Age: 34.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Initial insomnia, Injection site pain, International normalised ratio normal, Limb discomfort, Lymph node pain
Clinical narrative: 8/24/21: Feeling of a faster heart rate than normal, feeling wound up, nervous and jumpy. Pain in arm around injection site. Hard to fall asleep at night. Minor headache at night.  8/25/21: Feeling of a faster heart rate than normal, feeling wound up, pain in left armpit, prickly sensation in legs notably in quadriceps. Hard to fall asleep at night. Pain in arm around injection site reduced. 8/26/21: Feeling of a faster heart rate than normal, new feeling of calf swelling and pain. Both calves feel heavy. Hard to fall asleep at night. 8/27/21: Feeling of a faster heart rate than normal. Pain in both calves is worse, both calves feel swollen and painful. At night I took 1 adult aspirin and after shower I noticed I had breast tenderness and what felt like more swollen areas in body in specific spots which I attributed to lymph pain.  8/28/21: Feeling of a faster heart rate than normal. Calves feel less swollen in the morning however now I have the feeling of swelling throughout entire legs. Both legs feel swollen and heavy. I also have pain in both sides of pelvis, some specific spots of pain in arms, hands and fingers. Pain in abdomen muscle. I noticed that my nose feels swollen and painful to the touch. Breast soreness increased. I took 2 low does aspirin before going to work. Applied heating pad to breasts at night to relieve pain. Took 1 adult aspirin at night. 8/29/21: Feeling of a faster heart rate than normal. Feeling of deep leg pain and swelling continues to worsen. Pain in pelvis/groin, left armpit, and both arms. Nose still feels swollen and painful to the touch. Feeling of a burning sensation in lower quadriceps. In the evening, pain/felling of swelling is increased in right leg from the groin to calf. Neck swelling at night, feels like swollen lymph in neck, applied hot compress to neck to relieve pain.  8/30/21: Feeling of faster heart rate than normal. Feeling of swelling and discomfort remains in groin and throughout both legs. Scheduled video visit with doctor. Doctor scheduled D-Dimer test. Stayed home from work and rested. D-Dimer test came back high. 8/31/21: Feeling of faster heart rate than normal. Feeling of swelling and discomfort in both legs has increased. Both legs feel very heavy. Went to work. Doctor scheduled next day ultrasound for both legs and recommended Eliquis until results come back however, after talking with family I decide to wait before starting blood thinner medication until results come back. Took 2 Antigen COVID tests, both were negative. Stopped drinking coffee/caffeine until all symptoms improved.  9/1/21: Feeling of a racing heart. Feeling of swelling and severe pain in both legs continue but has now moved into middle of back as well. Very difficult to sleep at night from the feeling of swelling and the pressure that laying down causes. I get up many times to walk around at night. Ultrasound test done, negative for clots but there is some noted swelling in lymph glands possibly due to a response to swelling. I called out of work and did not return until 9/15/21 due to worsening symptoms.  9/2/21: Tachycardia, pulse 111. Elevated blood pressure: 127/82. Temperature 99.5. Extreme fatigue. Feeling of swelling and severe pain worsening and now moving also into upper back, chest, arms and abdomen. Feeling of having been punched across upper back. Skin hot to the touch but core body temperature feels very cold. It feels difficult to take deep breaths due to the feeling of compression or swelling in back and chest. I also have the feeling of an adrenaline rush. My feet feel extremely cold as from lack of circulation. Doctor states that it?s odd to have symptoms so long after vaccination. Doctors rule out muscle weakness and nerve pain. I explain to the doctors that it feels as though I have acute inflammation in entire body and that I feel like I?ve had 10 cups of coffee and I can?t sleep, doctor?s prescribe Tylenol and Melatonin and order cardiac blood test. Cardiac blood test comes back normal. I took 1 adult ibuprofen at night because I didn?t have Tylenol or melatonin at home. Very difficult and painful to sleep. Took turmeric and ginger capsules with food. 9/3/21: Tachycardia, pulse 100. Temperature 99.2. Elevated blood pressure: 121/80. Feeling of the worst pain so far. Feeling of extremely severe pain and swelling throughout back, chest, upper arms, abdomen and both legs has increased. Feeling intensely cold inside of body but skin is hot. Took COVID PCR test that came back negative. I start to suspect that this feeling of swelling and pain is coming from the fascia because my muscles do not hurt. It does not feel like muscular pain. Menstrual cycle begins. I did not take pain medication, I tried to cover myself with blankets to try to ?break a fever? but it didn?t help so I took a very hot bath. After getting out of hot bath, my pain and feeling of swelling was greatly reduced but the feeling of swelling returned within several minutes. I then repeated the hot bath 7-8 times until I felt exhausted enough to fall asleep. I was finally able to sleep 5 hours. Difficult to produce bowel movements. Took turmeric and ginger capsules with food. Ate 3 cloves of raw garlic 2x with food.  9/4/21: I woke up with no feeling of swelling throughout my body. Heart rate still feels elevated. Blood pressure: 113/76. Pulse 96.  