59 Bernadette

Hi,
My name is Bernadette
I am 52 years old. I had my 3rd Pfizer vacine when I was 51 years old.

My vaccine was voluntary. In saying that people of NZ were made to feel fearful and we would do anything to be safe.

I received this text on the 12th Feb 2022
Kia Ora BERNADETTE, Your free booster is due. If you haven’t already booked, please visit BookMyVaccine.nz or call 0800 28 29 26 (8am-8pm, 7 days). Getting a booster is the best way to protect yourself from COVID-19, including the Omicron variant.
Canterbury District Health Board

I received my 3rd Pfizer vaccine on the 16-2-22 I remember the date as it was my daughter’s 15th Birthday.

A guy named Charlie gave me my vaccine as I held my right arm out of the car window for the vaccine. It was a drive through vaccine. I was in my car at the Pavillion carpark in Hanmer Springs.

The day after the vaccine my arm felt tight at the vaccine site and I felt a little tired.
The next day I felt completely exhausted.
I can best describe it as my batteries were completely flat.
Since this I have had multiple GP visits, with fatigue, feeling of reduced exercise capacity, breathlessness, sore mouth, chest tightness, burning sensation in my feet and other symptoms. I have been referred to specialists.
Firstly to a Rheumatologist as it was thought I had Lupus. I do not have Lupus but when the Rheumatologist examined me I had a heart rate of 42bpm. He gave me forms for a blood test and a chest Xray that he wanted done that day.

ECG 5 June (Hanmer Springs Health Centre)
Sinus rhythm. No significant morphological abnormalities. Frequent unifocal ventricular premature beats.

I was then referred to a Heart Specialists. I had an echocardiogram on the 15th June 2022. My heart showed no evidence of cardiomyopathy,myocardial or pericarditis.
Left and Right Ventricular normal.
Atria upper limit normal size.
No significant valvular disease.
Holter Monitor 15 June 2022
Mean heart rate 80bpm. Minimum heart rate 49bpm. Maximum heart rate 156bpm. Frequent ventricular premature beats and infrequent supraventricular prematurebeats. Runs of ventricular bigeminy and premature ventricular premature beats associated with chest tightness and breathlessness. No sustained supraventricular tachycardia with heart rate 156bpm, query atrial fibrillation.
10th August 2022
I have had another two Holter Montitors with similar results.
I was taking Metoprolol CR 23.75mg at the time of my third Pfizer vaccine to stop migraines and for high blood pressure.
Other medications I tired to control my symptoms from the vaccine have been Metoprol 47.5mg Diltiazem 120mg and Verapamil 120mg
None of the above medication worked effectively.
I have stopped taking medication and now my GP wonders if I have Long Covid which is not possible as I had the above symptoms before I had Covid.

Monday 18th April 2022- 7.31am
Kia ora BERNADETTE. Your COVID-19 isolation period has ended. If you feel well you can now return to all normal daily activities including work. If you continue to feel unwell please contact your local healthcare provider. For more information see https://covid19.health.nz/advice/positive

My symptoms are unchanged but I have found ways to get through my day and achieve tasks.
Am I better….sadly no.

I have proof of all that I have written if required.

Kind Regards
Bernadette

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.