Their Stories

Abdominal distension, Joint swelling and Gastrointestinal disorder

2.23.2021 – Joint swelling resembled gout in hands and feet. I have osteoarthritis and celiac and have reacted before in this way to other things. Went to urgent care prescribed prednisone

3.13.2021 – Night sweats

4.13.2021 – Stomach issues and joint pain/swelling continues

4.20.2021 – GI issues. Stomach pain since time if vaccine. I have celiac

6.8.2021 – Stomach issues continue. Pain bloating and tolerance issues. All have developed since 2nd vaccination. I have celiac and IBSC Doctors office visit

Dry eye, Tinnitus and Asthenia

4.17.2021 – Feeling a bit weak

5.1.2021 – Mild tinnitus, dry eyes and fatigue from day 8 to day 14.

5.8.2021 – Have mild tinnitus ever since the 2nd week before of 1st shot. Link to vaccine is unknown.

5.9.2021 – Continued, unknown, mild tinnitus

5.12.2021 – Continued, unknown, mild tinnitus.

6.19.2021 – Since this is probably the last time for check-in, I should mention that I had developed very mild tinnitus since the 2nd day of my 1st shot. I still have have it today, and it is not getting worse so I had not consistently reported it.

8.7.2021 – Still having mild tinnitus that might be triggered by the vaccine.

Ear congestion, Ear discomfort and Somnolence

2.7.2021 – Heart palpitations Phone call and home heart monitoring shipped to me for home heart monitoring

2.8.2021 – Heart palpitations daily off and on are continuing since day 1 of the vaccine. They started 10 hours after I got my vaccine and havent stopped. Im starting a home monitor as soon as its shipped to me. Home heart monitor device

3.1.2021 – Head and ear stuffiness and pressure, weakness, difficulty getting upAnd unable to sleep because of pain and Discomfort despite taking two arthritis strength Tylenol every eight hours

Epigastric discomfort, Gastrointestinal tract irritation and Hyposmia

12.26.2020 – Slight stomache irritability

12.28.2020 – Occational shortness of breath not sure if side effect or my asthma with the winds

12.29.2020 – Intestinal irritation rumbling more than normal

1.13.2021 – Abdominal discomfort

1.15.2021 – Sneezing and slight runny nose last two days

1.18.2021 – Sl headache maybe from Santa Ana winds today

2.15.2021 – Headache nausea and not feeling well

10.3.2021 – Abdominal discomfort,gasiness, just not feeling good

10.5.2021 – Loose stools, feeling achy, sweating but no fever

10.30.2021 – Have had loose stools since vaccine. No worse but about same. Also told I was exposed to COVID on 10/27/21

11.13.2021 – Headaches

1.3.2022 – Dizziness, cough, low grade fever, runny nose ,muscle aches, headache, loss of taste/smell. Covid test pending

6.16.2022 – Tested Covid positive with symptoms

6.23.2022 – Headache, fever, body aches, cough

8.18.2022 – Shortness of breath started at end of 10days after Covid positive diagnosis 6/12/22 . Also continue to have fatigue,anxiety,sweating for no reason , blunted taste/smell, and cough. Not sure when last check in was.

10.6.2022 – Stomach upset

10.27.2022 – Started yesterday achy body,runny nose,headache. Maybe getting sick

Flank pain, Abdominal distension and Thirst

2.5.2021 – Just thirsty

3.18.2021 – I am experiencing bubble stomach and more gas than usual. Other than that new feeling I am doing good.

5.12.2022 – I had a bad case of diarrhea that started on April 30, 2022, that lasted 5 days it had me very weak, my sides hurt very bad, fever only 99.6 my stomach still gurgling and passing gas that has a very strong odor. I had a stool test done it had blood.

12.14.2022 – After my 3rd Booster Pfizer Bivalent shot I experienced a headache, a low grade fever 99.8, and very tired and sleepy.

Cardiomegaly, Thyroid mass and Hypothyroidism

3.11.2021 – voice slightly hoarse 2 hours post shot 25mg benadryl .it went away

3.12.2021 – I have RA and am currently taking prednisone 10 mg daily as well as sulfasalazine daily. have history of allergy to methotrexate and simponi aria intolerance

3.25.2021 – Aching and more joint pain. I think I'm having a RA flare .

