Age: 37.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Skin warm, Visual impairment
Clinical narrative: About five minutes after getting my shot my arm felt cold my fingertips kind of Tangled stuff that I was expecting. And then my lips started tingling, they didn't plump up like they do when I eat something I'm allergic to. They did get a little chubby but I have no idea how much I was wearing my mask and I didn't necessarily have a mirror. That and I didn't feel like they got super big. I realize they must have got a little bigger than I thought the next day because when I could feel them it kind of felt like it I don't know really how to describe that unless you've had an allergic reaction you don't know what I'm talkin about or if you ever got your swollen before. But my face ended up going numb that was more concerning. I was offered a Benadryl and a water. I did not accept I was told I didn't need to go to the doctors or I needed to go to the doctors only if I was having trouble breathing or rash appeared. None of that stuff happened. I waited for an hour I wasn't really checked on I have people stopped and talked to me but it wasn't so much to check on me it was curiosity as to what happened because they were standing around when I told him that I was having a bad reaction. I also had a get some kind of cold sweat when I first talked to him but that went away rather quickly. My vision did go wonky a couple of times but as I sat there it kind of chilled out. That was basically it I was advised by somebody else at the Pharmacy I don't know who they are to contact my doctor the next day if I did not go in. Today my face has been partially numb and spots on and off and at times very itchy. Since I'm used to allergies and I have an EpiPen available I did not need to go into the hospital which was already overcrowded. If my face stayed numb and wasn't getting better I had planned to go in. I have had weird effects like what I have mentioned on and off today my lips feel weird sometimes my face feels itchy and sometimes numb in spots. This is not normal for me in any way shape or form. As for everything else there's no hives there's no anything at the injection site there's no bruising it's a little warm and feels like it's bruised but not a bad bruise. I did talk to my doctor they do not advise me to get the second dose. They also advised me to talk to an allergist to write a medical exemption form as they are concerned with what could happen the next time I get to shot considering the Doctors told me that the second shot could have worst side effects. I was told this before the shot. As the packet he gave me was all about moderna I was told who I talk to and that is not normally what they're back sheet looks like it was a couple pages but everything was about moderna and I was under the impression that I was going to be contacted the day that I was in there however when I asked him if we could go ahead you the paperwork so I could leave he handed me the packet I just mentioned opened up to the page where I should contact you and told me all the information I needed was in that packet and then proceeded off to go do something behind the Pharmacy Counter. I didn't look at the paperwork until today because I wasn't feeling well. Also he reassured me that I got the Pfizer shot because that's the only saw that they carry at that particular . He also said he was going to check out next time they printed out the papers to make sure that it was printing out the packet how it was supposed to. I would also like to note that I was not really asked what was wrong with me I had to volunteer that information myself they didn't really seem to care what my symptoms were. It felt like I was in a less they know conversation. Had I had felt better or I was thinking straight I probably would have gone into the hospital. To me I was just trying to stay calm and I think I made myself feel less panicked then I should have been. I was trying not to cry or freak out as there were other patients and I knew I had to make sure my kids were picked up first. But even after they were picked up I still felt scared. It's like they did not care I felt like a side show where everybody was like what's happening and then once they knew they didn't care they just walked off. I tried to keep my mind off it I talked to a couple people in there try to keep my nerves level. I know this last part of the helpful but I just think the whole thing was handled not so well. I'm not a hysterical person but that's how I felt inside. Sorry the grammar and punctuation are very good I am doing this on my phone it has its own autocorrect craziness happening.