Ara’s Story (USA)

I thought getting the hpv vaccination was a good idea for myself. I had tested negative for hpv for years. I got my first two injections without any side effects. Then I had the third one, again no reaction.

I want to explain that I have an autoimmune disorder and have been on immuno suppressive therapy off and on for years. I don’t understand why my doctor would recommend the gardasil vaccine especially with me being drug sensitive. Gardasil is advertised as purified protiens from the hpv virus, something that can not cause hpv.

Exactly two and a half months after the last injection of Gardasil I got a small growth in my groin. My doctor said it was a skin tag because my pap tested negative for hpv. I went ahead and had it removed and biopsied, turns out it was a genital wart. I hadn’t had sex in over a year and my minimum exposure would have been a year and nine months. I do not believe I got the HPV from a partner. With having an autoimmune disorder I doubt hpv could hide out in my body for almost two years.

The autoimmune disorder I have is RA, rheumatoid arthritis. After Gardasil, my arthritis basically went crazy. I ended up getting fluid on my knees which I had not had in 7 years and the arthritis progressed to the point I could barely move. I’ve had to go on an IV drug to try and get it back under control. It has been a year now.

I’ve been researching Gardasil and Hpv like mad. What I have found is really very surprising too. I think that gardasil prays on peoples fears, which is why I got the medicine. I was told only that I could get a headache or feel nauseated after the injections. But after reading about low risk hpv, people with high levels of vitamin c, b, Zinc, folic acid, and e tend to be at a lower risk of getting it. As well as the body usually clears itself of it within 2 years after exposure and it becomes non contagious. Their are also herbals that can make it go dormant.

I now regret the day I got the Gardasil vaccine. I don’t know of anyone else that has had these problems so I thought I would send this in.

NEW - Background Articles

More new articles have been added to the ‘background info’ page:

• ‘HPV Vaccine’s Suspected Side Effects Cause Concern; CDC Says Drug is Safe’, from the Dallas Morning News on adverse effects;
• ‘HPV Scientist Speaks Out’, from CBS4 on an interview with a researcher of Gardasil arguing the vaccine should not be mandatory or given to girls so young; and
• ‘The HPV Vaccine: Herd Immunity or Human Sacrifice?’, from Natural News on adverse effects.

NEW - Background Articles

For those who are interested, new articles have been added to the background information page. See:

• CBS4’s article on adverse effects to Gardasil
• Pam Martens on the corruption behind the push to make Gardasil mandatory for young girls in the USA
• Pam Marten on doubts about the effectiveness of Gardasil in preventing cervical cancer
• Pam Martens on the disinformation of the Gardasil marketing campaign
• Ruth Beran on Ian Frazer’s (so-called inventor of Gardasil) patent problems

Also, Em updated me on her daughter’s recovery from stomach pains (among other things). See the end of her story.

Thankyou to those who are sending us their stories and commenting.

Em’s Story (USA)

My Daughter Shelby (14) had the Gardasil Shot. She was fine for a short while, then started to vomit everyday for a month, with a low grade fever, abdominal pain and fatigue. The pain increased and was unbearable in her abdomen and in her back and she was hospitilized for a week. During that time her kidneys started to shut down.

They tested her for everything under the sun, Head MRI, Abdominal/Pelvic Cat Scans, tests for Lupus, Chrohns, Mono, Strep, Carcinoids syndrome, Endoscopy and Colonscopy to name just a few. She also started to develop a strange bright red rash on her face, neck and chest. She also developed high blood pressure during this time and had to be put on blood pressure meds.

After her release the abdominal pain lessened, however, she had periods throughout the day where she felt as if she was going to pass out. The rashes continued. Extreme fatigue. Then the abdominal pain started again. It was awful to have it return when we thought she was on the road to recovery. She would curl herself up in a ball and scream, it hurt so bad. She was again hospitalized. The pain always started in her upper left hand side of her abdomen. The doctor said that nothing was technically there, but they repeated the MRI, and did a stomach emptying test. None of the tests showed anything.

The doctors started to say that she was “Stressed” out, and needed a psych consult, because they couldn’t find anything. (Doctors cop out when they can’t identify the cause.) This encounter left Shelby sobbing. She left the hospital still in pain with no diagnosis. It was heartbreaking.

Our family in California urged us to try to find someone there to help Shelby (we are from Omaha), so we packed up the kids and went over there. She had severe abdominal pains when we first arrived there and ended up in the emergency room once again, CAT Scan negative. She was ill for three months straight in and out of hospitals, doctors offices, and specialists.