5.6.2021 – Newly diagnosed hypothyroid

10.10.2021 – I have RA. Joint pains slightly up today

1.3.2022 – Thyroid nodules

11.17.2022 – seems to have revved up my RA.

11.28.2022 – Slight headache and some diarrhea

Respiratory rate increased, Bowel movement irregularity and Nasal discomfort

6.4.2021 – Stuffy and runny nose, a lot of sneezing

6.5.2021 – Stuffy, itchy and runny nose and sneezing

6.7.2021 – My voice sounds metallic.

6.8.2021 – My voice is still sounding a little metallic.

6.9.2021 – My voice is still sounding a bit metallic.

6.16.2021 – Congested and runny nose, stomach ache and irregular bowel movements, moderate fatigue.

6.30.2021 – Runny nose

7.28.2021 – Fatigue, headache, significant general body weakness, fast breathing, irritated nose

9.22.2021 – Headache, feverish feeling, higher body temperature

Eye contusion, Coccydynia and Bone pain

5.3.2021 – None

5.6.2021 – Two black eyes

5.7.2021 – Eyes are still black but beginning to clear up.

5.8.2021 – Still have Black eyes but they are getting better

5.24.2021 – Hip bone and tailbone continue to ache.

6.7.2021 – Aching shoulder and hip joints and aching tailbone.

11.1.2021 – Pain in the bone of the arm where I had the injections.

4.5.2022 – Swollen armpit of arm where I got the shot

5.6.2022 – Diarrhea and nausea

7.2.2022 – Increase in asthma. My bones ache and my knee, hip and shoulder joints ache when I walk.

Cesarean section, Dysphonia and Pregnancy

3.4.2021 – Had an ultrasound & at 14 weeks the fetus is perfect

4.19.2021 – I did not have any symptoms but did have a 20 week ultrasound on the fetus & everything looks healthy for it.

5.3.2021 – Allergies? Or a cold picked up from our baby. Head congestion, slightly irritated throat. No issues w/taste or smell nor coughing

6.21.2021 – Cold like symptoms, cough, congestion, horsey voice

9.20.2021 – I had a healthy baby boy 8/23 via c section

10.7.2022 – Congestion, cough

Viral infection, Herpes zoster and Ear pain

3.23.2021 – Oddly swollen lymph node on face near left ear

3.24.2021 – Swollen lymph node on side of face near left ear

3.25.2021 – Lymph node swelling near left ear

3.26.2021 – Increased lymph node swelling on side of face near left ear.

4.9.2021 – Shingles. Apparently unrelated to he vaccine, though.

7.16.2021 – Cough, sore throat, runny nose, fatigue

1.22.2022 – Severe cold. But I have tested six times in the last week and each time, I was negative. Just a different, awful virus with a bad cough, runny nose, earache, upset stomach.

4.23.2022 – In January, I had several symptoms of Covid, including the worst nagging cough I've ever had. Same symptoms my wife had. She tested positive for Covid, using at-home tests, several times. I tested multiple times and never had a positive test.

10.23.2022 – Persistent cough, fever, head congestion, body aches, chills

Energy increased, Nervousness and Somnolence

1.29.2021 – I was very tiered late yesterday afternoon- took a 3 hour nap but feel more energetic today.

2.27.2021 – This was not today but right after the shot-some tingling in face. Several hours after the shot I was very achy and tired. My arm was sore and a gland under opposite stem was quite tender for several days. I was quite tired each day Tuesday-Thursday and dizzy/ shaky on Friday. After drinking a lot of fluid, I felt better. I received shot Tuesday morning.

Jugular vein distension, Choking sensation and Throat tightness

1.6.2021 – I feel like I am being choked. I am short of breath upon exertion and it appears to me as though I have jugular vein Distention

1.7.2021 – Neck pain and pain behind my eyes. Last night I went to the emergency department where I was seen for pressure under my jaw (felt like I was being strangled)

1.8.2021 – Eye pain and neck pain

1.9.2021 – Stiff and sore neck

1.10.2021 – Mental Fogginess

4.5.2021 – Ive been extremely tired and my throat has been sore for the last three weeks Doctors office as well

Throat irritation and Injection site pain

4.5.2021 – No

4.6.2021 – I realized I needed to let you know that I started checking in with v safe the day after my vaccination All my information is correct but my very first day I ran a very low grade temp of 100. I I think that it's important that you knew that all my information is true no fever no symptoms only had a pain in the injection site that night the next day disappeared.

