117 Fiona

Fiona (62 years)

Dose 1 Pfizer BioNTech 12th November 2021
Dose 2 AstraZeneca

I took the vaccine as required by the mandate – it was a job requirement for continuing employment. I knew I was highly likely to react to the injection and my best option would be to have the AstraZeneca jab. I was told if I hadn’t had it by the cutoff date, I would lose my job. I begged to be allowed to wait until that one was available – 6 days after taking the Pfizer vaccine, the AstraZeneca became available.

I had one dose of Pfizer. For the second dose I had AstraZeneca – I did not have any side effects from the AstraZeneca.

12/11/2021. Presented to GP Clinic, called up at 1:14 pm to come in to have vaccine.

Advised nurse that I am only present due to the Govt mandate, or I lose my job and as there is no other vaccine available and that I am not being given a choice as I need to work. I am not willingly participating in a global experiment.

Not asked if any other vaccines in past month only if had any reactions to vaccines.

The informed consent consisted of “sore arm, headache and a few people get nausea. “

Requested permission to photograph notes on computer. Took photo.

No consent asked for other than “ok to go ahead now”
Informed consent as detailed in the immunisation handbook definitely not carried out.
No mention of more serious adverse events. No mention of notifying CARM of adverse events.

Jabbed.

10 mins out from jab, generalised itching (same as my reaction to some radioactive isotopes used for imaging).
Then burning upper lip, and a headache.
Taken back to consulting room. Reviewed by nurse – BP and pulse taken compared to last BPs (prior to commencing new meds) who spoke with Dr. advised to have antihistamine. Prescription sent to lab and allowed to go. The total time was over in half an hour.

Post advice: if any concerns or you get worse go to an A&M as we are closed over the weekend.

Overnight: band around chest.
Saturday am: lethargy, stomach ache
Pm: headache, low grade fever – 36.5, diarrhoea.
Sunday: burning type pain down from my left elbow to tip of thumb. Stabbing type pain in the L) sacroiliac joint. Arthritic type flare up. Feeling really hot, wrists swollen. Can’t stand my watch around my wrist. Sinus pain, sneezing and coughing.
Intermittent stabbing type pain in legs, particularly my calves. Moving neck causes increase in headache.

Monday
Hot with headache. Intermittent pain particularly in L) calf. Feeling exhausted and everything takes huge effort.

Tuesday
Tired +++
Stabbing pain in the back of my neck going up into head causing headache. Worked today with difficulty. Dull headache through most of the day gradually getting worse.
Tinnitus in both ears.

Wednesday
Woke aching in back. On getting out of bed, intense backache and from waist down a sense of heaviness and legs felt like lead on trying to walk. Walked with extreme difficulty. Gradually became easier but still have heaviness from waist down.
Low grade headache throughout day with random shooting pains from upper Rhs of spine in neck into skull.
Joint pain in wrists, elbows, shoulders and hips during the evening.
Fluid retention in legs below knees with pitting oedema.
Over the following couple of weeks joint pain settling to bearable, crp remains at 3.

2/12/21 Finally oedema in lower legs has gone this morning, pain in the neck into skull continues, BP no longer stable, continuing to have arthritic pain in hands and spine.

Present time.
Cardiac: Bp became unstable meds changed. Bp kept going up. Pitting oedema returned.
Climbing stairs needed to stop twice due to breathlessness – never had to prior to the first jab.

I was given a pacemaker in March 2023 for 2:1 heartblock. I still lack energy, fatigue quickly and get bouts of ectopy and occasional chest pains.

Rheumatology:
I am still waiting for my 6wk review a year late. I contacted outpatient call centre and was told I wasn’t in the system for an appointment, but I persevered and had them look back at my last visit and I was put down for a 6-week review of the medication due to its risks. I am still waiting to be seen.

I am not that steady when walking and have times where I lose my sense of balance.

