Shannon Gifford, Registered Nurse

First Dose of Pfizer on 12/23/2020 Lot #EJ1685

Second Dose of Pfizer on 01/11/2021 Lot #EL3246

Fremont, California

41 yrs old

Q: What was your life like before you got the vaccine?

Healthy

Q: Would you like to share your reasons for getting vaccinated?

I am a registered nurse and was working in the NICU. I wanted to protect the premature babies, my two children at home, my fiancé who had recovered from leukemia, my mother who has emphysema, and myself who has asthma attacks due to bronchitis. I thought I was doing the right thing as a nurse, and as a human being.

Q: What was your reaction, symptoms, & timeline?

After my first shot on 12/23/2020, I felt nauseous and had a headache. I came home and took a nap. Three days later, I began to have migraines. They would last hours to more than a day. I would go to bed with a migraine and wake up with the same migraine. I would wake up in the middle of the night with a migraine out of nowhere. They would come on with no warning and I wouldn't be able to drive, do the dishes, be able to think, listen to any kind of noise, or look at light. I emailed my doctor and she referred me to a neurologist who had ordered an MRI and started me on Topomax. The MRI was on 1/30/2021 and showed a "Single nonspecific focus of T2/FLAIR signal abnormality within the right frontal white matter." The neurologist said this was normal since it showed no infarction. I disagreed since I didn't have a history of headaches and the migraines continued to get worse.

By the time I received my second shot on 1/11/2021, I started having bilateral wrist pain on the top. I could not push myself off the bed, open my car door, or do a push-up. I sent a message to my doctor on Feb. 18th after the pain had been going on for more than a month. I had blood work done to check for autoimmune disease and x-rays done to check my wrists. They said everything was normal and said it could be osteoarthritis. I then had a bone scan which showed normal density. I was referred to rheumatologist at this point. By the time I finally saw the rheumatologist mid-March, I was in head-to-toe pain.

By April 11th, I emailed my neurologist for numbness and tingling in my hands and feet. By June, I became so weak, I couldn't lift anything, hold a glass of water, or open a jar. I became so fatigued, I would come home from an 8 hour shift at the hospital and take a 3 hour nap. My brain became so foggy, I forgot how to mix the most common medication I had been giving for 14 years. By July 2021, I had left bedside nursing permanently.

Q: What is your life like now, after getting the vaccine?

Since I have received the shots, I have seen numerous doctors. I take Gabapentin and Cymbalta to keep my pain under control. I have increased my Topamax for my migraines and take Maxalt as a secondary if needed. I have now tried botox from the Stanford neuro clinic to help with the migraines. Some days are better than others. I am tired all the time. I have taken a round of Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine with Prednisone in May of this year, but then possibly became re-exposed to the spike protein through a mask. Many of my symptoms have returned after I began to feel better after a year and a half.

I currently teach Mental Health in Nursing and going back to school for Public Health. I have had a hard time finding jobs due to the requirement of a booster.

Q: Share your experience with any medical care and any diagnoses you have received:

Many physicians do not believe any of my symptoms. Especially the pain I feel. They are telling me it is fibromyalgia. I find it very coincidental that all the symptoms surround the days I received my shots. The neurologist was the worst. I asked if she had any patients complaining of any symptoms related to their shots and she pretended like the two were not related.

Q: Was your reaction reported, and what was the response?

I have not reported it yet. Every time I try to report it on VAERS, the page shuts down because I run out of time. My brain just doesn't work that fast.

Q: Is there anything that has helped, and have your symptoms improved?

The Ivermectin helped until I was re-exposed.

Q: Have you had Covid before? What was your experience if so?

Yes, at least that's what the 5th PCR test said. I had no symptoms except for the pain I feel times 1000. I woke up in the middle of the night and I felt like I was being electrocuted. As if every cell in my body had been plugged into a socket and someone turned up the voltage.

Q: What do you wish others knew?

I wish other people knew that this "vaccine" is NOT A VACCINE. Vaccines are supposed to keep you from getting the disease. Look at the rest of our vaccines. We do not get measles, mumps, rubella, hepatitis.

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