In 1998 I worked as a teacher in a State boarding school for delinquent teenagers, and the state mandated that all employees working with children needed vaccines or boosters for various infectious diseases. My doctor, an infectious disease expert previously with the WHO and NIH, told me do not get any, except possibly a tetanus booster.…
In 1998 I worked as a teacher in a State boarding school for delinquent teenagers, and the state mandated that all employees working with children needed vaccines or boosters for various infectious diseases. My doctor, an infectious disease expert previously with the WHO and NIH, told me do not get any, except possibly a tetanus booster. I was totally healthy and fit, hiking daily for miles in the local mountains after work. I had had my "normal" course of vaccines as a child in the 70s. Despite my doctor's recommendation, the state school nurse lied and instead gave me a mixed cocktail of vaccines in one shot, probably thinking I would never know. Two days later I was so sick I couldn't literally drag myself across the floor to the bathroom. It felt like I got hit by a bus and the worst "flu" ever, only I never got over it. Eventually a year later after numerous specialists and every test under the sun, I was told I had ME/CFS, fibromyalgia, POTS, and SVT. My doctor had no doubt it was the vaccine, but no clue what to do, trying various off-label medications, etc. Some worked for a few symptoms briefly but quickly became toxic to me. He tested me for every weird, then almost unknown disease, which he said could have contaminated the vaccine in a lab. He even asked Anthony Fauci for advice, as he knew him from having worked with him in a previous life. Ultimately, my doctor said he would not put the CFS diagnosis in my file because I would be uninsurable. He said he could lose his license if he told me what he thought I needed - such as certain vitamins and minerals and supplements - so he referred me to a naturopathic clinic 150 miles away. Twenty-five years ago. Additionally, when the hospital my doctor was affiliated with began digitizing medical records and requiring him to do so, he closed down his practice and handed all his patients their physical paper files, warning them to never give them away, but save a paper copy. He advised opting out of digital medical records. He opened another practice but without hospital affiliation I think it was difficult for him - I don't know because I moved away. I am better enough today to work enough to support myself, but I take a ridiculous amount of vitamins and supplements. And I have to be very careful to conserve my energy and limit my exposure to too much sensory input and stress. I wouldn't say I'm over it, but I am functional, whereas I was not able to work full time or maintain a household for the first several years.
In 1998 I worked as a teacher in a State boarding school for delinquent teenagers, and the state mandated that all employees working with children needed vaccines or boosters for various infectious diseases. My doctor, an infectious disease expert previously with the WHO and NIH, told me do not get any, except possibly a tetanus booster. I was totally healthy and fit, hiking daily for miles in the local mountains after work. I had had my "normal" course of vaccines as a child in the 70s. Despite my doctor's recommendation, the state school nurse lied and instead gave me a mixed cocktail of vaccines in one shot, probably thinking I would never know. Two days later I was so sick I couldn't literally drag myself across the floor to the bathroom. It felt like I got hit by a bus and the worst "flu" ever, only I never got over it. Eventually a year later after numerous specialists and every test under the sun, I was told I had ME/CFS, fibromyalgia, POTS, and SVT. My doctor had no doubt it was the vaccine, but no clue what to do, trying various off-label medications, etc. Some worked for a few symptoms briefly but quickly became toxic to me. He tested me for every weird, then almost unknown disease, which he said could have contaminated the vaccine in a lab. He even asked Anthony Fauci for advice, as he knew him from having worked with him in a previous life. Ultimately, my doctor said he would not put the CFS diagnosis in my file because I would be uninsurable. He said he could lose his license if he told me what he thought I needed - such as certain vitamins and minerals and supplements - so he referred me to a naturopathic clinic 150 miles away. Twenty-five years ago. Additionally, when the hospital my doctor was affiliated with began digitizing medical records and requiring him to do so, he closed down his practice and handed all his patients their physical paper files, warning them to never give them away, but save a paper copy. He advised opting out of digital medical records. He opened another practice but without hospital affiliation I think it was difficult for him - I don't know because I moved away. I am better enough today to work enough to support myself, but I take a ridiculous amount of vitamins and supplements. And I have to be very careful to conserve my energy and limit my exposure to too much sensory input and stress. I wouldn't say I'm over it, but I am functional, whereas I was not able to work full time or maintain a household for the first several years.