Age: 74.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Therapeutic response unexpected
Clinical narrative: Got sense of  smell back/Got sense of taste back; This is a spontaneous report received from a contactable reporter(s) (Consumer or other non HCP). The reporter is the patient.  A 74 year-old female patient received bnt162b2 (BNT162B2), administered in arm right, administration date 19Apr2021 15:10 (Lot number: ER8734) at the age of 74 years as dose 1, single and administered in arm left, administration date 10May2021 15:40 (Lot number: EW0169) as dose 2, single for covid-19 immunisation. Relevant medical history included: "Endometrial cancer" (unspecified if ongoing), notes: Verbatim: Endometrial cancer diagnosed 7 years ago. ; "hypothyroid condition" (unspecified if ongoing), notes:  She has a hypothyroid condition since she was 13.; "COVID-19", start date: Jan2020 (unspecified if ongoing); "blood pressure" (unspecified if ongoing); "on a blood thinner" (unspecified if ongoing); "Fractured her back" (unspecified if ongoing). The patient took concomitant medications.  The following information was reported: THERAPEUTIC RESPONSE UNEXPECTED (non-serious) with onset 22Apr2021, outcome "unknown", described as "Got sense of  smell back/Got sense of taste back".  Additional information: Patient had COVID in Jan2020, before anybody knew what COVID was.  She was very sick and in the hospital for a night. She was given an IV and sent home. She was then sick in bed for 2 weeks.  After having it, she lost her sense of taste and smell.  She did not notice the loss right away, but eventually noticed she couldn't taste anything. She explains when you live alone, you don't really notice when you lose your sense of smell because no one else is saying "oh that smells bad or that smells good, or whatever".  She almost blew up her condo because her gas on the stove was on and she never smelled it. Her house was filled with gas, that's how bad her loss of smell was. With the first shot of the COVID-19 vaccine that she got 15 days ago, within 4 days, her smell and taste was back.  She has had her second dose since then.  She still has her smell and taste currently. She had heard on the news it was possible and that with some people who had long terms COVID issues, the issues went away with the vaccine. She noticed her sense of smell back first. Her sense of taste came back a week later, maybe 27Apr2021 or 28Apr2021. She noticed when she made bacon, she thought it was the best thing she ever tasted. She went to look at the brand of bacon and noticed it was the same she had been buying and not tasting. She is unable to confirm if either dose were given intramuscularly because she didn't really feel anything, she had no reaction either time. She really did think about it before she got the vaccine, but she had a recurrence of endometrial cancer that was first diagnosed 7 years ago.  Her doctor felt because her immune system was down, she should get the vaccine.  She was just concerned if she was not in great shape if she should have something introduced into her body. She had radiation for a month and then after that, she tripped over a dog and fractured her back, so she was in extreme pain for 3 months, so she thought "do I really need a vaccine on top of all this?", and so she waited and just got it recently, which she is glad she is did. She clarifies the fall from the dog was prior to the vaccine, around 3 months ago.  She felt she should not get the vaccine until she was better because she was in extreme pain and didn't want to take the chance of having a vaccine. Plus, she was on Oxycodone for 10 weeks and she didn't want to take anything with it. She confirms it was 3 months that she was down and out with her back. She is still going to physical therapy for it, but she stopped taking the Oxycodone.  She weaned herself off of oxycodone and by the end of 10 weeks, she was not taking it. She did not have any taste or smell during that period.  No further details provided.  She is on a blood thinner and takes blood pressure medication.  No follow-up attempts are possible. No further information is expected.