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2021-03-17
Dose 1 — Moderna
2021-04-08
Registered in v-safe
2021-04-08
Health check-in — day 21, dose 1
Feeling: Poor

Adult check-in
2021-04-14
Health check-in — day 28, dose 1
Feeling: Fair

Adult check-in
2021-04-17
Dose 2 — Moderna
2021-04-21
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Sensation of foreign body — Feeling: Good

Free text: I still have the feeling of a lump in my throat/pressing sensation on my neck, that followed the experience after my first dose.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-04-22
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Sensation of foreign body — Feeling: Fair

Free text: Today the pressing sensation is stronger on my neck and the feeling of the lump in my throat is also strongly there.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-04-23
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
Feeling: Good · None

Adult check-in
2021-04-24
Survey response — day 7, dose 2
MedDRA: Sensation of foreign body — Feeling: Fair

Free text: I have been feeling the sensation of a lump in my throat again today. Its been there since after the first Moderna shot, over 5 weeks ago.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-05-01
Health check-in — day 14, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-05-08
Health check-in — day 21, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-05-15
Survey response — day 28, dose 2
MedDRA: Acupuncture, Choking sensation, Discomfort — Feeling: Fair · Be unable to do your normal daily activities, Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

Free text: Symptoms: I am still having issues with my neck and throat area after having my first shot of Moderna. Its a choking sensation and it moves around to different locations in my neck and throat. · Healthcare visit (other): Im having ongoing care with my doctor and acupuncture specialist to try to understand and relieve the discomfort.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-05-15
Report sent to call center — day 28, dose 2
Be unable to do your normal daily activities · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-05-24
Survey response — day 35, dose 2
MedDRA: Throat tightness — Feeling: Fair · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Ongoing feeling of being strangled. Intensity varies.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-05-31
Health check-in — day 42, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-10-16
Health check-in — 6 months, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2022-05-11
Call 1 — Left Voicemail
2022-05-12
Call successful
Participant prefers to complete VAERS report online

Vaccinations

Dose	Date	Manufacturer	Co-administered
1	2021-03-17	Moderna
2	2021-04-17	Moderna

Call center

Reported	Outcome	VAERS-related outcome
2021-05-15	Successful 2022-05-12	Participant prefers to complete VAERS report online

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Release 7 — days 1–6 daily, dose 2

2021-04-21

Systemic reaction (other): I still have the feeling of a lump in my throat/pressing sensation on my neck, that followed the experience after my first dose.

2021-04-22

Systemic reaction (other): Today the pressing sensation is stronger on my neck and the feeling of the lump in my throat is also strongly there.

Release 7 — day 7, dose 2

2021-04-24

Systemic reaction (other): I have been feeling the sensation of a lump in my throat again today. Its been there since after the first Moderna shot, over 5 weeks ago.

Release 8 — day 28, dose 2

2021-05-15

Symptoms: I am still having issues with my neck and throat area after having my first shot of Moderna. Its a choking sensation and it moves around to different locations in my neck and throat.

Healthcare visit (other): Im having ongoing care with my doctor and acupuncture specialist to try to understand and relieve the discomfort.

Release 8 — day 35, dose 2

2021-05-24

Symptoms: Ongoing feeling of being strangled. Intensity varies.

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	Acupuncture	✓	✓	✓
HCVO	Discomfort	✓	✓	✓
SD	Choking sensation	✓	✓	✓
SD	Throat tightness	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Sensation of foreign body	✓	✓	✓

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