Brianne Dressen

Thanks for having me.

Thanks for having me.

Everything started at the beginning of the pandemic, just like anybody else. I was watching the news and I was really concerned about what I was seeing. I have a lot of medical professionals in my family and hearing what was going on in the hospitals was also alarming to say the least.

Everything started at the beginning of the pandemic, just like anybody else. I was watching the news and I was really concerned about what I was seeing. I have a lot of medical professionals in my family and hearing what was going on in the hospitals was also alarming to say the least.

So I wanted to do my part to help get everybody out of the pandemic, and I enrolled in a clinical trial with AstraZeneca here in the United States. So November 4th, 2020, I got my one and only shot, and my reaction started within an hour. And I started with this severe, strange pins and needles sensation down the same arm as my injection. And it spread to my other arm, my body, head to toe.

So I wanted to do my part to help get everybody out of the pandemic, and I enrolled in a clinical trial with AstraZeneca here in the United States. So November 4th, 2020, I got my one and only shot, and my reaction started within an hour. And I started with this severe, strange pins and needles sensation down the same arm as my injection. And it spread to my other arm, my body, head to toe.

And that same horrific pins and needles prickling sensation is with me to this day, every moment of every day. I landed in the hospital.

And that same horrific pins and needles prickling sensation is with me to this day, every moment of every day. I landed in the hospital.

I actually have it body wide. So it's, yeah, it's spread from one side to the other. And then it spread from my head down to my feet and it actually moves with my heartbeat. So, and I do understand what you're saying. Yeah. So it's the first thing I feel when I wake up in the morning. It's the last thing I feel when I not off to sleep with a bunch of meds to calm down the severe pain. So yeah.

I actually have it body wide. So it's, yeah, it's spread from one side to the other. And then it spread from my head down to my feet and it actually moves with my heartbeat. So, and I do understand what you're saying. Yeah. So it's the first thing I feel when I wake up in the morning. It's the last thing I feel when I not off to sleep with a bunch of meds to calm down the severe pain. So yeah.

Yes. So the first time I had a nerve biopsy done, it was at the National Institutes of Health when they flew 20 plus of us out to be studied for neurological complications to the COVID vaccines. My first neuropathy test showed very minor, minuscule levels. I just had it rechecked. So three years later, and it's definitely progressing and getting worse. Okay.

Yes. So the first time I had a nerve biopsy done, it was at the National Institutes of Health when they flew 20 plus of us out to be studied for neurological complications to the COVID vaccines. My first neuropathy test showed very minor, minuscule levels. I just had it rechecked. So three years later, and it's definitely progressing and getting worse. Okay.

So I've been diagnosed with post-vaccine neuropathy from the National Institutes of Health. That's been verified by several world experts, as well as dysautonomia, POTS, which is the heart dysregulation. It's basically a neuroimmune condition. where your immune system can't really help your nervous system regulate itself.

So I've been diagnosed with post-vaccine neuropathy from the National Institutes of Health. That's been verified by several world experts, as well as dysautonomia, POTS, which is the heart dysregulation. It's basically a neuroimmune condition. where your immune system can't really help your nervous system regulate itself.

And it does end up in a multi-system cascade of syndromes from brain fog, fatigue, pins and needles, numbness, weakness, heart rate fluctuations, food sensitivities, hair loss. It sounds an awful lot like long COVID. Yeah.

And it does end up in a multi-system cascade of syndromes from brain fog, fatigue, pins and needles, numbness, weakness, heart rate fluctuations, food sensitivities, hair loss. It sounds an awful lot like long COVID. Yeah.

But it's interesting because we really should be studying long COVID and post-vax syndrome or long vax so we can actually get both of the patient populations better.

But it's interesting because we really should be studying long COVID and post-vax syndrome or long vax so we can actually get both of the patient populations better.

I was the only patient from AstraZeneca in the trial. Everybody else was Pfizer, Moderna. There was one other person with J&J in the trial.

I was the only patient from AstraZeneca in the trial. Everybody else was Pfizer, Moderna. There was one other person with J&J in the trial.