	Lymphadenopathy	✓	✓	✓
SD	Office visit	·	·	✓
SD	Pre-existing disease	·	·	✓
SRO	Lymph node pain	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Lymphadenopathy	✓	✓	✓

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