Age: 51.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Deafness unilateral, Ear discomfort, Ear, nose and throat examination abnormal, Echocardiogram, Hypoacusis
Clinical narrative: I am hospital Interventional Radiology RN. I've been working at hospital for more than 20 years.  I received the first dose of the Moderna vaccine on Feb. 3rd, 2021. Firstly, the only reaction I had it, it was just a sore arm. The following evening, Feb. 4th, 2021 I had, for the short period of time, a buzzing in my right ear, but it resolved quickly. On Feb. 6th, 2021 I walk up with ringing in my right ear, which continued for a few hours. After that I was left with a feeling of fullness and diminished hearing in that ear. On Feb. 7th, I was seen by Dr., the ENT, which prescribed me steroids and I had hearing test which show moderate hearing loss. On Feb. 8th, I woke up with a worse feeling of fullness and complete hearing loss. Following my first appointment, I had another hearing test done which showed severed hearing loss in my right ear. Dr. prescribed me a higher dose of steroids (60mg of prednisone for a week, then tempering it down for the next 6 days) and steroid injections into the right inner ear x3 every 10-14 days. I never felt any pain, or I did not have any other indication of infection in my inner ear. To this day I have no hearing in my right ear. Dr. was considering the possibility of a tumor growing in my inner ear, so he sent me for an MRI of the head on Feb. 16th, which showed inflammation, and nerve damage in my inner ear, and per Dr. (radiologist) recent small subacute left site upper pons infarction. Per doctors and my primary physician I were recommended to start taking baby aspirin and see a neurologist. The neurologist, recommended; to repeat the MRI of the brain to make sure that I did not had any more infarcts, to do MRA of the head and neck, echocardiogram, and multiple blood draws, which results I am including in this e-mail. I had a COVID antibody test done too to exclude possibility of being positive with COVID, without any symptoms, when I was taking the vaccine. The result was negative. The only abnormal result came back for Beta 2 Glycoprotein Antibody, IgM. I was recommended to see a hematologist. Dr. (hematologist) wants to repeat my blood test in 6 weeks. If my result will be still very high, he will diagnose me with antiphospholipid syndrome, and I will more likely have to be on the blood thinners.  In conclusion of my long story, up to this point I was a healthy 51-year-old woman. My problems started shortly after the first dose of the COVID vaccine. None of my doctors can confirm or deny that was what happened to me, and or if it was caused by COVID vaccine, but with their approval I did not take the second dose of the vaccine. I was and still am worried that if there is any possibility that my health issues were caused by vaccine, by taking the vaccine I can cause irreversible devastating consequences. I reported my hearing loss right the way to the employee health office. I tried to make an appointment with the infectious disease doctor, but I was denied the appointment after the evaluation of my records. From the secretary I have got answer that they do not know how to help me.  Before I was scheduled to receive the second dose of the COVID vaccine, I messaged Dr.( infection disease)  but I did not receive any answer. This whole situation is causing me a lot of stress, because I do not have any answers, and no one is remotely interested in helping me to find them. I am afraid that when this vaccine will become a mandatory in the Advocate Health System, it can have devastating consequences for me. I am already allergic to the flu vaccine and tetanus shot, due to anaphylactic reaction.