The following is a very disturbing testimony that a reader named Leo recently sent in: Hi, I was searching on line regarding Bell's palsy that I was diagnosticed last Nov 26 after Thanksgiving day, I did received the flu and H1N1 vaccine about 2 weeks ago in the place that work which is kind a mandatory for the type of patients that we care, any way I didn't feel any side effect until 5 days ago when I started having some kind of sore throat and headache in the back of my left ear, well the Thanksgiving day the pain was excruciating I couldn't sleep at all I took pain medication OTC but nothing helped me at that time, and the worse when I woke up next day the whole left side of my face was paralized I called 911 thinking I was having some kind of Stroke they took me inmediality to the nearest trauma hospital with "Stroke Alert" they did everything for me including an MRI and I was so furtunated that the MRI was negative for Stroke or TIA but after I describe the secuence of my symptoms the doctors told me that I was having Bell's Palsy that usually comes after a viral infection such a "cold sores" but my question was that I didn't have a cold sore probably 6 months ago o more so that didn't really click with my story.
Any way to final line about this problem is that when I got the vaccine NO ONE informed me regarding this possible side effect I was asked only if was allergic to eggs or chiken and some medication that I don't remember the name at this point but once again no one told me anything regarding this side effect. I consider this issue totally unfair, because we should be instructed regarding every possible side effect before to decide if this right for me or not.
Now I have half of my face paralized and need to still go to work with left tearing at all the time so I can be expouse to any accident and my job it has to be done in computers how I am going to achieve this, and what about my selfsteem I have to deal with this for how long I don't know but I will love to have any coment from who make this vaccine .
Thakns for letting me posted my own testimony.
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hi i am so sorry about what happened to you. your story has really touched my heart and i agree something should be done about this. i am writting a research paper for Eng 102 on side effect of vaccines and i would love to share your story but i need your fisrt and last name or else the story will not sound real please reply as soon as you can i would very much appreciate it. Thank you.
I got the flu shot in late September got sick in November suffered a respiratory infection next thing you know in January I woke up with Bell’s Palsy. I have never had the FLU shot before this is the only thing I could think of that I could have got it from. If I am sick I usually recover quickly but I had this lingering cough and congestion for over a month.