Long COVID: I have questions about getting the booster vaccine

Posted by ebergfeld @ebergfeld, Dec 9, 2021

Hello and thank you all for this forum. I am writing for my husband who was sick with Covid Feb 2020 and began presenting long covid issues last winter (lungs, physiological changes to heat/cold tolerance, headaches, insomnia, etc) but things worsened when he was vaccinated last spring: fatigue, speech degradation, mood changes, depression) and he is wanting to get the booster but concerned of any further long term impacts. Has anyone else dealt with worsening conditions post vaccine and/or post booster? We both firmly support being fully vaccinated and getting boosted and understand that his physiological response is an anomaly.

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suzanne2 | @suzanne2 | Dec 29, 2021

My husband and I both got our booster shots last Thursday. Per usual on Friday I had a mild case of the flu for about 12 hours, chills, slight fever, runny nose, cough. Pretty miserable. In November we both had COVID. My husband first then me. But thanks to the vaccination neither of us ended up in the hospital! I was the most likely candidate for a ventilator since I usually have a bout of pneumonia every winter. My lungs are in sad condition due to having asthma since the age of 12. I am not blaming the booster for getting ill, no matter what kind of shot I get I always have some reaction to it. If I had not been vaccinated I know I would have been hospitalized. With just seasonal flu I have a difficult time coping and recovering so I can honestly say the vaccinations saved my life.

ebergfeld | @ebergfeld | Dec 30, 2021

All, here's an article from Science Immunology that I found very interesting, entitled "COVID-19 vaccine side effects: The positives about feeling bad" and the link: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciimmunol.abj9256

I also just read this via National Geographic last night and found it very informative regarding issues pertaining to brain/neural impact - scary yet very informative which gives me hope that we might be finding more answers and protocols for healing "Can COVID-19 alter your personality? Here's what brain research shows." and the link to the article is here: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/can-covid-19-alter-your-personality-heres-what-brain-research-shows

Sending everyone who is dealing with long covid, either personally or as a supporter, a big virtual hug and a happy new year - hang in there... you are not alone and science/medicine will eventually prevail... it just takes time and that is a hard pill to swallow many days. Ellen

crmerwar | @crmerwar | Dec 30, 2021

In reply to @colleenyoung "Welcome, @ebergfeld. According to Mayo Clinic: "An additional dose of a COVID-19 vaccine is recommended for..." + (show)

I have commented before about my post icu symptoms and the very strong history of autoimmunue disease in my immediate family. 2 weeks after her second Pfizer vaccination my daughter developed a rare muco-cutaneous autoimmune disease called pemphigus. Luckily it is so far mild and may possibly disappear with time. The association with immunization is not coincidental.
Charles Merwarth.