Age: 72.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Defaecation urgency, Diarrhoea, Fatigue, Hypersomnia, Vomiting
Clinical narrative: My COVID Vaccine Experience   My wonderful experience with the COVID vaccine (Pfizer) began on April 6, 2021 when I received my first dose at the  Hospital  and all was well for the time being. My second dose was administered on April 27, 2021 again that the and all seemed well again.  However, within two weeks an old place on my right leg that had healed opened up just like an open wound and I went to the emergency room after trying to get it to heal without success.  At the Emergency Room they cleaned the wound and applied what was called a wet/dry bandage, which consisted of a ball of gauze soaked in sterilized water and then a dry flat gauze to cover the wet one. On top of that, gauze was wrapped around the leg to hold the others in. Finally, an Ace bandage was placed over the entire bandage to hold it all together. I asked the nurse how often this bandage should be changed and was told twice daily and to soak the gauze in sterilized water. I was also shown how to make sure there were no contaminates on the top of the bottle.  After leaving the hospital armed with a prescription and some gauze pads and some water I preceded to Walmart to get the prescription filled.  I found the gauze pads and rolled gauze at Walmart while waiting for the prescription but no sterilized water. The water was the toughest thing to find, it took two days and visits to CVS and Walgreens (all five local stores) and found it at the last store.  I took the prescription as directed and that first night slept for over 12 hours (I normally sleep 2-4 hours a night). I woke up and threw up, had diarrhea and was tired. I preceded to go back to sleep and slept for another 10 hours. After waking and taking my meds I started sleeping for over 10 hours a night and am tired all day, feel like I?m going to fall asleep, even while driving.  I did as the nurse suggested and changed the bandage twice a day for a week until I went to the wound therapy at the hospital. There I found that as I told the nurse and the doctor that the scab would not form because of the bandage being changed twice daily as instructed, they told me to discontinue that and to use what they gave me that would not take the forming scab off when changing the bandage which consisted of a special medicated mesh and then a stick-on bandage. They also had some of the same sent through FED-EX, the next day, to make the wound get better, and it did.  After a week I went back to the wound therapy at the hospital and the doctor saw an improved wound and pronounced it cured. He cancelled any further visits and the ultra-sounds that he originally had ordered because he thought I had a problem with my blood vessels and that was why it didn?t start to heal in a week. Actually, I think it was the advice of the original nurse that said to change the wet/dry gauze twice daily that would not allow the wound to start healing. They also told me I could use something like Neosporin where the other nurse said to only use the sterilized water.  I am praying that I no longer have to be afflicted by this problem as most of it, in my opinion, was a direct result of getting the COVID vaccine. I am still sleeping over 10 hours a night and am tired all day even though I took all the meds and should be getting back to my normal routine. I also now have to urgently use the toilet urgently to evacuate my colon. I know I have other health problems but I believe that they were secondary to the COVID reactions and have not been affected by it as yet.  As a side note, I donated the sterilized water to someone that needs it in an inhaler. The gauze pads and rolls will keep for further necessities.  Because I personally hate to use the word ?I? and must apologize for using it this many times.