I received my Covid-19 booster shot on 24th February and by the middle of March I started getting watery eyes and it felt like something was in my eyes or on my eyelashes. This was uncomfortable and I would find myself trying to get it off.
On March 24th after breakfast the left side of my mouth felt funny like it was a bit droopy, I also felt my left eye was a bit droopy.
When I got to work about 8.30 I asked another teacher if she had noticed it. She had, but didn't want to say anything as I hadn't worked there long.
By 11.15 when I was eating lunch my whole mouth was funny and it was hard to chew so I rang my doctor. I was advised to call the ambulance or be taken to A&E in Hawera.
After being assessed I was taken to the Taranaki Base hospital for a CT scan. I was admitted and monitored for a stroke and after further tests I was diagnosed with having Bell's palsy. I have never had anything like this before and it has been very stressful.
It is my belief that I may have reacted to the physer vacation.