Age: 71.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: VARZOS, VARZOS
Symptoms: Impaired driving ability, Influenza, Influenza like illness, Malaise, Memory impairment
Clinical narrative: As of this date, October 10, 2018, it marked six (6) weeks since I received the Shingrex Vaccine. On August 28, 2018, I received the vaccine at the drug store. I went here because my Primary doctor at MedicalCenter, didn't have the vaccine available. This was the beginning of the scariest time in my life! I had very severe reactions to this vaccine. Nobody ever said that there were any severe reactions to this vaccine. If there was, I never would have received it! I received the vaccine about noon on Wednesday, August 28th. After receiving the injection, I immediately realized a very powerful wallop! I drove home and from that point on I was a prisoner of my bed and sofa. I began to feel "swimmy" in the head and my balance and walking proved to be very difficult! I couldn't eat and decided to drink plenty of fluids and proceeded to bed by 9PM. The days following were a nightmare! My arm was swollen, red and very hard. I developed extreme headaches and was sick to my stomach. I also had a fever and developed the chills (even though the temperature was over 90 degrees, I wrapped myself in sweater, socks and comforter), had severe neuropathy in hands and feet, problems with my eyesight, loud ringing in my head (tinnitus), memory problems, was unable to walk in my small apartment without holding walls, chairs, sinks and counters! I became so uncoordinated and unbalanced that I remained on my sofa and bed for weeks! The night of September 1st was so frightening that I was thought that I was going to die! I was writhing on my bed, crying out uncontrollable begging for all the pain, sweating, chills, nausea, neuropathy, headache, and all the other severe reactions to stop. On Wednesday, September 5th, I went by taxi to see my Primary Doctor. I was so completely off balance that I had to use a cane! I felt like I was drunk! A nurse who has known me for over 20 years just looked at me with his jaw dropped! No one could believe the hell that I was going through. Dr. tried to look up information on her computer while she was examining me; but could find nothing about the severe reactions to the vaccine that I was experiencing. She stated that I could have called for the on-call doctor, but in the next moment said there was no antidote and just continue to force food with water and fluids. I told her that I was drinking water after water to try to rid my body of the toxin! I was told that I would have to let this reaction just run its course; but they had no idea how long it would take. During the second week of this nightmare. I continued with my regime of lying cuddled up on the sofa or on my bed. The suffering that I suffered can not even be told as to the degree that it laid me up (nausea, vomiting, neuropathy, inability to eat or leave my apartment, and numerous other ailments)! I couldn't remember a four-digit pass code or at times couldn't think of the word that I wanted to use! My eyes were having trouble because my vision became blurry. I am becoming very distraught regarding how the medical field could push a vaccine that had so little data or even a large clinical trial (only 16,600 adults in first trial. GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) told when I called that they were now up to 23,305 patients). On September 12th, I went by taxi to see Dr. once again. I told her that I was feeling a little better, maybe about 45 to 50 percent improvement, but still unable to perform my daily tasks and having problems with my sleep besides all the other reactions. Again, I was told to just let everything run its course, that there was nothing that could really be done. I felt very dismayed regarding this whole debacle of no one knowing anything regarding this vaccine! I questioned why this vaccine was being pushed so hard with so little information regarding the side effects! I began to research this Shingrex Vaccine while I was laid up. I contacted the CDC, GSK, FDA and wrote a letter to Dr. explaining al the severe reactions that I was experiencing and my objections to this Vaccine being "pushed" onto unsuspecting patients. I told each agency, doctor, drug store, or company and anyone that I talked to what a disaster this vaccine could be to someone. On September 19th, I visited my GI physician and on October 1st I had an appointment with my Neurologist. Both physicians I talked with explained that, so little was known about the Shingrix Vaccine. Again, I was told that I would have to just have to wait for my body to recover from the after effects! For six weeks, I continued to feel the adverse reactions from the Shingrix Vaccine. The intensity had diminished but my life was still not normal. I had not signed-up to be a guinea pig for "Big Pharma"! Today, I can say that I believe that I have recovered about 99% of my well-being. I will not get the second dose of the Shingrix Vaccine. In fact, I am now reluctant to get any vaccine, including the Flu Vaccine! I will be working with my physicians to even get off medications that have been pushed on to me in the past! I have now decided that I will investigate medications and vaccines and determine if there is a more natural way to cope with potential illnesses. I certainly hope that this report helps in identifying severe adverse reactions to the Shingrix Vaccine! Should you have further questions, I will certainly try to answer them from my personal experience.