She is finally doing better, with the help of a nutritionist, who had to do intensive work with her, both Chiropractic, and supplemental to repair a condition called Intestinal Permeabilty or Leaky Gut. Her body basically was so inflammed and ill, that when she ate her body thought that the food or was some type of an invader and her immune system was fighting to respond to it.  It was just so over-run with these toxins that it couldn’t handle normal functions.  It was awful to watch her go through.  Some traditional doctors are so short minded that if they don’t find a typical diagnosis they just stop looking.  Thank God for other options.

Please do not allow any doctor to give this medication to your girls. It has been a horrible struggle for our daughter and our family as a whole. Research, read testimonies. It has not been proven, most doctors don’t know anything about this shot. They only know what Merck is releasing, which paints a very rosy picture. This picture doesn’t show how truly devastating this drug is. It is destroying lives. Many girls are affected worse than my daughter.

Urgent Call for Help

If readers have any contacts for Mahendra, please comment on this post and I will send her the details.

Hi. A friend of mine’s 13 year old daughter took gardasil, and has since become wheelchair bound and may be in terminal stages of a motor neuron disease. Are you familiar with any other teenage girls who have been vaccinated with Gardasil and suffered serious neurologic complications (partial paralysis, numbness, seizures, involuntary trembling,…), especially ones where they have found successful treatment to stem or reverse deterioration? We are in a race against time, and we are trying to find similar cases, so we can pool the information of doctors, and find the best treatment for all the girls.

sincerely,

mahendra

California, USA

Blog About Gardasil Side-Effects

Anita put me on to this blog which contains lots of comments from many women discussing their experiences of side effects from Gardasil.

Thanks Anita. Most interesting.

Anita’s Group

Anita (see her story) set up a group where women who experienced side effects from Gardasil or who had a loved one who received Gardasil can share their stories. Anita welcomes these people to join her group at:

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Lets_Talk_about_Gardasil

Anita’s Story (USA)

Hello. I want to tell you about my 11 year old daughter Mikaela and her reaction to Gardasil.

Mikaela went to the doctor for a physical in July 2007. The Dr said she needed a 2nd Varicella vaccine and the new Gardasil vaccine. I thought she was too young for it. I was told it’s better get it now before it’s too late. I read the brochure that was given to me and consented for her to have it. The only side effects mentioned were soreness at the injection site.

There were no immediate side effects.

Approximately 2 weeks later she got a rash on her face, neck and chest. Her face swelled so badly that her eyes were shut. I took her to the doctor and asked if it was poison ivy or something similar. She said No. She thought Mikaela had Lupus so she did blood work and a urine test. Mikaela had protein in her urine. So we were referred to a kidney specialist. The blood results said Lupus was negative. Mikaela was started on steroids for the rash. We did several urine test throughout the following weeks. We saw the specialist. By then the protein was gone. He doesn’t know what caused it.

She started having migraine headaches around the time of the rash, also complaining of fatigue and a stomach ache.

Mikaela received the 2nd dose of Gardasil in September. The migraines, stomach aches and fatigue continued.

She got the last dose of Gardasil in January. The same symptoms continued. I asked to be referred to a endocrinologist to check on her thyroid.

In early February we got to see the endo. We knew she had a goiter but it was small and wasn’t causing any trouble. All of her blood work had been fine. She measured the goiter and checked her TSH levels. They were low. She was prescribed Synthroid.

The fatigue, migraines and stomach aches continued.

On February 29th, while sitting at the computer playing a videogame, she had a seizure. My younger daughter Emily said she was making funny noises (sort of like snoring) then slumped over in the chair. After repeated attempts to yell at her she wouldn’t wake up. She jerked, snapped out of it and started crying. She said she didn’t feel right and didn’t remember anything. She was complaining of a bad headache and stomach ache. I called her paediatrician. She said take her to ER at Children’s Hospital. She was so sleepy. She slept the hour and a half drive to the hospital. She was drowsy while we were there, then slept all the way back. Once we got home she went to bed and slept thru the night. The ER Dr said she had a fainting spell. It wasn’t a seizure since she wasn’t jerking, biting her tongue or falling out of the chair. They did an EKG and sent her home with a seizure booklet.

We followed up with the paediatrician. She said Mikaela simply fell asleep. She agreed with the ER doc about the jerking and etc…. she sent Mikaela for an EEG. Those results were normal.

