Age: 49.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19, COVID19
Symptoms: Positron emission tomogram, Skin indentation, Spinal fusion surgery, Spinal nerve stimulator implantation, Spinal nerve stimulator removal
Clinical narrative: The day after my second injection (Aug. 13th) my right leg went numb while driving my daughter to her soccer game.  I have had back issues for several years, but have NEVER had numbness down my legs.  I immediately scheduled an appt. with Dr. with Pain Management Clinic.  Met with her on Sept. 2nd, 2021 and she prescribed taking methylIPREDNISolone 4mg oral tablets.  That seemed to help and got me through the football season (I was a college football coach at that time).  At season's end and into January of 2022, the nerve pain and numbness started to show up again.  At the end of January of 2022, I took a new coaching job as the Offensive Coordinator. The pain and numbness had returned in my right hip, lower lumbar on the right side, and down my leg.  I scheduled a cortisone injectioon with Dr. with the Pain Management Clinic for January 25th, the day before I was leaving for my new job.  The injection was ineffective and for the first six weeks on the job, I had to stand in meetings and they had to order me a stand-up desk because sitting had become so uncomfortable / painful due to the pain in my right hip and lower right lumbar area (I also developed an indention in my right shin during this time).  After six weeks of pain and misery (and shooting myself up with Torodol every couple of days), I scheduled spinal fusion surgery and that was performed on March 9th of 2022.    The surgery was successful and the pain was significantly reduced.  However, in July of 2022, I was back in state for right hip labrum surgery once again with facility.  Again, the surgery was a success and the pain was minimized quite a bit until late in the 2022 football season, when the nerve pain returned.  Fast forward to February of 2023, and I was in the OR once again, this time to replace my right hip in an attempt to reduce / eliminate the nerve pain that continued to resurface.  It was another successful surgery (I thought), until abour 5 weeks into my rehab I began having the same nerve issues in the same area.  The last resort was to try a spine stimulator to trick the nerves with continuous stim throughout that arear and down my spine.  The implant surgery was done in April of 2023 at facility. That apparatus proved to be very effective in eliminating the nerve pain, until it became infected in October of 2024 and had to be removed.  Fast forward to February of 2025 when I checked myself into the ER on February 3rd with stomach pain and digestive issues that had been going on for a couple of months (very little bowel movement activity).  On the morning of February 4th, 2025, a CT Scan showed a blockage in my stomach where the stomach leads into the small intestines.  The blockage was preventing food from getting to where it is supposed to go, hence my issues with bloating and not being able to pass a bowel movement.  Later that day, an endoscopy was performed by Dr. where he diagnosed me with a malignant stomach tumor, accompanied by two - three malignant lymph nodes as well, maiking me a Stage 3 diagnosis.  I began chemotherapy with clinic on February 19th and have conrtinued with that every other week since.  On April 14th - 15th, we traveled to visit with my Oncology Surgeon, Dr.  The CT Scan performed there showed another cancerous lymph node, this one near my kindeny, which advanced me to Stage 4 cancer. I will have my 7th chemo infusion this Wednesday (May 14th), and will continue with two more additional chemo sessions before heading back to Clinic for another evaluation to see if the tumor has shrunk enough to perform surgery to remove it.   I have lived an extremely healthy life for all of my 53 years.  I was a 3-sport athlete in HS, a starting QB for four years and a person that takes pride in their overall health and well-being.  I exercise regularly, and am in very good shape, even through chemotherapy.  There is no doubt in my mind that everything changed for me the day I reluctantly had the second Covid 19 vaccine injetion.  My life has not been the same since that day.