Age: 4.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19, COVID19
Symptoms: Myalgia, Pain, Restlessness, Sleep disorder
Clinical narrative: Around 4:00 pm on 4/12/2021 I began to feel a slight headache and my side effects worsened that evening. I lost my appetite due to the muscle pain, aches, fatigue, and chills that I felt. After taking a nap, I did not feel rested but instead restless. Because of the chills, I put on joggers and a sweatshirt, then proceeded to try and read a book while sitting under a blanket. I was unable to concentrate or focus on my book because of the chills, so I instead watched television. By 9:00 pm, I tried to go to sleep and took my last remaining dose of Tylenol. The aches and chills had only gotten worse and I was still dressed in joggers and sweatshirt as I tried to fall asleep underneath two blankets and quilt. All night long I tossed and turned because of the shivers, aches, and chills. I was unable to sleep for more than 45 to 60 minutes at a time before I woke up again. This happened repeatedly all night and it was very painful. On 4/13/2021 around 8:00 am, I got out of bed with continued shivers, aches, pain, fatigue, headache, and chills. I suffered from these symptoms all day long. Around 3:00 pm I tried to eat spaghetti with meatballs and steamed vegetables, but the spaghetti tasted like cardboard and I was only able to eat come of the vegetable mix. All day long I kept drinking water to stay hydrated and spent most of my time switching from my couch to my bed with restlessness, aches, shivers, and chills. The chills started to subside around 2:00 am on 4/14/2021 after I took a hot shower for about 15 to 20 minutes. Still dressed in joggers and a sweatshirt, this time I tried to sleep under two blankets, but the shivers and chills kept waking me up every 60 to 90 minutes. On 4/14/2021 around 10:00 am, I finally felt well enough to be able to drive to a store to by ibuprofen. When I got home, I took some and was finally able to take a nap and get some rest. I felt much better after my nap, was able to eat, and go for a small walk. This was my Pfizer second shot and it is worth mentioning that I live alone with no friends or family and I am an COVID-19. I had nobody to call and ask for help or to take care of me. I had to deal with the additional psychological trauma of not being able to ask anyone for help as I worried how long the adverse effects would last. I did not call my doctor because the last time I went in to see him, the facility charged me $170 for a 20-minute appointment and decided to take more than two months to let me know that I still owed $119. Everyone at the CDC and other agencies have failed those of us who live alone, especially public health officials, who did absolutely nothing to prepare to help and support people like me during this pandemic. Your ideals of individualism are bad public health policy for those of us who are alone, have nobody to turn do, and do all the right things by wearing masks, getting vaccinated, and staying six feet away from everybody. Yet, we are the ones who suffer the most and have to struggle with adverse effects of pandemic trauma, depression, and other mental health issues in addition to loss of taste and smell. I have not enjoyed food in over six months. It sure would be nice if for the next pandemic you also put together a plan for people who live alone and have nobody to turn to for help because you've failed us in this pandemic.