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The Living Force
I have a friend who’s mother was taken to ER the day after getting the Moderna vaccine (don’t remember if it was first or second). She was experiencing severe vertigo and couldn’t walk well. They kept her for a few tests and couldn’t find anything wrong. Her symptoms subsided and that was that. No link to the vaccine, of course.
My friend has another friend whose mother had to go to the ER for respiratory issues after vaccination as well. Don’t know which vaccine she got. Again, no apparent relation to the vaccine. Though these friends didn’t fail to notice the strong correlation.
My parents are both fully vaccinated now. They haven’t noticed any symptoms at all. My mother has a non-functioning thyroid due to hashimotos, and my dad has type 2 diabetes.
My mom wouldn’t notice any “side effects,” because she seems to feel awful most of the time. She told me today (a month after the second dose) that: “I used to be able to just do things, and feel good doing it. And now everything is just hard.”
I caught her and my dad talking a couple of weeks ago about his blood sugar levels. He struggled to control his sugar for a long time, but has been pretty good and steady since his retirement. Apparently, he woke up thirsty in the night. While he was up, he checked his sugar and it was around 450.
Normal for him has been 110-120, and he’s known to go low enough to need orange juice on days when he’s active.
Again, none of this has anything to do with the vaccines. Also, I need to get one or I will die of covid.
Outside of those stories, I don’t hear much besides how proud and relieved and happy folks are after receiving vaccination.
But I assume it is similar to my mother’s situation: they probably can’t remember what it feels like to feel “good,” and loss of brain function can easily go undetected by the person experiencing it.
What a bummer.
On a brighter note, the J&J blood clot news has gotten much attention from my blue collar coworkers. Even some who had signed up for appointments are now planning on skipping it. Only the office crowd is waving the jab banner.
Just two weeks ago, the office had to call an ambulance as one of the higher-ups suffered a seizure shortly after clocking in. I don’t know if he got vaccinated or not, but I could take a wild guess.
Latest news is that his doctor is still working on his case. They can’t seem to find any reason for this disturbance. He’s never had a seizure before.
An update - my father's symptoms continues to go downhill. He now has lactic acid build up when he wakes up, in addition to the fatigue and thirst. Situation doesn't look stable but rather a gradual but accelerated decline I'd say.
He seems caught between a realisation that something isn't right and that it'll all sort itself out.
He's been referred to a specialist by the GP but the waiting list is 3 months. He's re-raising the issue with his GP but I'm not sure what will come of it.
He thinks it's all related to the diabetes medication he's taking as opposed to vax. I don't bring up the vax anymore to him as he made his viewpoint clear. He's due his next shot in May.
I don't hold much hope if he takes it. To be honest I think he's in trouble right now and the situation may not be reversible.
I've accepted whatever will be. There's nothing I can do anyways. If it's this vaccine, God knows I tried my best. I don't see why else his situation would escalate when it was stable before.
I hope your dad has a better time of it @pinkfreud
Nightmares do happen and people are living through it. This is an example of one I read yesterday