Contaminated tetanus booster

October 3, 2001

Thank you for responding to my " please help " posting. I am reposting

this because some did not get it. I also changed the subject line to

better reflect the implications of what I am saying. (It was " Finding

others w same lot# " )

Dear Friends,

I don't know where to turn anymore for help. I don't think any of you

will have received this shot, because so many of you don't get

vaccinations. So, you're not the right audience, but maybe you will

have an idea, or maybe just let me vent, and for that I am grateful.

I would like to share my experience with you. I have written before

about wanting to find other people who had received the same tetanus

booster that I received, and I appreciate all of the information that

many have sent to me, but I was still unable to locate anyone. I've

decided to be more specific about my experience, in the hopes that

maybe someone would have an idea about how I could proceed. I

believe the shot I received was contaminated. Therefore, I believe

that every person who received that shot was injured. And on the face

of things, it would seem to be a pretty simple thing to determine if

anyone else was hurt, but everything I have tried up to now has been

futile.

In June of 2000, I had a heart attack in the middle of the night. I

have no history of heart disease and am not in a high risk group. In

the seven weeks prior to that, I had a series of seemingly minor,

unrelated symptoms. However, in the months following the heart

attack, I suffered with a complex progression of symptoms. At first

only my arm was affected, but then my neck, throat, diaphragm,

stomach, heart, and rectum. These symptoms passed methodically from

one area to the next, the time between symptoms proportional to the

distance between the areas affected. Other symptoms included tight

jaw, raised eyebrows, seizures, apnea, fluctuating blood pressure,

sensitivity to cold, dry eyes and dry mouth, weight loss, and

neuropathy. My symptoms were similar to tetanus, but were presenting

themselves sequentially, over a longer period of time. We believe my

symptoms were caused by tetanus toxin.

The CDC has an article about tetanus and the effects of tetanus toxin

on its website. According to that article, tetanus toxin is one of

the most powerful neurotoxins known. It attaches to the nerve cells,

travels only millimeters per day to the brain stem, and down the

spine. Once attached, there is nothing one can do to stop or slow its

progress. It damages the inhibitory neurons, causing an inability to

relax a contracted muscle. It can affect the autonomic nervous system

which controls things like breathing, heart rate, and digestion.

In April of 2000, I had gotten a tetanus booster shot, at my request,

because I stepped on something in the garden. Tetanus toxoid vaccines

get their immune response from formaldehyde treated toxin, called

toxoid. This treatment inactivates the toxin, allowing the body to

create antibodies to the toxin without getting the disease. I believe

something went wrong with this part of the manufacturing, and some, or

maybe all of the toxin in the shot I received remained potent. This

happened once before in Hungary in 1952. A pertussis shot that had

inadvertantly been contaminated with tetanus toxin, was given to 22

patients. Eleven of them died. The government did not acknowledge

the event until 1997. (See the medical journal Lancet (11/22/97)

Vol.350, No. 9090, P. 1518)

In the summer of 2000, all the right things were done in terms of

reporting my experience to the FDA and CDC. My doctor and I both

filed reports with VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System), who

requested copies of my medical records. And since then, the nation

has had a critical tetanus vaccine shortage, so I am confident that

any other unsafe lots have been removed from the market. But it has

been over a year and there has still not been any official

confirmation.

I am concerned that other people who received that shot did not

survive the heart attack. I know that if I had died at that point, my

family and friends would have been shocked that I had had a heart

problem, and would not have considered a causal relationship to the

tetanus booster. In fact, except for my husband, my family did not

even know I received a booster. I want to provide people with a

description of my symptoms, so that if they had a family member who

died suddenly after similar symptoms, they can check to see if the

person had had a tetanus booster 1 to 2 months before.

The following is a timeline of my symptoms:

Day 1: Received tetanus booster. Minor involuntary contraction of

forearm muscle when arm is at rest a short time after shot.

