Age: 32.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Peripheral coldness, Photopsia, Visual impairment
Clinical narrative: QUICK SNAP SHOT OF MY EXPERIENCE: APRIL 10: Received single-dose J&J shot APRIL 12: Felt ?off? / Brain fog begins / Can?t remember oldest daughter?s name / Hard time focusing or concentrating. APRIL 13: Still feeling ?off? / Cold tingles on legs / Pins and needles on arms APRIL 14: Left arm becomes rigid, ?asleep? numb-feeling, feels like it?s swelling / Left side of face begins to droop ? taken to ER. ? ER VISIT:  o ?Code stroke? called upon arrival // Emergency MRI performed. No signs of stroke. o Doctor said I was having a ?panic attack? or  ?spontaneous stress reaction? and sent me home. (I asked if he thought it was related to vaccine. I believe he said he ?didn?t know? & ?didn?t think so.?) o Regained feeling in my arm 8 hours later // painful for days after.  APRIL 19: Followed up with a neurologist // Arm was feeling better by this time (slightly sore) // Brain fog lifting but I did still feel ?off? like I wasn?t thinking as fast or as sharp as I used to. The neurologist told me my MRI looked ?pristine? & told me to follow up as needed. ((He also said he ?didn?t know? if this was the vaccine. I decided not to report to VAERS because when I first read the form I thought I needed a doctor to sign it with me and I felt like I didn?t have support from either doctor to report this with me at the time.))  JUNE & JULY: I experience days of extreme fatigue/ brain fog and ?off? feeling most days ? but overall normal everyday living.  EARLY AUGUST: My left arm begins to become rigid again, ?asleep? numb-feeling, feels like it?s swelling. Given my experience in April I didn?t go to ER. I rested and the feeling went away after an hour. I decided to make follow up appointment with neurologist but couldn?t be seen for several weeks.   OCTOBER: I was forced to cancel my neurologist appointment because my youngest daughter contracted Covid-19. She was very sick and I was feeling better at this point so I decided I would reschedule the appointment at a later time.  NOVEMBER 17: I experience my first ever ?ocular migraine w/ aura? // Vision disrupted in right eye for 30 minutes // intense pain for 3 hours behind right eye   NOVEMBER 22:  Saw a neurologist who told that there was ?no reason to do another MRI or testing? since my MRI back in April was normal. He also said the ocular migraine and arm swelling episodes were likely driven by ?my anxiety.? I?ve never been diagnosed with anxiety. I pass the GAD-7. He wanted to put me on an anti-depressant. So, I left.  DECEMBER 1: While driving my vision starts ?bouncing lights? slightly // Left leg begins to go rigid, ?asleep? numb-feeling // Right leg begins feeling ?off? too // Sharp pains shoot down both legs  DECEMBER 2: I work in the morning and make several errors while trying to order graphics and spell words correctly in scripts. // Having a hard time concentrating // Legs feel ?off? but I am able to move slower than normal // Go for walk around the neighbor and my knees are aching   DECEMBER 3: Pins and needles begin // freezing cold feelings in toes // toes go numb // Both legs become rigid, ?asleep? numb-feeling but painful (lasts 2 minutes) // Heavy weighted feeling (can?t move legs for 30 minutes) // Then legs go rigid again and left arm (1-2 minutes)   DECEMBER 4-11:  SYMPTOMS THAT HAVE BEEN COMING AND GOING  ? Unable to walk without assistance // legs feel extremely heavy at times and unable to move them for several hours ? Leg spasms (and sometimes arm spasms) that usually last for about 15-45 seconds and occur every 15-30 minutes (some days more frequently like every 5 mins) ? Brain fog // fatigue // memory issues / ?slow? thinking ? Pins and needles all over body // cold tingles up and down legs // felt like my face was burning at times // very cold toes & hands lasting all day ? Wrist and knee pain (throbbing at times) // Calves go numb after this occurs ? Slurred speech and worst spasm symptoms occurred December 8-11 ? Extensive blood lab work done by PCP on December 8 ((all normal except high cholesterol)) ? PCP thought I was having an MS attack // Neurologist I saw on December 9th felt I was having ?unexplained nerve damage? ? upon my request he did order an MRI of brain/neck/thoracic spine to give me ?peace of mind.? I completed these on December 10th ((All were normal expected some arthritis in thoracic image. )) ? I took muscle relaxant to get MRI done and I took another on December 11th ? it helped with spasms.  DECEMBER 12: Spasms began lessening (only 7-8), strength began coming back in legs. But the more I walked the more my ankles began to feel ?swollen? // Heavy legs (couldn?t move them for about 1 minute)  TODAY: Feeling stronger but still difficult to walk//1 leg spasm this morning (left leg only) // toes numb and arms feel cold as I am typing this