I couldn't find a medical conspiracies forum, so I thought I'd post this here. Previously posted on ATS.
This is a first for me, a committed (some would say bat# crazy) liberal/progressive. It took a lot for me to post this. I had to do some soul searching, followed by a few glasses of wine.
I was talking to my Mom and Dad on the phone today. A few days ago, they both got covid vaccines. Like me, they have received all their covid vaccines and boosters (Pfizer). My Dad informed me that a day after the covid vaccines, they were both running errands. When they got back home, my Mom wasn't able to walk at all. My Mom had polio at the age of two, in 1946. She is now 79 years old, and suffers from post polio syndrome.
So she has had a lot of problems with her legs. Anyway, my Dad took her to urgent care. They sent her to the hospital for them to run several tests. They did a CAT scan, an MRI, and some other tests. This happened over a period of two days. They had to wait a couple of days to do the MRI, because my Mom has a pacemaker, and they had to temporarily shut down the pacemaker to do the MRI. By the time my Mom had the MRI, two days had passed since her vaccine. A nurse practitioner also had her lift her legs and bend them. By this time my Mom was able to do this and was walking fine. It was the first 24 hours after vaccine that she had problems walking.
Anyway, after numerous tests, they found:......absolutely nothing. No problems. No indications that she had a stroke or aneurysm. She was back to being able to put weight on both legs and walk okay. They set up a follow up appointment to make sure everything was okay. My Dad and I both agree that my Mom had a reaction to the covid vaccine. For whatever reason, they didn't have the Pfizer one, so they gave my Mom and Dad the Moderna one.
I was really alarmed to hear this. I have had all the Pfizer vaccines and boosters, and have been fine. My Dad is 80, and was fine too. It was just my Mom who had the bad reaction. Now I've seen all kinds of theories and that on here regarding bad effects from covid vaccines. I rolled my eyes, but now am starting to wonder.
Of course, there is the post polio syndrome. The doctors that are around were not doctors when polio was an epidemic. So they don't know squat about polio or post polio syndrome. I think anyone with post polio syndrome should really think about getting additional covid vaccines. I would have not said this a year ago, a month ago, or a week ago.
But I've only had the Pfizer one. Moderna could be a little different. Who knows?
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This is a first for me, a committed (some would say bat# crazy) liberal/progressive. It took a lot for me to post this. I had to do some soul searching, followed by a few glasses of wine.
I was talking to my Mom and Dad on the phone today. A few days ago, they both got covid vaccines. Like me, they have received all their covid vaccines and boosters (Pfizer). My Dad informed me that a day after the covid vaccines, they were both running errands. When they got back home, my Mom wasn't able to walk at all. My Mom had polio at the age of two, in 1946. She is now 79 years old, and suffers from post polio syndrome.
So she has had a lot of problems with her legs. Anyway, my Dad took her to urgent care. They sent her to the hospital for them to run several tests. They did a CAT scan, an MRI, and some other tests. This happened over a period of two days. They had to wait a couple of days to do the MRI, because my Mom has a pacemaker, and they had to temporarily shut down the pacemaker to do the MRI. By the time my Mom had the MRI, two days had passed since her vaccine. A nurse practitioner also had her lift her legs and bend them. By this time my Mom was able to do this and was walking fine. It was the first 24 hours after vaccine that she had problems walking.
Anyway, after numerous tests, they found:......absolutely nothing. No problems. No indications that she had a stroke or aneurysm. She was back to being able to put weight on both legs and walk okay. They set up a follow up appointment to make sure everything was okay. My Dad and I both agree that my Mom had a reaction to the covid vaccine. For whatever reason, they didn't have the Pfizer one, so they gave my Mom and Dad the Moderna one.
I was really alarmed to hear this. I have had all the Pfizer vaccines and boosters, and have been fine. My Dad is 80, and was fine too. It was just my Mom who had the bad reaction. Now I've seen all kinds of theories and that on here regarding bad effects from covid vaccines. I rolled my eyes, but now am starting to wonder.
Of course, there is the post polio syndrome. The doctors that are around were not doctors when polio was an epidemic. So they don't know squat about polio or post polio syndrome. I think anyone with post polio syndrome should really think about getting additional covid vaccines. I would have not said this a year ago, a month ago, or a week ago.
But I've only had the Pfizer one. Moderna could be a little different. Who knows?
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