I told the paediatrician that her migraines are still happening so she scheduled an MRI and referred us to a neurologist. The MRI results showed some swelling in the sinus cavities. He was more worried about all the school days that she has missed (30 so far). He prescribed Maxalt.

She also had a low grade fever for over a month. No explanation why she was having it. It went away about a month ago. Now its back. She is still experiencing daily fatigue. The stomach pains and migraines are happening less.

I blame the Gardasil for causing her problems. This is a child that was normal and healthy before getting the vaccine.

I wont make the same mistake with my younger daughter!!!!

Precious’ Story (Aus)

Dear Gertrude Green and Renate Klein,

I was one of the many Australian girls who received the Gardasil vaccine through my high school (White’s Hill State College, Brisbane). I was 17 at the time and had not been informed properly about all the side effects that could have happened to me. I also did not know that in having the Gardisil shot that I was still not 100% protected from still getting cervical cancer and that I would still need to get Pap smear checks.

I had just got my shot and we had to sit for 10mins after we got our shot. I went and sat down and this girl in the year below me came and sat down beside me. After a little while a friend of the girl who was sitting by me ran up to one of the ladies who were giving us the injections and yelled, “there’s something wrong with my friend”. I looked over at the girl and she was so pale. Her eyes had rolled back into her head and the head was just rolling around on the chair. The lady who was giving injections immediately got up and pushed all the chairs aside and started first aid on the girl. After that we all got sent outside. I was terrified at what I saw and also that what ever just made that girl have a fit was in me.

When I went for my second injection the girl was there again lining up for it. This time we all had to sit outside to wait for the 10 minutes to pass. After I got it done I went outside, waiting for the time to pass. Some of my friends came out and said that they had let the girl get her injections again and that she had a fit again and had vomited.

Thanks for the information on this blog. I will let my friends know about it and try to spread the word.

Precious

Julie’s Story (Aus)

My name is Julie. I am 26 years old, a mother of 3 lovely kids and wife to a very handsome Man. He would die if he new I just wrote that. Well I was asked to share my story about my negative reaction to Gardasil.

August/September 2007 I went in to see my Doctor for another reason and after hearing that I could get a free Cervical Cancer injection I thought I would ask my Doctor a little about it. She said that it was Safe and that it hurts like a Tetanus shot and that it will stop me from getting Cervical Cancer. I knew that my 26 birthday was coming up in December and I thought I should get it before I have to pay for it. So in the same appointment I had my needle. My 1st injection was very standard, very sore at the site, red and I had a lump for about a week.

Exactly what my Dr told me would happen.

So when it came around to having my 2nd shot I wasn’t worried. I had the Nurse give it to me. That was in Late October 2007.

Two weeks later on a Thursday, after driving home from my friends’ house for dinner, I started getting a really bad pain in my chest. At first I thought Heart Burn but within minutes the pain was so severe I could hardly breathe and I went straight to the Emergency room. I was in an exam room in huge amounts of pain hardly able to breathe when I started getting jerking movements with my arms. The Dr and Nurses put this down to my trouble with breathing. After an ECG I came back clear. I was then given morphine to stop the pain in my chest. This didn’t stop the pain or the jerking; it just made me really high. It was weird I remember laying there thinking ‘man this hurts’ and what is going on with my arms but not really being able to think straight enough to do anything about it.

During this time my blood, urine and blood sugar were taken. I also had a chest x-ray. Because I was still in pain I stayed at the ER and my head, arms and legs were still being thrown around.

At 3am that morning one of the nurses came up to me and asked how I was feeling, I said ‘I am still hurting’ but it was the jerking and tremors that was worrying me. She said ‘What - aren’t you normally like this? ‘No’, I said ‘it started when I got in here.’ I wanted to scream at her! Normally like this! Who is normal like this! Anyway this nurse then got a Dr to come back to me and they gave me a huge dose of anti-seizure medication and some Tremadol. I slept for 3 hrs.

I was waiting for the Ultrasound Department to open and at 9am I was the first in there. They couldn’t find any reason for my pain. And due to the large dose of anti-seizure medication my jerking had stopped. I was sent home with strong pain killers and a ‘sorry we don’t know why you are in pain?’

So I managed to stay Tremor-free and then the pain had completely gone by Friday night. I had been taking Tremadol all Friday as prescribed to me.