I had done a lot of reading and researching of data as I was a vaccinator for 30 years. As a result, both the Cardiologist and Rheumatologist both acknowledged it was from the first vaccination rather than the second vaccination.

Fiona

Informed Consent

From: https://www.healthnavigator.org.nz/health-a-z/i/informed-consent/#Overview

Informed consent is the process of talking about options so you can make an informed decision about your health care. This includes the option of saying no to a treatment or procedure.

Key points:

You have the right to make an informed choice about your health care.

Informed consent is an ongoing process of talking and asking questions between you, your doctor or other healthcare provider and, sometimes, your family/whānau.

To help you decide whether you want a treatment or procedure, your healthcare provider must give you all the information you need to make up your mind.

This includes how the treatment or procedure would help your health condition and what the risks of the treatment are.
There are a few situations where you may be treated without consent, such as in an emergency.

What is informed consent?

Informed consent is the process of talking and asking questions until you have enough information to make a decision about your healthcare options. This includes the option of saying no to having a treatment (such as medicine) or a procedure (such as an operation).

To give informed consent, you must know enough about your condition and the treatment or procedure your doctor or other healthcare provider has suggested. You must have this information given to you in a language and way that you can easily understand. You should have access to an interpreter if you need one.

You also have a right to have someone else with you to provide support while you are talking about your options.

Why is informed consent needed?

You have a right under the law to make an informed choice about your health care. This is one of your rights under the Code of Health and Disability Consumers Rights.

Under the Code, health care may be provided to you only if you make an informed choice and give informed consent. You also have the right to say no to a proposed treatment or procedure, or change your mind about wanting to go ahead with it.

When is informed consent needed?

Your doctor or other healthcare provider must make sure that you have given informed consent for every proposed healthcare service.

When you are going to have a series of similar treatments, eg, dialysis or counselling, your healthcare provider will talk with you before starting the treatment to make sure you agree to it. The consent you give then covers the whole series of treatment.

If the agreed plan changes a lot, a new consent process is needed.

Examples of situations when informed consent is required include:

when you are having surgery (an operation) or other procedure

when you need to have an anaesthetic

if students or observers are going to be there for your treatment

if you take part in research

when any part of your body will be taken out during a procedure

if you will be getting blood or blood products

if you are enrolled in a screening programme

if your doctor wants to prescribe a medicine that has not been approved by Medsafe for use in New Zealand (called unapproved medicines)

if your doctor wants to prescribe a medicine for a different use than that approved of by Medsafe (also called off-label use).

What type of information should I get for informed consent?

Before giving your consent, your doctor or healthcare provider must fully and clearly explain to you:

how this treatment or procedure will help your health condition

what happens during the treatment or procedure

what other options there might be

what you can expect after the treatment or procedure

any risks that may be associated with the treatment or procedure.

You can also ask any questions you want about the treatment or procedure.

What are the different types of consent?

You will need to give either verbal consent or written consent.

Verbal consent means talking about and saying you agree to a particular treatment. This includes when your doctor prescribes an approved medicine for your condition.

Written consent means you need to fill out a form and sign it to show you agree to a particular treatment. This happens for more significant treatments, such as an operation.

How is informed consent gained for children and young people?

For children and young people under the age of 16, consent may be given by a parent, guardian or other person acting in the place of a parent. Depending on the child’s age, they will be involved as much as possible and information will be given to them in a way that they can understand.

A young person aged 16 years and over can consent to their treatment as if they were an adult.

How is informed consent gained for people who are incompetent?

In legal terms, people who cannot decide for themselves whether they want a treatment or not are called ‘incompetent’. This may be because of health conditions such as a brain injury or dementia.

Consent for people who are incompetent may be given by their welfare guardian or a lawyer who has an enduring power of attorney in respect of care and welfare for that person.

What if I didn’t get to give informed consent?

If you have any concerns about not getting a chance to talk about and make an informed decision about a treatment before it was given to you, you can make a complaint. Read more about the Code of Health and Disability Consumers Rights.