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Vaccine Injury of Dana Randall


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

I was physically active, happy, energetic. I had a successful career and life was overall good.

Describe the symptoms and the timeline of the reaction.

Two weeks after the second shot I began to experience intense ear pain and electrical shocks through my head. Within 72 hours of pain onset, I had severe facial paralysis on one side, I was misdiagnosed with Bells Palsy.

Within 48 hours of facial paralysis onset I was diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt Syndrome, shingles.

Within 48 hours of RHS diagnosis I had onset of severe vertigo, tinnitus, hyperacusis and extreme fatigue.

Over the next 4-6 months I was diagnosed with BPPV & imbalance, hearing loss, double vision, POTS, Meniere's Disease, Post-viral fatigue syndrome and neuropathy.

Describe the solutions that helped your symptoms

Short term, steroids and antivirals, vitamin supplements, rest, rehab.

What would you like others to know?

Fortunately because of a timely identification of RHS, I was prescribed steroids and anti-virals within the critical 72 hr window. I able to regain most of my facial function back. Pain and vertigo are reduced but I still live everyday with my symptoms. Stress management and rest have been critical to my ability to keep symptoms under control. I have good days and bad days.


Unfortunately there was never any acknowledgement or follow up to my submission of adverse effects. My medical records were requested and provided, but I never heard anything after that. While there will never be concrete "proof" that this was triggered by the vaccine, all signs point to it. My immune system was stressed and a virus known to live in your nervous system (herpes zoster/chicken pox) was reactivated.

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