Age: 29.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: HEP, MEA
Symptoms: Vomiting
Clinical narrative: On 9/19/91 (age 29) I was injected with my 1st Hep-B vaccine. This was my 1st (and ultimately, only) of a 3 injection series for Hep-B protocol. I have never been healthy since this injection. 'Insult was added to injury' when I had to receive a mandatory MMR. On 9/21/91, just 2 days after my Hep-B vaccination, I experienced significant fatigue and malaise. I had an oral temperature of 99.8F. I developed nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. At this time, I thought I just had the flu. This continued off and on for the next several months. I missed a significant number of work days. On 10/3/91, 14 days, post vax, I went to the outpatient clinic with an extreme sore throat. My tonsils were quite swollen. I told the doctor that I had fatigue that was worse than the sore throat, that seemed nearly incapacitating. He told me that that was actually 'good' because my body was busy fighting the infection. He gave my oral penicillin. As you will see, this sore throat and exaggerated fatigue were in reality, undiagnosed mononucleosis. I called and talked to the nurse and she assured me that I could not be ill from the Hep-B vaccination because it was not a 'live' virus that was injected. I believe she was telling me what she believed to be true. I suspect that she did not know about any long term adverse reactions or side effects related to Hep-B. I didn't either, and I was also a nurse. In 10/91, I also began developing severe headaches and they continue to this day. My fatigue continued on and I felt like a zombie, but I continued on with my contract and pushed myself through my shifts. I began using a lot of caffeine in large quantities, to give me enough energy to get through my work hours. I slept excessively during my time off work. In 12/91, I drove to my parents home in Iowa and nearly immediately became very ill. I developed a severe 'flu' with more vomiting and diarrhea so severe, I began having bloody diarrhea. I was too weak to do anything. On 1/7/91, I received a mandatory MMR. I was told that I had to have one in order to work. I refused the Hep-B #2 but the nurse urged my to have it. I refused over and over again and did not allow myself to be given the Hep-B. As soon as the MMR needle entered my body, my entire muscle in my upper left arm went into a severe spasm. The nurse told me to relax my arm and I told her it was relaxed. Within 2 weeks, post vax, I developed extremely sore knees. My headaches worsened and now my neck was stiff with these excruciating headaches. I went to a health food store and bought a product to help give me energy called 'EXCEL'. My throat would become sore with my lymph nodes enlarging when I exerted myself (like at work). I had a nearly continuous low-grade fever of 99.2F-100.6F that would come down when I was rested, but it returned with minimal exertion. Next, I began having intermittent blurred vision in my right eye which lasted approx. 6 months. I remember the numbness in my arms and legs worsening. One day I went for a walk with a friend and ended up hysterically crying because I was having a great deal of difficulty walking. I went to a health clinic and was seen by a NP and she evaluated me and after a coupe more difficult weeks, she dx'd me as having mononucleosis which I, myself, had suspected back on 10/3/91. I didn't get better. I remember the NP telling me that I probably had chronic fatigue syndrome also known as chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome and myalgic encephalomyelitis. My medical records from 4/92, document the onset of my illness associated with the Hep-B vaccination 9/91 and worsening considerably after the mandatory MMR in 1/92. This information again, confirms the unawareness of vaccination injury inside the 'educated and informed' medical community. My overall health has deteriorated and left me completely disabled. I have been living on SSD which you may know is significantly limiting and leaves me completely financially controlled. I have lost a huge amount of my hair, am physically restricted and mainly homebound with significant cognitive dysfunction. I rely on prescription amphetamines in order to think and communicate properly. I continue to have exaggerated fatigue, weakness, migraines, frequent infections, osteoporosis by the age of 34 years, generalized muscular fasiculations, thyroid disorder and an autoimmune disorder. The annual follow-up states "exhaustion, weakness, activity intolerance, alopecia, cognitive dysfunction, muscle cramps and muscle twitching, sudden eipsodes of needing to lay flat. Unable to sit or stand for a predictable time. Frequent infections, osteoporosis, migraines, numbness of extremities. Heat and cold intolerance, insomnia." Medical records repeatedly indicate associated illness/disability with this vaccination.