5.9.2021 – I did go to Mississippi and I'm from St Louis I was there a week and the fourth day I was there I felt like I had strep throat but no fever. I don't know if it was related to the extra southern pollens but I never ran a fever and two days I felt fine

Pharyngeal swelling, Joint stiffness and Arthralgia

3.12.2021 – Right after the injection I experienced thickness in my throat and a stiff jaw. After taking 35 ml of an antihistamine, it all went away. Im feeling fine now!

3.15.2021 – Some joint pain in my legs- but very mild

3.18.2021 – I just found out that two days before my shot I was exposed to someone with COvid. We were using masks, but I found out yesterday 7 days after our contact. Im going to be tested on Saturday. I dont have any symptoms.

4.3.2021 – Pain on thr vaccination site

4.23.2021 – Tiredness

4.4.2022 – Related to my underlying condorion

Hyperesthesia teeth, Gingival pain and Burning sensation

3.8.2021 – I have an asthma cough but its definitely been worse since the vaccine. Though better today. Yesterday was bad. Meant to report it.

3.10.2021 – I woke up in the middle of the night and experienced two sequences of chills. No fever.

4.4.2021 – Burning in my stomach and icy prickles Nader the skin of my torso

4.5.2021 – Gum pain. Tooth sensitivity. The stomach pain is still a burning raw feeling in my stomach. In waves.

4.6.2021 – Dizziness.

4.9.2021 – I had migraine through the night and woke up with it. The same yesterday though I neglected to write that yesterday. I got distracted and didnt fill this out properly.

4.10.2021 – Woke with a headache. It went away without medication

Angiedema, Hypersensitivity and Dysgeusia

2.3.2021 – Fogginess...metallic taste

3.3.2021 – Angioedema around mid nite ..suspected shellfish allergy...no history of allergy to shellfish My PCP advised me to visit the ER rather than an office bisit

3.4.2021 – Still angioedema ...possible shellfish allergy ...no previous history

3.16.2021 – I have had 3 angioedema episodes since my 2 nd injection...I dont know it it food or amlodopine ( new med)...treated with Benadryl and steroids .1 ER visit/ 1 PCP visit

Periorbital pain, Intervertebral disc degeneration and Spinal operation

4.4.2021 – Both knees excruciating pain, left hip, base of skull, muscles in right shoulder blade.

4.15.2021 – Swollen lymph node's: neck and under arms.

4.16.2021 – Spike in blood sugar from past week. Ran 124, today: 170. Very unusual

4.30.2021 – Burning in upper back and base of skull burning pain. Arthritis burning pain in fingers, stabbing pain upper right side of skull(pain in the brain) back of the knee burning pain.

5.14.2021 – My fingernail and the skin around my cuticles are sluffing off. Peeling. Hope nails grow back!

10.9.2021 – Swollen glands, ear pain, crushing pain like skull in a vice, pain behind my eyes.

4.9.2022 – 2 MRI's degenetative disc disease, torn muscle in rotator cuff++++. Conti ual pain which causes high blood pressure. All discovered just in the last several months!

5.8.2022 – Muscle weakness, brain fog

5.21.2022 – Hair loss, headach worse, joint pain!

5.28.2022 – My headache is more pronounced! on my right eye and around my right temple!

Blood cobalt increased, Intervertebral disc displacement and Metal poisoning

2.18.2021 – Yesterday...felt a little fatigued

3.9.2021 – Lacking energy but could be weather related

3.30.2021 – Lack of energy & headacheSpike in bp, dr asvised me to double my dose of losartan

4.6.2021 – Lethargic, unable to control Blood pressure, even with BP medication

4.20.2021 – Unable to control blood pressure. I am taking BP medication. Dr has doubled the dosage, but it still spikes out of normal. Dr office visit

3.16.2022 – Urinary tract infection After 7 days of antibiotics, back to normal. 2- pain & tightness in rib cage. Had MRI. It reveals slight scoliosis & L1 vertebrae tipped.Review with Dr soon. ANTIBIOTIC & MRI

Supraventricular tachycardia, Ventricular extrasystoles and Pneumonia

2.3.2021 – About 15 mins after injection, my throat became itchy and I had an allergic type cough. This lasted for about an hour. It felt like I had been exposed to an allergen, but I would consider it mild. This afternoon I still have a slightly itchy throat but not enough to cause coughing.

