I'm 25 years old and have lived a healthy life so far with no underlying medical conditions.
On November the 13th I received my first Pfizer vaccination because I was being mandated and would loose my job as a teacher.
Receiving the Pfizer vaccination was something I never wanted to get and I never would have gotten it if I wasn't being forced with the threat of having my career and life taken away from me.
However since getting this vaccination my life has never been the same, I can't enjoy the same things I used to and I am constantly worrying about my health and sometimes fear that I may not wake up the next day.
Within 30 minutes of receiving my vaccination I had numbness and tingling in one side of my body, loss of hearing and instant pain in my shoulder.
My facial numbness seemed to subside but my leg has continued to have numbness, pain and a feeling of something moving inside it permanently, sometimes my leg has such bad pain that I cant sleep at night! It's one of the most severe pains I've ever felt. I also get these same pains in my fingers and elbow joints but these are less frequent.
But the most concerning thing that happened to me was less that 24 hours post vaccination I developed severe chest pain, after a visit to ED I was discharged with inflammation to the lining of my chest post vaccination - I was instructed to take Ibuprofen and rest.
These pains continued and I ended up in ED again with another brush off saying I was fine.
I visited my GP and was told it's anxiety and I'm imagining the pain. I have never suffered from anxiety in my life and I know that is certainly not the cause.
5 months later and I am still suffering from chest pain, it's not always constant but it's always there and some days it's a lot worse than others. I went from having a regular heart rate normally between 60 and 70 bpm to now a heart rate that reaches 130 bpm just from standing up and walking to my kitchen.
I'm normally a fit and active person that enjoys sports but now I can't even join my usual teams as I worry that this strenuous activity will tip my heart over the edge!