Day 2 and 3: Weak, nauseous, and in bed. Unable to lift arm very

high. Arm is NOT red, NOT swollen, NOT painful to the touch.

Day 20: Stiff neck on right side in back. Cannot turn head to right.

Day 21: Sunburn feeling on neck on right side in back.

Day 26 and 27: Weak, nauseous, and in bed.

Day 39 to 55: Increasingly hyperactive with flashes of euphoria, very

little sleep. If asked at that time, I would have said, " I feel

better than I have in 10 years. I have so much energy. " (I was

checked for hyperthyroidism, which my doctor determined was not

causing my symptoms)

Day 51: Short of breath, throat feels tight.

Day 52: Woke up with burning in pectoral muscle, left side. Entire

diaphragm contracted. Stomach contracted into " fist " . Given valium

and benadryl at emergency room.

Day 55: Heart attack in the middle of the night.

The involuntary contraction of my forearm persisted during the entire

7-8 week period. It was most prevalent in the evening and in the

morning upon waking. It was not painful to touch or to move. In

fact, I kept moving it to avoid feeling it contract up. It was

visibly subtle and would not be noticed unless I pointed it out. The

only symptom really visible to family was the increasing

hyperactivity. It was not subtle and was clearly apparent to my

doctor. I had very rapid, animated speech and an inability to

sit still. I appeared happy and very excited. I paced. And although

they couldn't actually " see " my nausea and weakness, they could see I

didn't feel well and was in bed those 2 times. They couldn't

" see " my diaphragm and stomach contract when I went to the emergency

room upon waking on day 52, but they could see I was very panicked and

afraid that something was terribly wrong.

I am 5'3 " tall. I would think that for a person smaller than me, the

timeline of symptoms would be shorter than mine, proportional to the

difference in size. I requested the file of reported events for the

lot number of this vaccine from VAERS, and the list specifies the

state that the patient was from. This lot # was given across the

country. Reports were filed showing shots were given from Jan/2000

through Aug/2000.

A tetanus booster given to anyone over the age of 7 would be the

adult booster, the same as I received. I would be happy to share

information about the manufacturer and lot # of my shot with anyone

whose family member died suddenly 1 to 2 months after receiving a

tetanus booster.

I thank you for your time and giving me the opportunity to share this.

I'm sorry this is so long. I wanted to be as thorough and accurate as

I could be.

Thank you,

Diane

allball2001@y...

October 3, 2001

Hi Diane,

Thanks for sharing your story in detail. How absolutely terrible and

terrifying. That is why I'm here to try to be sure these things don't

happen to anyone.

I would suggest that all of your symptoms can come from any tetanus vaccine

- not necessarily a contaminated one. The vaccines are dangerous and this

is how some people react - with various symptoms as you mentioned. Again,

doesn't necessarily mean its any more contaminated than they all are.

However there are such things as 'hot lots' that are even more dangerous.

Not sure how you should proceed about finding out about 'hot lots'. I'll

forward to Fran & Alan Yurko who have found a hot lot that contributed to

their sons death (and Alan's imprisonment for being falsely accused of

Shaken Baby)

I have gotten many emails from damaged people from tetanus vaccine in the

last year

Sheri

moderator

http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/tetanus.htm

At 08:22 PM 10/03/2001 -0000, you wrote:

>Thank you for responding to my " please help " posting. I am reposting

>this because some did not get it. I also changed the subject line to

>better reflect the implications of what I am saying. (It was " Finding

>others w same lot# " )

>

>Dear Friends,

>

>I don't know where to turn anymore for help. I don't think any of you

>will have received this shot, because so many of you don't get

>vaccinations. So, you're not the right audience, but maybe you will

>have an idea, or maybe just let me vent, and for that I am grateful.

