Age: 63.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Discomfort, Dysstasia, Gait disturbance, Insomnia, Neuropathy peripheral
Clinical narrative: has neuropathy in both legs; can''t hardly walk/ she can't take a walk; can't stand 10 minutes; pain in both legs; she can't sleep; she can't get comfortable; This is a spontaneous report received from contactable reporter(s) (Consumer or other non HCP). The reporter is the patient.  A 63 year-old female patient received bnt162b2 (BNT162B2), administration date 12Apr2021 (Lot number: ER8732) at the age of 63 years as dose 2, single for covid-19 immunisation. Relevant medical history included: "knee pain" (unspecified if ongoing); "sciatica" (unspecified if ongoing); "hip pain" (unspecified if ongoing). There were no concomitant medications. Past drug history included: Percodan, reaction(s): "allergic" and "hives"; Hydrocodone, reaction(s): "allergic"; Vicodin, reaction(s): "allergic" and "blood pressure dropped to almost zero, it was 40" and patient said she almost died on Vicodin. Vaccination history included: Bnt162b2 (1st dose, Batch/lot number: EP7534), administration date: 22Mar2021, when the patient was 63 years old, for COVID-19 immunization. The following information was reported: the patient stated she received the second Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, on 12Apr2021, then exactly one month later on 11May2021 she couldn't hardly walk and had neuropathy in both legs and can't stand 10 minutes. She said she had pain in both legs, the pain went all the way down to her feet in May2021. She said she had knee pain, sciatica, and hip pain before but never pain in both legs, this had taken her life away and she  she didn't want to do anything because she is in so much pain. She said she can barely work, she didn't know how long she will be able to work. She stated when it happened she had gone to the beach so she thought it was because she used different muscles when she walked on the sand. She said she was up all four nights, pain down her legs to her feet, horrible pain. She said she thought it was neuropathy, her doctor told her she had neuropathy now. She said she went to see her doctor in May about the pain. She said her pain was at a level 8, it was constant, sometimes it was a 9 like when she worked in the garden or does anything. The patient stated she had had no pain like this, the vaccine caused this, she had knee pain every now and then or sciatica that would act up, but that was about it. She said now she had shooting pain down both legs to her feet. She said she was gonna have to retire soon, she applied for disability and still hadn't heard from them. She said she can't stand more than two hours because she had so much pain, to do her job as a hairdresser, and she can't work more than two hours. She said her legs were in pain while she was sitting now, it was not low back pain or sciatica, it was leg pain. The patient stated she had terrible pain almost 7 months, and she was now doing physical therapy to help, but she could hardly walk or stand. She said she was athletic, she always worked out, she was a swimmer. She said now in 12 laps she was in terrible pain, horrible leg pain, constantly and she didn't know who to see for it. The patient stated she couldn't take this pain anymore. She said she was not on pain pills, clarifying those made her throw up.  She said she needed a shot in both legs. For the treatment, the patient stated she had got a jacuzzi that helped some. She said she had pain daytime and night time. She said she took Advil, and also did whatever she did like heat or ice. The patient said she couldn't take any pain pills but Motrin, clarified to being two Advil, she says this is stronger for pain. She said right now she had taken tablets, 200mg Ibuprofen tabs, or Advil, which she took every four hours. She said her doctor prescribed Xanax for her to take at night, because she threw up when she took pain meds. The patient said she took Xanax 2mg, clarified to 1mg, of which she took half of one with Unisom, which helped her sleep. She said that for sleep to get some rest she took two Advil and two Unisom and she will sleep 3-4 hours then woke up in pain. She said she had lost sleep before she was prescribed the Xanax, she was not allergic to that, it was the only thing that worked, she didn't throw up when she took it. The patient stated she can't sleep in 2021, so she took half of one of the Xanax with the other stuff, and it helped her sleep. She says she didn't sleep for months until her doctor prescribed Xanax to help her sleep, to help her. She said she can't sleep from the pain all night long because she couldn't get comfortable in 2021. She said she wore compression socks and two leg braces to be able to stand and do hair. She said she had also been doing physical therapy for weeks, and she was still in pain. She said she had done it 3 days a week, she is on her 5th week, she was going there today at two PM. She said she was still up all night in pain, and all day with pain. The outcome of the event pain in both legs, she can't sleep and she can't get comfortable was not recovered, of the other events was unknown.