I received Flu vaccine and Covid vaccine 11/13/24 at Walgreens in Faribault. Within days I started feeling some pain. My neck ached. It became hard to turn over in bed. Eventually pain became mainly localized in both shoulders and both hips. I have been so pro-vaccination that I did not suspect vaccination at all. I felt like my body was being attacked by something. I first suspected Lymes disease and I tested positive, but Doctors said it was something historical and not an active case. After 2 weeks they decided to treat me with 21 days of antibiotics for Lymes anyways. It did not help at all. I switched to Mayo and they told me I possibly had PMR. I was treated with a "test pack" of prednisone. 6 pills first day, then 5, 4,3,2,1. My pain went away almost immediately. I have never had such an effect from a medication. In the last day of the prednisone, I could feel a little pain coming back into my shoulders. After 40 hours of no prednisone I was in more pain than ever. Luckily I had an appointment with Dr. Mason, a Rheumatologist at Mayo, and he indicated that my reaction to having the predinsone and then the quick return of symptoms when it was gone, was a pretty good confirmation that I had PMR. During all my treatment over a period of almost 3 months no one even asked me about the vaccination. It was only after doing some online reading and seeing that there could be a relation between a flu vaccine and the onset of PMR did I remember that I had been vaccinated. I fully believe that the onset of PMR was because of the vaccine. I would like to try and prove it before the VICP federal court because I want to be compensated for the possible permanent damage that has been done to my body and for the excruciating pain that I suffered for almost 10 weeks while several doctors tried to figure out what was wrong with me. Although PMR is not that common, its symptoms are so unique - it should immediately raise alarms bells in the medical profession - sudden onset of acute pain in both shoulders and both hips as well as other more peripheral areas ( I had pain in big knuckles both hands, wrists, arms and legs). And the Docs damn well better suspect vaccine as a cause.

Best Regards

Jim Gould