Age: 62.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Impaired driving ability, Impaired work ability, Laboratory test, Lipase, Lipids
Clinical narrative: I woke up the morning of 7/8/21 with a headache and when I got out of bed I was very unsteady and grabbed my dresser to keep from falling.  After standing for a bit, I walked to my bathroom and felt very out of sorts but couldn't explain how...not able to formulate thoughts, in a fog, extremely unsteady on my feet.  I noticed my peripheral vision was off, that I was only seeing things in front of me but I chalked it up to my headache, thinking maybe I was getting a migraine. I dressed while sitting on my bed because I was too unsteady on my feet, then went to work hoping it'd pass.  After driving a couple of blocks I realized I wasn't comprehending what I was doing after driving through an intersection and being unaware of what I was doing.  I was following the car in front of me but noticing nothing else.  I pulled over and sat in my car for a bit, regrouped, then proceeded onto work.  I was still off balance but got to the office.  I had a video meeting shortly after getting to the office and within a few minutes excused myself because I wasn't able to focus on the screen or think clearly enough to follow the conversation.  I called the ER at that point and drove myself there.   When I arrived at the ER, I was unable to stand still without holding onto something and was a bit wobbly walking.  It was difficult to explain to the Dr. how I was feeling and honestly don't really remember what I said, only that I was having a really hard time explaining how I felt because it was unexplainable to me.  It was just weird, and I couldn't think well, like my brain couldn't comprehend what was going on.  I remember saying that I couldn't explain things.  I was in the ER for a time when they did a CT scan.  A bit later I was told that they were going to admit me to the hospital because they say an area on the scan that looked like I had a stroke.  I was placed in the stroke wing and went through the routine question and answer sessions throughout the night, being asked to explain what was going on on the various picture cards.   The next morning, more tests were run and a "MRI  Brain w/o Contrast" was done.  I guess everything was OK because they discharged me later that day.  A heart monitor was ordered but they couldn't get me in for a couple of weeks so they sent me one but it never attached well enough for me to wear it regularly so it was a hit and miss thing unfortunately.   No other follow up was done.  When I was due for a booster, I attempted to get an exemption due to my previous reactions from the vaccine.  My PCP referred me to the neurologist who saw me in the hospital to discuss my request.  He, too, refused to provide me with the exemption (which I needed for work) because he said that he changed his mind and didn't think I had a stroke after all and wanted to remove it from my chart.  I asked how I could be seen and discharged with the diagnosis of a stroke, but many months later after no follow up or even conversation about how I was doing, could he just "decide" I didn't have one?  I told him not to remove it from my chart and that I needed answers or an explanation of what happened to me.  The neurologist had no answers and showed no concern at all about my need to understand the very scary episode in the hospital and the 6-months or so after my discharge believing I had a stroke. No answers and no follow up and a year and a half later I still have no explanation about what happened to me.  I never received a booster but instead had weekly tests as required by my employer because medical office wouldn't grant me an exemption.