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Vaccine Injury of Kathleen Galeher


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

Life was so much easier, pain free, I had so much more energy, many less doctor appointments. Just overall so much better.

Describe the symptoms and the timeline of the reaction.

I went for my first COVID-19 vaccine on February 11. I work at a school with over 150 employees - we all went to Silver Cross Hospital together for a vaccine clinic. For 2-3 days afterward, many of my coworkers felt flush but bounced back after a couple of days and felt fine. I was incredibly nauseous and sick all the way up until my second vaccine on March 4, 2021. I missed 2 days of work after that shot, then woke up on March 6th covered in a rash on my upper body and bruising over my lower body. I was also extremely jaundiced and very sick feeling. Went to the doctor on March 11 and then every day for weeks - either dr visits or lab visits. Finally, after going to several specialists and tests, I landed with Dr. Sean Koppe - who has been my treating doctor since (and still). I was in liver failure, my liver numbers were very elevated, the worst ones were:
ALT: 1941
AST: 1067
Billrubin: 17.71

He got everything under control with prednisone. I got all my levels down and then they went right back up in September. I started a chemo/immunosuppressant then and have been on that ever since. I had a liver biopsy when this first started in March 2021. Three weeks after starting the chemo/Immunosuppressant, I got severe shingles on my head/face, which I still have no feeling. I have no been on the chemo/immunosuppressant for just over 2 years. My levels were tested monthly during this entire time and everything stayed normal/good until about 2 months ago when I was going through a very stressful situation at work. My liver levels started drastically increasing and I had to double my meds, rather than start to ween off of them. This whole situation has been the most sick I have ever felt (liver failure) and the most pain (shingles) in my entire life.

Describe the solutions that helped your symptoms

Prednisone
Chemo/Immunosuppressant

Which solutions were not helpful?

All the over 50 blood tests I did trying to find out what was going on.
Seeing a surgeon to find out if it was gallstones.

What would you like others to know?

Do not get vaccinated.

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