2.4.2021 – Neck ache

9.7.2021 – Covid, asthma, PVCs, SVT, abnormal EKGs

3.10.2022 – Shortness of breath and coughing that required additional steroid inhaler use due to worsened asthma.

6.21.2022 – Pneumonia and asthma

Occipital neuralgia, Edema peripheral and Lymph node pain

3.20.2021 – Significant swelling and some pain in armpit (lymph nodes)

3.21.2021 – Remarkable swelling under right armpit and some pain

3.22.2021 – Swelling of lymph nodes right armpit

3.23.2021 – Swelling under right armpit

3.25.2021 – Swrlling of lymph nodes under right armpit

4.19.2021 – My right armpit is still swollen from first shot

4.20.2021 – Still swelling right armpit

7.13.2021 – Occipital neuralgia. Likely not due to vaccine Doctor appt

10.12.2021 – Had occipital nerve headaches for a few weeks in june 2021. Doctor appt in person

Injection site pain

3.26.2021 – Today is Day 3. Day 1 and 2 my injection arm hurt very very bad directly on the injection site. Today Day 3, about 52 hours after Injection 1, finally my injection arm is feeling much better! AND. I WOULD ABSOLUTELY ACCEPT THIS 2 DAYS OF ARM PAIN TO RECEIVE THIS MIRACLE VACCINE! I expect injection 2 to be much worse, like having several days of having a bad case of flu, and IT'S OK to receive the vaccine! THANK YOU ALL!!! (b)(6)

Reading disorder, Visual impairment and Decreased appetite

6.1.2021 – I doubt it is related but want to convey any issues. I have major knee pain in my left knee area

6.8.2021 – Very tired

6.15.2021 – Headache

7.15.2021 – Total liquid diarrhea. Symptoms started 1 week after last vaccine. Have changed from time to time since then but pretty bad at this time Nautious...poor appetite...tired..can't totally say it is the vaccine but it seems like it is.

12.14.2021 – Spots in eye making it difficult to read things easily Appt 12-27

Paresthesia oral, Flushing and Dyspepsia

2.23.2021 – Face feels itchy

2.27.2021 – Face is itchy today.

3.26.2021 – Face is itchy; around mouth a little tingly. Same reaction to first one. The health department monitored me today.

3.27.2021 – My face still has the sensation of internal hives, which is my usual allergic reaction to things.

3.28.2021 – Internally hivey feeling in my face started to subside at 36 hours post-vaccine.

3.30.2021 – My hip joints have been bothering me since 3/28 but wasnt sure if it was normal, age related creakiness. ??

4.16.2021 – Had a cortisone injection in my knee two days ago. No problem with the one I received 4 months ago. This time, Ive had an episode of facial flushing 36 hours the cortisone. Not sure if the Covid vaccine played a part in the reaction.

11.11.2021 – Felt at 36 hours post injection.

5.10.2022 – Congestion, body aches, low grade fever, productive cough, fatigue

11.10.2022 – Mild facial itchiness

11.12.2022 – Heartburn

Psychiatric symptom, Breast mass and Body temperature decreased

3.19.2021 – None

3.22.2021 – Terrible headache in a zoom meeting I had to leave

3.23.2021 – Moment makes my head feel like its full of water.

12.16.2021 – Feeling depressed and lonely

5.14.2022 – With the 2nd booster Vascination and I did have a fever for two days..

7.24.2022 – I think I'm dealing with vertigo but I had it before.

10.23.2022 – Super bad allergies sneezing no temperature 98.4 but it made me relax and rest for a couple of days, couple of lumps in my breast since June 2022 having biopsies next week.

Chondrocalcinosis, Adverse food reaction and Chromaturia

1.24.2021 – dizzy, woozy, faint, weakness

1.25.2021 – Woozy.

2.15.2021 – dry/sore throat

2.16.2021 – lung hotness the way one gets with a flu.MILD. And MILD dry/sore throat.

2.27.2021 – bad allergies. dust or something. one day only.

3.6.2021 – fatigue. may be aspect of mild long haul experience. probably had Covid in March (sick 2.5 weeks). seems when i fatigue much more extremely since then. probably not related to vax. and big picture, something very manageable with awareness.

