A Cautious Approach to Gardasil Shot

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Kylie is a great person!She was always full of life and always wanted to go out and do stuff but now its like this medicine that was supposed to help her sucked the life out of her. Her life changed and its not fair! This should be stopped before it effects others! I love you Kylie and im sorry you and your family had to go threw this!

Kristin of CA 9:22PM January 31, 2012

I'm proud of you girl for telling others of your history I love you Kylie and your a true inspiration to me and others! -alo

Angel of AR 11:58PM August 31, 2011

THIS SHOT I HAVE GOTTEN TWICE AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. THE SHOT HAS HAD MY BODY GOING THROUGH PAINFUL EMOTIONS. MY PELVIC AREA HURTS REALLY BAD. IT GETS WORSER AT NIGHT THOUGH I HAD TO SLEEP ON MY SIDE. MY MENSTURALS ARE HEAVY AND PAINFUL. FEELS LIKE SOMEONE HAS STUCK A FORK INSIDE OF ME. THIS SHOT MIGHT SOUND GOOD BUT CONSIDER YOUR OPTIONS, BECAUSE PAIN SHOULDNT BE ONE OF THEM.

PORSHIA KERNS of SC 11:15AM February 28, 2011

I got the shot almost 2 weeks ago,and my arm hurts so bad inside where she injectd the needle, i can barely get dressed and undresses. It also feels like it constantly needs to pop,and when it does pop it still hurts really bad =( the dr told me to take ibuprofeun but im goin back tomorrow and tellin them to do something about it, because it hurts =(

Dec of WA 10:58PM September 06, 2010

My name is Kylie, I am 19. I had my first Gardasil shot at age 16 on 4/5/07 and have been sick ever since. To start, this is the most painful shot I've ever experienced. I immediately felt nauseous and nearly passed out while walking to the bathroom to vomit. LOT# 0171U exp. 6/29/09

Following the first shot I experienced frequent abdominal/pelvic pain, nausea, and fatigue. My second Gardasil shot was on 5/25/07, followed by my first emergency room visit for extreme abdominal/pelvic pain on 8/12/07.

On 10/12/07 I was given the final Gardasil shot. I saw a doctor on 11/7/07 for abdominal/pelvic pain and nausea/being unable to eat. The doctor prescribed me with Prevacid which had no effect on the pain that I was experiencing.

The pelvic/abdominal pain and nausea would come and go. It became an every day pain beginning in 7/08 and has only progressed since then. At this time I weighed 115lbs. I saw several different doctors at the clinic that I used and none could diagnose my condition. Many of the doctors suggested that it was "all in my head." I've had numerous trips to the emergency room for this stabbing pain in my pelvis area.

My condition gets worse as the days go by. Since 4/5/07, I have lost a total of 25 pounds. I have constant nausea. I still experience the constant pelvic/abdominal pain daily. The pain has traveled to my lower back and also up my spine. I have headaches/migraines multiple times a day. All of my muscles and joints ache, mainly in my hips and shoulders. My back feels like it always needs to pop but hasn't for the past year or so. I have a strange pain in my neck and behind my left ear that never goes away and effects my hearing. I am extremely tired all of the time and spend most of my days resting. I have frequent chest pain and difficulty breathing. My vision keeps getting worse and worse, and I am sensitive to light. If I stand up too fast then I automatically see stars and feel faint. Some days my allergies(that I have no history of) act up so bad that I can't do anything. The lymph nodes throughout my body are all swollen from time to time. Certain foods that I used to love make me very sick. I can't tolerate anything with milk.

Most of the testing done has all came back saying that there is no reason for the strange pain that I experience. I have had tons of blood work done, a dozen ultrasounds on my pelvic region, abdomen, spleen, gallbladder, appendix, heart, etc. My chest x-rays will show enlarged lymph nodes one day, and nothing the next. Most of my EKG testing is normal on one day, but on one occasion the result was that I had pericarditis, also confirmed by a chest x-ray and listening to the rub. A cardiologist did an ultrasound on my heart following the pericarditis and all of the sudden there was no sign of it ever being there.. but the ultrasound THEN showed that I had a pleural effusion around my lung, which wasn't there the previous week.

If you think the effects aren't bad, come spend a day with me.

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Deborah Kotz, senior writer for U.S. News & World Report, covers everything women care about when it comes to their health. She's often tapping out "Oprah-esque" confessions about how the latest news relates to her personally—whether it's on breast cancer, contraception or easing work-family stress.

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