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  • sue-levien

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    October 14, 2021 at 9:26 am in reply to: MS and Coronavirus RNA vaccines

    I have had  MS for 20 years, started suddenly could not walk, after a year of rehab. got my walking back, but fatigue issues continued. About 5 years ago I went from two walking sticks to a walker.I could only walk 50 metres using a walker. Mentally I was fine, UNTIL 7th. April 2021 when I  received my first COVID-19 vaccine  – Astra Zeneca.. 8 weeks later began a downhill spiral – my Neurologist cannot determine if the COVID vaccine was a trigger, BUT I have been stable with my MS condition for years. I am 66 years old.

    Early June 2021 I got- slurred speech, blurred vision, dizzy, loss of taste, I was admitted to hospital for a 3 day course of steroids.
    On July 20th. 2021 second COVID-19 vaccine – now loss of appetite, not thinking normal ,confusion, back to hospital and found a duodenal ulcer which was treated then a week of rehab. In hospital. August –  still dizzy, slurred speech, vague, no taste, falls asleep watching tv, all symptoms continue, becoming weak difficult getting dressed and cannot walk without a nurse assisting.
    9th September to hospital by ambulance, cannot stand up, not eating etc.diagnosed with UTI infection another course of antibiotics for 10 days.
    Today still in rehab,hospital and seriously worse – very confused, can only walk a few steps with 2 nurses and large walking frame, need help to get to bathroom, cannot write, talk nonsense ,do not read nor watch tv, do nothing all day but sit in a chair. Ct scans, mri’s show no more lesions.
    Surely it’s more than a coincidence that my severe decline this year has only occurred since receiving the two COVID vaccines.
    Of course my  Neurologist cannot confirm or not whether the vaccines have affected me, surely there are others out there with MS to have had adverse reactions ?