Second Pfizer Dose: Immediate Leg Pain, Dismissed as ‘Question Mark’¶
Day 4 · 1:12:07 · Shannon Holmes · Glen Motz
- ⚡ During the mandatory 30-minute post-shot wait Holmes felt painful vibrating and tingling from thighs to feet, spreading to arms.
- 🏥 She reported it in the hospital clinic; a doctor checked her mouth, learned she was autoimmune, called her a “giant medical question mark,” and sent her home.
- 🧪 No bloodwork or other testing was performed despite clear distress on the day of the 27 August Pfizer dose.
Onset of neurological symptoms inside the observation room and immediate medical brush-off.
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Transcript¶
Shannon Holmes · 1:12:07
So I got— I had my first vaccine and it went the way that everybody else's did. Sore arm, didn't feel so great. Then went for my second one. And because I'm autoimmune. I had to wait in the room for half an hour. So normal people got to wait for 15 minutes. We waited for half an hour. And in that time, I had a painful sort of vibrating and tingling happening down my legs. And so I reported, like, when I was going, I was sort of sitting there going, okay, well, maybe this will go away when I get up or whatever. But when I got up, I was just like, so I reported it to the nurse because I had it done actually in the hospital's clinic. So I said to the nurse, I was like, I have this weird feeling in my legs and my feet. And so she went and got a doctor and he came over and pulled my mask down, looked in my mouth.
Shannon Holmes · 1:13:11
And then he asked me what medications I'm on. And of course, I was on a medication for my autoimmune. And so I said that to him and he said, oh, You're autoimmune. You're a giant medical question mark. You can go. So I went home.
Glen Motz · 1:13:29
I just— I want to slow this down because when you're talking about the sensation in your legs, like you're actually in pain. It's not just this kind of vibrating sensation.
Shannon Holmes · 1:13:39
Yeah.
Glen Motz · 1:13:39
And it's from your thighs down to your feet.
Shannon Holmes · 1:13:42
Yeah.
Glen Motz · 1:13:42
Like this is not insignificant. In both legs.
Shannon Holmes · 1:13:45
Yes.
Glen Motz · 1:13:45
This is not insignificant. In fact, and it was spreading into your hands and arms also.
Shannon Holmes · 1:13:50
So, right?
Shannon Holmes · 1:13:50
Yeah.
Glen Motz · 1:13:51
So, and you're telling the doctor this?
Shannon Holmes · 1:13:55
Yeah.
Glen Motz · 1:13:57
And yet you're basically, oh, well, you're a question mark. Did they do any testing at all?
Shannon Holmes · 1:14:02
Nothing.
Shannon Holmes · 1:14:03
Zero.
Glen Motz · 1:14:03
No blood work, nothing.
Shannon Holmes · 1:14:05
You're a giant medical question mark.
Glen Motz · 1:14:07
But you're describing being in medical distress.
Shannon Holmes · 1:14:10
Yeah.
Glen Motz · 1:14:17
Okay, so you're not at the hospital. What, what happens next?
Shannon Holmes · 1:14:21
So I went home and my kids were very good. It was the end of August when I got this. It was August 27th and I had a heating blanket on me.
Glen Motz · 1:14:31
So that's when you got the Pfizer shot?
Shannon Holmes · 1:14:33
Yeah, I had to get Pfizer because I'm autoimmune too, so I didn't have any other choices.
Shannon Holmes · 1:14:38
Right.
Glen Motz · 1:14:38
So this is happening the same day that you get the shot.
Shannon Holmes · 1:14:41
Yeah. So anyways, they sent me on my way. I got home and I was shaking and I was freezing and I had this pain still in my legs and it was sort of starting to go through my body. And I figured, okay, well, this is because my kids, when they got their first shot, really, they were out for a few days. I was like, okay, well, maybe this is just what that is. So, and I had gotten the shot later on in the afternoon. So by the time night came, I just took some pain medication and I went to sleep.