I feel a dull, heavy ache around muscles especially in upper back/shoulders. Both legs feel intensely cold and I have what feels like neuropathy pain in both legs and some cramping. I have more intense pain/cramping in left calf muscle. I apply heating pads to legs and continue taking hot baths at night. No appetite, weakness. Hard to sleep at night. Difficult to produce bowel movements. Took turmeric and ginger capsules with food. Ate 3 cloves of raw garlic with food. Yellow stool. 9/5/21: Feeling of a racing heart. Neuropathy pain in both legs increased, feeling of radiating pain from bones. Eating raw garlic for circulation and taking turmeric and ginger capsules. At night, took liquid magnesium glycinate with added B-6. I was able to fall asleep and stay asleep until around 4am. Difficult to produce bowel movements. Yellow stool.  9/6/21: Feeling of a racing heart. Feeling of leg pain and neuropathy is greatly reduced. Soreness, weakness, painful swelling in pelvis begins. Hard to sleep at night. Waking up very early in the morning. Difficult to produce bowel movements. 9/7/21: Feeling of a racing heart. Painful swelling in pelvis continues. Hard to sleep at night. Waking up very early in the morning. Some cramping in legs. Fatigue. Difficult to produce bowel movements. 9/8/21: Feeling of a racing heart. Painful swelling in pelvis is reduced/diminished. Hard to sleep at night, waking up early in morning. Some cramping in legs. Fatigue. Reduced appetite. Yellow stool.  9/9/21: Feeling of a racing heart, tachycardia, pulse 102. Elevated blood pressure: 113/76. Some cramping in legs. Hard to sleep at night, waking up early in morning. Fatigue. Reduced appetite. Made phone appointment with doctor to request a medical exemption to give me more time to figure out what was happening to me through further testing however, my request was denied. Doctor suggests the possibility that I contracted a Rhino virus at the exact same time that I received the vaccine however in my opinion, a cold virus and even a flu virus does not cause these types of symptoms. Doctor states to continue using heating pads and hot baths as needed for pain.  9/10/21: Feeling of a racing heart, hard to sleep at night, waking up early in morning. Some cramping in legs. Fatigue. 9/11/21: Feeling of a racing heart, hard to sleep at night, waking up early in morning. Some cramping in legs. Fatigue upon exertion.  9/12/21: Feeling of a racing heart, hard to sleep at night, waking up early in morning. Some cramping in legs. Fatigue upon exertion. Reduced appetite. 9/13/21: Feeling of a racing heart, hard to sleep at night, waking up early in morning between 3-5am. Some cramping in legs. Fatigue upon exertion. Made phone appointment with doctor to request further blood testing to rule out possible blood disorders due to having such a severe reaction to vaccine. Strong headache at night, took 1 adult aspirin.  9/14/21: Feeling of a racing heart, hard to sleep at night, waking up early in morning between 3-5am. Some cramping in legs. Fatigue upon exertion. New dizziness.  9/15/21: Feeling of a racing heart, hard to sleep at night, waking up early in morning between 3-5am. Some cramping in legs. Fatigue upon exertion. Dizziness, brain fog. Tachycardia, pulse 104. New slight dry cough from center of chest. Returned to work for half a day.  9/16/21: Feeling of a racing heart. Pulse 104. Blood pressure 106/83. Hard to sleep at night, waking up early in morning between 3-5am. Some cramping in legs. Fatigue upon exertion. Dizziness. New feeling of swelling inside head or swelling of brain. Slight dry cough from center of chest. Made in person appointment with doctor to discuss lingering symptoms. Doctor prescribed melatonin and medication for sleep that I did not take because in the past melatonin did not help me and the medication for sleep is also an antidepressant which I did not feel comfortable taking due to previous bad reactions to antidepressants.  9/17/21: Feeling of a racing heart, hard to sleep at night, waking up early in morning between 3-5am. Fatigue upon exertion. Dizziness diminished. Feeling of swelling inside head or swelling of brain diminished. Leg cramping diminished. Slight dry cough from center of chest. I finally feel tired at night and able to fall asleep at bedtime.  9/18/21: Feeling of racing heart is diminished. Fatigue in the morning. Slight dry cough from center of chest. Reduced appetite. 9/19/21: I feel as though my heart rate has improved, better sleep at night. Slight dry cough from center of chest. Drank hot chamomile and culinary sage tea with honey. 9/20/21: Pulse 73. Blood pressure: 102/67.  Sleeping at regular bedtime but still waking up earlier than usual. Slight dry cough from center of chest. New breast soreness. Drank hot chamomile tea with honey.  9/21/21: Slight dry cough from center of chest. Breast soreness. Applied heating pad to breasts at night.  Drank hot chamomile tea. Some restlessness at night.  9/22/21: Slight dry cough from center of chest and breast soreness improving. Some restlessness at night.