Saturday, I was laying in bed and then, as I was waking up and getting ready to get out of bed, my arms and legs started flaying around and my head kept throwing itself back or to the side. Very concerned my husband took me to my GP. She was overbooked so another Dr came and saw me in their treatment room out the back. I couldn’t sit still and I kept banging my head on the wall if I sat straight up in a chair. Walking wasn’t that good as I kept over balancing when my head was thrown back. This Dr (not my GP) prescribed my muscle relaxers and sent me home saying it was in my head because if I try hard enough I could sit still for a second. And I mean a few seconds. I could do as I was asked like raise my arm and hold my hand out and if I did stop it, it felt like I was holding back flood waters. Then when I relaxed, my body went crazy with huge jerks and my head thrown around.

I went home and took my muscle relaxant. But Nothing, I really mean Nothing worked at stopping them. In fact I was getting worse so at 3pm that day I went back to the ER. Now due to the fact that I had been taking Tremadol and one of Tremadol’s side effects is shaking and jerks the Nurses couldn’t get past that fact. Both my husband and I told them over and over that they started before I was given anything on Thursday. At last one Dr came and said, ‘well this worked last time’. So I was given another huge dose of anti-seizure medication and sent home! I don’t remember much of that night I was so out of it.

The next morning I woke with really small twitches but thought that I would be OK. I went off to church, but at 10.45am I was in complete body seizures and I could hardly walk or talk as my whole body was convulsing.

This time I went to a different hospital after dropping my kids at my mother-in-law’s. I spent the rest of that day in the ER waiting for more tests. Again I was given a muscle relaxant. I had a MRI which came back clear as did all other blood and urine tests. That night I was admitted and given muscle relaxant
throughout the night. To be honest the next few days were a bit of a blur.

I was on very strong drugs. My mum flew in from Singapore where she lives and was totally shocked to come into the room and see me like that. By Monday I couldn’t walk without help, I could barely stand up, I had convulsions so bad that I hurt my neck and only just managed to stay on the toilet when needed. And even then I need someone close by in case I fell off. Lying down in bed was my only option. A few times my husband took me for a walk outside but I kept banging my head and back so I returned to my room pretty quickly.

On the Tuesday morning I had an EEG. This was horrible. Not that it hurt or anything it was just so detached, the lady barely talked to me and I didn’t even see the actual Neurologist.

That night, my admitting Dr came to see me at 8.30pm. He said they couldn’t find any reasons as to why I was doing this. And then he said, my GP was probably right it was stress and that he doesn’t know what else to do. I asked him if there was any point to being in the hospital? He said ‘No I guess not.’ So I had my mum and sister help me get dressed and I went home.

I was soo mad!! The stupid thing about the stress thing was that I wasn’t stressed at ALL before the convulsions started. My kids were great, my husband was great, everything was great. So I went home and kept convulsing at home. I wasn’t able to hold my baby for 2 weeks, because I couldn’t be sure I wouldn’t drop her. She would lay with me on my make shift bed in the lounge room, so I didn’t feel left out, throughout the day.

It was around this time that I heard about the negative Gardasil reactions and it all made perfect sense to me. I was so relieved to know that there was a reason apart from my ‘stress’ that supposedly had made my body do this. I went to my GP and she said she didn’t think so but still sent off a form to the TGA (Therapeutic Goods Administration). That was really hard.

I had my son who was in Pre-primary but I couldn’t drive to take him there or pick him up. My husband was a God send through all this as were my friends. I had so much help, I was really blessed. I couldn’t drive for about 2 months until I had a whole day without convulsing. I couldn’t risk it.

Throughout November, December and January 2008 I was put on anti-depressants for my ‘stress’. When in February I was still having the seizures, I told my GP, ‘it’s not stress.’ She agreed and took me off the drugs. So by February I was still having convulsions but only for about 15 mins every 3 to 4 hours. They had slowed down. I didn’t really have a treatment plan, I just rested whenever they where bad, well as much as a mother of three can. And they have just gradually slowed down.

So from there to now, in May 2008, I am having a convulsion for about 10 sec every 1-3 weeks. That’s it.

When people ask how I am going I tell them I am great, because I am, compared with how bad I was. The seizures aren’t completely gone but I am getting there. I am telling my story so that people know ALL the facts and all the risks! Especially when it is only a STI Vaccine not a Cervical Cancer CURE!!

And if I had been told the percentages of bad reactions to the vaccine? I would NEVER have taken it! It just isn’t worth it!