Melissa Weiss

I receive the monovalent booster shot on Nov 25, 2021. That night, about 8 hours later, I was overcome by tiredness. I slept for 16 hours. When I woke up, I had vertigo. The vertigo was so intense, that when I moved, I'd vomit and just roll over. The vertigo episode lasted about 12 hours.

Over the next 2 months, I continued to have intermittent episodes of extreme vertigo. Each episode was preceded by sudden, unusual tiredness and I'd sleep between 16-24 hours. Yes, I'd sleep an entire day. The vertigo lasted between 12 hours and 6 days. I was unable to drive, walk without assistance, work or do any other activity requirement movement.I still get episodes of the sudden tiredness, but the subsequent vertigo is milder.

In Dec 2021, I started having fatigue and joint pain. Really bad joint pain in my hands. The fatigue made it hard to work, but I was able to work a reduced schedule. The joint pain is unbearable at times. It gets to the point that I'm unable to do simple things like hold a fork or cup. I began getting a creep crawly feeling on my arms and face. I started getting weird feeling in my legs and sharp shooting pains in my lower legs to my feet. This makes sleeping difficult because the weird feeling is a bit disturbing.

In Jan 2022, the joint pain spread. It was no longer just my hands, but also my feet, ankles, wrists, elbows and shoulders. My hands and feet feel like icicles, turn bright red on the top and completely white on the bottom if the temperature gets below 60-65. It's painful, like I'm getting frostbite. The fatigue reached a point where I'm no longer able to work. Just going to the store wipes me out for a day or two. Wait there's more. I started having cognitive issues, such as difficulty concentrating, getting confused over relatively simple things, memory issues (constantly losing things).

In Feb 2022, I started having episodes where my arms turn bright red and they burn, like sunburn.