3.27.2021 – Assume I had covid last March (2.5 wks ill). Pre Covid, if I ate beets, my pee tinted. Post covid, no tint. This week, about a year since Covid and about a month since vax, tint returns! too much info, but ....

5.15.2021 – concussion. not covid-related.

10.2.2021 – i appear to have gout or pseudogout and dont think symptoms are related to vax

10.19.2021 – headaches probably due to post concussion and now taking magnesium per doc suggest but may stop. nothing to do with vax or booater or covid.

4.15.2022 – these occured within 36 hours after Moderna booster and all abated.

4.27.2022 – Vomiting, chills, muscle ache, headache, intestine cramps. 42-72 hrs. Tested neg. for Covid. Think symptoms were side effects from taking prescribed bone med. Alendronate Sodium 70 mg. Feel fine now. Probably not covid or vax related.

7.4.2022 – intermittent sore throat, headache, feverish (though never had fever), fatigue. my spouse had Covid but I had 2 negative PCR tests and 2 negatuve rapid tests.

10.22.2022 – cold. not Covid. PCR test negative.

Blindness transient, Blindness unilateral and Eye hemorrhage

1.28.2021 – Daily headaches. Increased anxiety symptoms at night. Insomnia.

2.4.2021 – Hot flashes every 5-10 minutes.

2.25.2021 – Very tired. Still having headaches every day.

3.4.2021 – Unexplained painful rash on upper back.

2.4.2022 – Difficulty breathing, vision, fatigue.

5.18.2022 – Periodic left eye partial vision loss and pain.

6.1.2022 – Periodic loss of sight in left eye with pain/pressure. New right eye pain with broken blood vessels, also pain and discomfort.

6.10.2022 – Surgery

7.27.2022 – Periodic left eye vision loss

Neck pain, Chills and Pyrexia

4.8.2021 – Adding in comments for first few days. Day 1 after the shot I was running a fever and had moderate chills. Day two fever went away, just a few chills, though moderate headache and upper body/neck ache. Today is day 3 and only minor headache and neck ache. Getting better though first two days were rough. Regardless, would do it all again for what being fully vaccinated means to my health, my families health, and the health of all those with whom i come into contact.

Joint dislocation, Injection site mass and Injection site induration

1.30.2021 – No chills but just feeling cold.

1.31.2021 – Injection site pain began approximately 29 hours after injection.

2.13.2021 – On February 7 injection site started itching. Rash around injection site, approximately 3 inches around site. Hard lump under skin at injection site. All symptoms gone by evening next day.

4.10.2021 – Still having occasional itchiness at injection site.

8.29.2021 – Sore throat, chest congestion, fatigue for around 5 days. Cleared on its own . Ibuprofen only for 1 day.

4.30.2022 – Dislocated elbow.

Gallbladder volvulus, Gastroesophageal reflux disease and Hypoesthesia

5.15.2021 – Pain through shoulder and neck on injection side

9.1.2021 – GERD onset of symptoms coincided with vaccination, but I assumed then they were entirely unrelated. (They could be, I just cant know for sure. The maybe in the final question here is doing a lot of heavy lifting.) In-person visit to GP, in-person visit to ENT

3.28.2022 – Torsion in neck of gallbladder, probable cause of my reflux symptoms that started after getting vaccinated. Awaiting surgical consult/surgery to see if symptoms persist after fixed. No idea (yet?) if it's vaccine-related. ENT visit, gastroenterologist visit, endoscopy, ultrasound, gastric emptying study, HIDA scan, abdominal MRI

Sensory loss, Paresthesia oral and Hypoesthesia

3.5.2021 – Yesterday I had fever, body aches, headache, nausea, vomiting. I have tingling in my lower right lip. I have tingling or no sensation in 2 fingers on my left hand and 2 fingers on my right hand.

3.6.2021 – Still have tingling in three of my fingers in both hands and tingling in both feet. Tingling in my lower lip and tongue is gone.

3.7.2021 – Numbness in fingers are a little less, right foot numbness better, left foot numbness is the same as yesterday

3.8.2021 – Tingling in fingers and feet improving

3.9.2021 – Feeling coming back in fingers and toes

3.10.2021 – Feeling is back in fingers and foot