Vaccinated and Hospitalized?

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I'm here posting a personal story after a bout from the variant. I am fully vaccinated. I was hospitalized 2 months later. I was curious if I am just a rare breed? Hope so.

I am in the high risk group (healthy, middle-aged woman taking BC) for blood clots, but otherwise very healthy (athlete), and admitted for...some of the fatal risks discussed at length. I was terrified, very sick, and the illness happened so fast, I thought I was going to die.

I spent a week in the hospital, with so many tests surrounding my clotting factors and liver enzymes was in the "fatal" numbers (I'm sorry, I'm an LPN), tested (covid19-). Now post hospitalization, I have long hauler gastrointestinal issues that I have never had before. No more southern plates for a while ?

I said all of this to let folks know that eventhough I did what I needed to do for the greater good, my gut kept telling me no ( all the puns intended) the entire time. I wanted a place for all healthcare folks to decompress all their fears, no judging zone. And it's OK to feel whatever you feel. I did, my correlations came true, however, I am grateful for great healthcare we all strive for all. God bless...and stay safe out here.

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None of the vaccines provide immunity to 100% of the people who get vaccinated, 90 or even 80% effectiveness is enough to wipe out Covid so long as enough people get vaccinated.

We admitted a patient the other day who had gotten vaccinated because he had leukemia, but the wife and rest of the family didn't get vaccinated because as the wife put it "why should I, I don't have leukemia".  Not to surprisingly, the leukemia prevented the patient's immune system from mounting an immune response to the vaccine, which wouldn't have been an issue had the people around him been vaccinated.

The basic premise of how large scale vaccination helps us get beyond Covid is that without sufficient suitable hosts where the virus can freely replicate, it loses the ability proliferate and dies out.  

I'm sorry you've had to go through this, and that for many Covid patients the illness never really ends.

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I am sorry you were so ill. And it sounds like still having to deal with after-effects of your acute illness.

I might be slow tonight--I'm not sure what you are saying with some of the wording of your post. Are you trying to convey that you didn't really want to get the vaccine but you did get it and it caused a significant acute illness?

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Unfortunately no vaccine is 100%.  I wish it was.  But the point is getting high numbers vaccinated.  I had covid last Summer.  It was not fun.  I suffered from terrible headaches for months afterwards.  They did eventually go away but it took time.  
 

I have a history of blood clots and I was concerned for my health.  Fortunately, I did not have any complications but I was hyper aware and it was all I could think about in my isolation.  
 

I hope you feel better soon and know you did the right thing by getting vaccinated.  

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I’m entirely confused by your post. Are you saying you got sick 2 months after you got the vaccine or sick from COVID which you indicated you tested negative for?

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12 minutes ago, Wuzzie said:

I’m entirely confused by your post. Are you saying you got sick 2 months after you got the vaccine or sick from COVID which you indicated you tested negative for?

I apologize for the confusion. Both. I was vaccinated 2 months ago. I caught the variant (I was told) from the antibodies in my system( as what the nurse said)...but I have tested negative the entire time because I am in school, and still have weekly testing. I am just as confused, and I've never been so sick. I had no idea I would be in the hospital a week, and still have issues. I apologize for the inconvenience.

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8 hours ago, JKL33 said:

I am sorry you were so ill. And it sounds like still having to deal with after-effects of your acute illness.

I might be slow tonight--I'm not sure what you are saying with some of the wording of your post. Are you trying to convey that you didn't really want to get the vaccine but you did get it and it caused a significant acute illness?

I did not want to get the vaccine. I took it for the greater good. I was admitted in the hospital for the first time ever roughly 6 weeks later. I don't know, just venting. I am sorry for the confusion.

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13 minutes ago, ajdizzle43 said:

I apologize for the confusion. Both. I was vaccinated 2 months ago. I caught the variant (I was told) from the antibodies in my system( as what the nurse said)...but I have tested negative the entire time because I am in school, and still have weekly testing. I am just as confused, and I've never been so sick. I had no idea I would be in the hospital a week, and still have issues. I apologize for the inconvenience.

Thank you for the clarification and you aren’t an inconvenience at all but I have to say, given the information we have,  I’m not convinced what you are going through is caused by the vaccination and with negative COVID tests maybe not even the virus.  It sounds more like they don’t know what caused your health issues and they are throwing pasta against the wall to see if it sticks. That being said, if COVID is the cause, from the sound of things the fact that you were vaccinated may have saved you from an even worse fate and that is a good thing. Best wishes in your recovery and I hope you feel better soon. ?

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On 7/3/2021 at 7:49 AM, ajdizzle43 said:

I apologize for the confusion. Both. I was vaccinated 2 months ago. I caught the variant (I was told) from the antibodies in my system( as what the nurse said)...but I have tested negative the entire time because I am in school, and still have weekly testing. I am just as confused, and I've never been so sick. I had no idea I would be in the hospital a week, and still have issues. I apologize for the inconvenience.

You don't get a COVID variant from the antibodies in your system from a vaccine-that makes zero sense. Maybe you are saying that the antibodies in your system make the doctors believe you have been not only infected with COVID, but infected with the Delta (or some other) variant?

Also, the fact that you were told you had covid but have tested negative multiple times is confusing.

Glad you are feeling better, but I'm frustrated for you that you have not been given good information that you can easily understand.

Unfortunately, no vaccine protects every single person who receives it. We all wish that was not the case.

Your post was hard to decipher, but I'm thinking you are saying that due to being middle aged and on birth control pills, the doctors are either worried about blood clots due to your COVID infection and are working to prevent that complication or that you have actually experienced clotting issues after becoming infected with COVID?

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Also, if you actually had COVID, your issues likely are a result of COVID, not the result of being vaccinated. In fact, the vaccination might well have saved your life from fatal complications.

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18 hours ago, Horseshoe said:

Also, if you actually had COVID, your issues likely are a result of COVID, not the result of being vaccinated. In fact, the vaccination might well have saved your life from fatal complications.

Now that is scary. Praise God, but that makes total sense. I would have never known. Thank you kindly for your explanation.

 

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18 hours ago, Horseshoe said:

You don't get a COVID variant from the antibodies in your system from a vaccine-that makes zero sense. Maybe you are saying that the antibodies in your system make the doctors believe you have been not only infected with COVID, but infected with the Delta (or some other) variant?

Also, the fact that you were told you had covid but have tested negative multiple times is confusing.

Glad you are feeling better, but I'm frustrated for you that you have not been given good information that you can easily understand.

Unfortunately, no vaccine protects every single person who receives it. We all wish that was not the case.

Your post was hard to decipher, but I'm thinking you are saying that due to being middle aged and on birth control pills, the doctors are either worried about blood clots due to your COVID infection and are working to prevent that complication or that you have actually experienced clotting issues after becoming infected with COVID?

That makes so much sense. I also was seen by gastroenterology for potential emergency surgery. They where everywhere as well, and nothing they said made sense, the little bit I was able to decode, way way above my clinical grade.  I will say in the 15 some odd years of being an LPN, I am just now seeing the perspective of the patients, lost, scared and confused. Thank you for your kindness and patience for an explanation. The world needs more nurses like y'all. 

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