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Vaccine Injury of Erin Recktenwald


What was your life like before you received the COVID-19 vaccine?

I loved to run 2-3 miles per day, bike, and do pilates. I was constantly busy with my family and work and enjoying life to its fullest. I loved my job as a researcher and devoured books and documentaries.

Describe the symptoms and the timeline of the reaction.

After second dose of Pfizer vaccine in Aug 2021, I started noticing abnormal heart beats, shortness of breath, fatigue, and headache within 2-3 days. This escalated over next 10 days until I went to urgent care, my PCP, then cardiologist after noticing frequent PVC beats, crushing headache, peripheral tingling, and fatigue. These became severe over the next several months, limiting my mental and physical activity. I slowly gained function over next 2 years then had a large flare-up in early 2024 which housebound me for a few months. I am again improving in health but it's a long, slow, non-linear process.

Describe the solutions that helped your symptoms

ketotifen (oral 2mg/d), metoprolol, LDN (1.5 mg/d), famotidine, loratadine
Magtein, Meriva, quercetin
vagus nerve manipulation and stimulation
meditation/mindfulness
somatic exercises, yoga, stretching

Which solutions were not helpful?

ozone infusions
vestibular hypofunction therapy
graded exercise therapy

What would you like others to know?

Find purpose in those around you that you didn't notice before. Be thankful of the small things in life that God has granted you.

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