In July of 2021, I went to the ER because I thought I was having stomach issues. I ended up with multiple bilateral lung clots, pneumonia, and sepsis. I had previously felt out of breath but thought it was because I was getting old and fat, so I never thought it could be a big deal. I have never been on birth control or HRT, I haven't traveled or flown. My mother and younger sister had clots and were put on blood thinners for life but were never told of this high factor 8 issue. I took Eliquis for 3 months but the side effects were horrible. Pins and needles in my feet and hands and face and fainting. The Dr's said the blood thinners don't cause that type of side affect but it did for me. I always have strange reactions to everything. I am allergic to too many things, especially medications. So they changed me Zeralto? And that gave me a massive headache, I thought I would have to go the ER. My sister and mother were on Warafin and that was horrible. So I decided that no medication was better. In Oct I went to the ER again, with what I thought was another stomach issue but this time I couldn't stop vomiting. Ugh. They thought I had a intestinal blockage from a blood clot, I went through surgery. They were giving me injections in my stomach and said I do need to live on them. So I said I would do the shots. Lord help me, those were way worse. So no meds again. I still have some issues from the Eliquis in regards to pins and needles in feet. Ugh. My Factor 8 levels were at 315%, I don't know if that is really all that high because like everyone else it is hard to find I information. So I have decided to go with quality instead of quantity of life. This is the first time I have heard about a high factor 8 and covid. I can't take the shots and never really worried about catching it. Now I'm not so sure?