thevaccinereaction--2020-02-05--Woman Shares Her Serious Reaction to Gardasil

My experience with vaccine injury began almost 13 years ago , but I wouldn ’ t be privy to that information until many years later .
In March of 2007 , at 26 years old , I received the first round of Gardasil .
I had already been exposed to HPV and they told me it could help make it go away .
What followed was more than a decade of deteriorating health , that I still battle to this day… all because I didn ’ t know .
I began to carry the weight of an all-encompassing fatigue that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ headaches that would last for days , and a cloud of depression that wouldn ’ t lift .
It was attributed to my thyroid .
My medication was increased and I was sent on my way .
That May , I received the second round of Gardasil .
Shortly after , I began to notice a strange tingling sensation in my fingertips .
I realized touching things didn ’ t quite have the same feeling it used to , though I couldn ’ t quite put my finger on why .
Of course @ @ @ @ @ @ @ why would I ?
Other than telling me to lay down for 15 minutes after receiving the shot because some people pass out , no one ever mentioned that there could be side effects I might experience .
The numbness and tingling were intermittent .
I was still exhausted more often than not ; and the headaches would come and go as well .
Next were my toes .
They started tingling too .
And they would get really , really cold .
And the sensations started to change .
They ’ d @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gosh , I must have awful circulation .
I HAD been tired so much and my physical activity had slowed .
The last few years had been intense .
I must have just worn myself out .
After that ?
The achiness .
It started in my arms .
They felt SO heavy .
Then ?
My shoulders and neck .
It worked its way all over my body .
Sometimes my arms would ache , sometimes my legs .
It was very random .
And I thought , I ’ m working @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more .
And why would I think any different ?
No one told me .
I didn ’ t know .
That September , I received the 3rd round of Gardasil .
The muscle aches intensified .
They felt like flu aches , but worse .
My joints began to ache .
The numbness and tingling in my hands and feet began to travel up my arms and legs .
But I never gave the injections I had gotten any thought .
Why would I ?
No one told me .
I didn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the 3rd dose of aluminum filled Gardasil , I topped it off with a multi vial , mercury laden flu shot .
I ’ d never even had a flu shot before .
I don ’ t know what possessed me to get one that day .
My doctor said let ’ s do one while you ’ re here , and I said okay .
She never mentioned one single possible reaction .
That was the straw that broke the camel ’ s back… and I didn ’ t even know it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ my physician ’ s office .
The numbness and tingling were increasingly worse .
My arms and hands would get so weak , I couldn ’ t pick things up .
Sometimes I couldn ’ t even hold a pen .
I started having searing pains in the fleshy part of my palm , under my thumbs ; and the muscle and joint pain came and went .
Over the next few months she tried to control it with different thyroid medications and vitamin b12 , but any relief I got was negligible @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , she sent me to a neurologist for EMGs and Nerve Conduction Studies… both came back clean .
The brain MRI however , showed a lesion , though at the time I was told it wasn ’ t the cause of my symptoms .
And then another one was found later on .
In December , I was told I had carpal tunnel and now that was the cause of my pain and weakness in my hands and arms .
I didn ’ t receive any real answers : I didn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was worse .
The joint pain and swelling was so bad , it was often hard to move .
I had bone pain , that would come and go .
It would emanate from what felt like the very center of my bones , with an intensity that would make me cry for help .
I had sporadic nerve pain that felt like I was getting electrical zaps all over my body .
My skin would burn but I would be ice cold .
I could never get warm .
I had headaches @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with an intensity that made me writhe in pain .
I had cognitive function issues and zero short term memory .
My hip joints would stop working and sometimes , I would just fall down .
And STILL , I had no idea .
Why would I ?
No one told me .
I didn ’ t know .
Over the years I was shuffled back and forth between specialists : Neurologist ; Neuro-Opthamologist ; Rheumatologist ; Pain Management doctor , and I was put through invasive test after test , all which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ridiculous guesses as to what was happening to me , but one thing I NEVER heard was the word Vaccine .
I was eventually diagnosed with fibromyalgia and put on more medications than I could count .
None of them worked and eventually I stopped taking them .
All I was left with was narcotic pain management , which I would rely on when I could no longer bear the pain .
Sometimes it worked ; but EVERY time it turned me into a useless pile of mush .
This is how I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ daughter in 2013 , at which point I stopped taking everything .
My pregnancy was rough , to say the least , but after my pregnancy , my flare ups lessened .
They got further apart and dare I say , even manageable… for almost 2 years .
No one had an explanation as to why , but I was certainly relieved .
In the beginning of 2017 , the flare ups returned with a vengeance .
By Thanksgiving that year I found myself bedridden for three days .
I was surprised , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
I started looking online and lo and behold , THIS time , almost a decade later , at the click of a button , TONS of information popped up .
Information that was wasn ’ t available the first time around .
It didn ’ t take long before I found myself sitting there with my mouth on the floor .
I felt like I was reading MY OWN STORY !
All the way down to the specific words I had chosen to describe this pain I had no prior frame of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ called Autoimmune Syndrome Induced by Adjuvants , where the aluminum and heavy metals build up in your body and basically poison you .
That was when the first lightbulb went off .
My attacks had reappeared right after I had the first of many amalgam fillings improperly removed .
In fact , I had numerous amalgams removed throughout 2017 .
My attacks had reemerged with the first one and got worse with each subsequent one… and it was at this very moment , I now knew what no one had told me .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Autoimmune Syndrome Induced by Adjuvants .
I learned how Small Fiber Neuropathy was so commonly linked to this syndrome .
And I learned about the progression of connective tissue and other autoimmune diseases .
I discovered communities of girls in Colombia who were given Gardasil and suffered the SAME WAY I had .
Some even attempted suicide because they were told they were imagining their experience—don ’ t think I didn ’ t hear that a few times myself .
It ALL made sense now .
All the things no one bothered to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for myself a decade later .
Talk about being late to the party .
The next day I called my old doctors and had them pull my medical records .
I already knew what I would find , but to actually see it all line up so perfectly was astounding .
Many of the details I recaptured for you here , I had long since chosen to forget , until I saw it on paper .
The timeline of how it all unfolded was so blatant I couldn ’ t comprehend a doctor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Shortly after , I was finally graced with some answers .
A neurologist confirmed my suspicions of small fiber neuropathy .
A rheumatologist confirmed my suspicions of rheumatoid arthritis .
Unsurprisingly , there were also severely elevated markers for muscle deterioration which indicated some sort of mixed connective tissue or crossover disease .
My faith in the medical system is gone .
I found my way to a functional neurologist who I have worked with to keep my symptoms under control .
It ’ s hard .
I walk a very fine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can throw me into a spiral that I have to then drag myself out of all over again .
I ’ ll be honest , I ’ m still pretty angry about it .
But more than that , I find I am grateful .
I am grateful because even with everything I went through , that I ’ m STILL going through , I know how amazingly lucky I am .
I know that given my genetic predispositions , my experience could have been infinitely worse .
And I am supremely grateful @ @ @ @ @ @ @ way .
My education on this subject as a whole has given me the unwavering strength and confidence to stand in front of you this evening and say with completely certainty , that I will NEVER have to carry the crushing burden of one of those parents who says , “ I wish I knew.
” And now… neither will you .
Choose wisely .
This article was reprinted with the author ’ s permission .
It was originally published in Patch .