Age: 61.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: DTAP
Symptoms: Asthenia, Dizziness, Feeling cold, Head discomfort, Pain in extremity
Clinical narrative: I was given a Tdap booster on 12/20/07 sometime after 12 noon. I developed soar arm, fever and a heavy feeling in head. All day on 21st I was unwell feeling total lack of energy.  So, I stayed home and rested.  On 22nd the feeling continued; so after staying in bed till past noon time, I finally got up and went to the kitchen to make my usual first meal: tea, toast topped with cheese and avocado slices.  I felt really dizzy standing at the kitchen counter, so sat down at the nearest chair.  The dizziness continued and now my vision got blurred.  I was scared since it has never happened to me.  I somehow got up went to the nearest bathroom to pass urine, I was still dizzy, so I sat there for a while thinking who I should telephone, a neighbor or a friend?  I felt may be I should eat first to take care of the dizzy spell, so  slowly, placing a hand on adjacent walls, I came back to the chair and tried to eat my toast and sip my tea.  The blurry vision continued; I waited.  After quite a few minutes it slowly started going away.  I continued sitting, and ate my toast and drank my tea.  Then I took my cordless phone, and lay down on my bed; I was feeling quite cold(my apartment heating was on) as if I was coming down with high fever; so I covered myself with blankets, sheets and decided to rest for a while.  My phone rang, a friend was calling to invite me for lunch the next day.  I declined describing my situation to her.  She was worried and asked if she should come over(she lives 30 miles away, has a small kid who has been sick); I told her not to.  She said then she would check back with me in a few hrs.  I slept then got up around 6:30 pm; called another friend and said I can't come for dinner at her place(she lives only 5 miles away) and described how I felt.  At 7pm, I forced myself to get up and have dinner; then sat in a reclining comfortable chair and watched TV. I do my daily walk in the evenings, no matter what; try not to miss it.  But decided not to go out. Both my friends called to see how I was, and if it was ok for me to spend the night alone(I live alone).  I did not want to interrupt my friends plans just prior to x'mas, so I told them I would be ok.  I was feeling very feverish again by 11pm, so got up and went to bed. Today I woke up around 9am, but was still tired, so I got up around 11 am and had a late breakfast.  My friend went online to do research and telephoned to tell me that this could be a severe reaction to the immunization shot.  Now I am a bit better; so I went thru' the paperwork handed to me by the nurse who administered the injection and told me to take tylenol(I did take Tylenol) since I may experience soar arm, fever.  But I was not told about the dizzy spell, blurry vision. I tried to call the 800 number of Vaers hoping to talk to someone...NO LUCK!  So, here I am, not fully recovered trying to fill out the form hoping it would help someone in future.  My time is precious, since I have a lot of preparatory work that I must do before I leave for my extended trip to India in a few days.