>

>I would like to share my experience with you. I have written before

>about wanting to find other people who had received the same tetanus

>booster that I received, and I appreciate all of the information that

>many have sent to me, but I was still unable to locate anyone. I've

>decided to be more specific about my experience, in the hopes that

>maybe someone would have an idea about how I could proceed. I

>believe the shot I received was contaminated. Therefore, I believe

>that every person who received that shot was injured. And on the face

>of things, it would seem to be a pretty simple thing to determine if

>anyone else was hurt, but everything I have tried up to now has been

>futile.

>

>In June of 2000, I had a heart attack in the middle of the night. I

>have no history of heart disease and am not in a high risk group. In

>the seven weeks prior to that, I had a series of seemingly minor,

>unrelated symptoms. However, in the months following the heart

>attack, I suffered with a complex progression of symptoms. At first

>only my arm was affected, but then my neck, throat, diaphragm,

>stomach, heart, and rectum. These symptoms passed methodically from

>one area to the next, the time between symptoms proportional to the

>distance between the areas affected. Other symptoms included tight

>jaw, raised eyebrows, seizures, apnea, fluctuating blood pressure,

>sensitivity to cold, dry eyes and dry mouth, weight loss, and

>neuropathy. My symptoms were similar to tetanus, but were presenting

>themselves sequentially, over a longer period of time. We believe my

>symptoms were caused by tetanus toxin.

>

>The CDC has an article about tetanus and the effects of tetanus toxin

>on its website. According to that article, tetanus toxin is one of

>the most powerful neurotoxins known. It attaches to the nerve cells,

>travels only millimeters per day to the brain stem, and down the

>spine. Once attached, there is nothing one can do to stop or slow its

>progress. It damages the inhibitory neurons, causing an inability to

>relax a contracted muscle. It can affect the autonomic nervous system

>which controls things like breathing, heart rate, and digestion.

>

>In April of 2000, I had gotten a tetanus booster shot, at my request,

>because I stepped on something in the garden. Tetanus toxoid vaccines

>get their immune response from formaldehyde treated toxin, called

>toxoid. This treatment inactivates the toxin, allowing the body to

>create antibodies to the toxin without getting the disease. I believe

>something went wrong with this part of the manufacturing, and some, or

>maybe all of the toxin in the shot I received remained potent. This

>happened once before in Hungary in 1952. A pertussis shot that had

>inadvertantly been contaminated with tetanus toxin, was given to 22

>patients. Eleven of them died. The government did not acknowledge

>the event until 1997. (See the medical journal Lancet (11/22/97)

>Vol.350, No. 9090, P. 1518)

>

>In the summer of 2000, all the right things were done in terms of

>reporting my experience to the FDA and CDC. My doctor and I both

>filed reports with VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System), who

>requested copies of my medical records. And since then, the nation

>has had a critical tetanus vaccine shortage, so I am confident that

>any other unsafe lots have been removed from the market. But it has

>been over a year and there has still not been any official

>confirmation.

>

>I am concerned that other people who received that shot did not

>survive the heart attack. I know that if I had died at that point, my

>family and friends would have been shocked that I had had a heart

>problem, and would not have considered a causal relationship to the

>tetanus booster. In fact, except for my husband, my family did not

>even know I received a booster. I want to provide people with a

>description of my symptoms, so that if they had a family member who

>died suddenly after similar symptoms, they can check to see if the

>person had had a tetanus booster 1 to 2 months before.

>

>The following is a timeline of my symptoms:

>

>Day 1: Received tetanus booster. Minor involuntary contraction of

>forearm muscle when arm is at rest a short time after shot.

>Day 2 and 3: Weak, nauseous, and in bed. Unable to lift arm very

>high. Arm is NOT red, NOT swollen, NOT painful to the touch.

>Day 20: Stiff neck on right side in back. Cannot turn head to right.

>Day 21: Sunburn feeling on neck on right side in back.

>Day 26 and 27: Weak, nauseous, and in bed.

>Day 39 to 55: Increasingly hyperactive with flashes of euphoria, very

>little sleep. If asked at that time, I would have said, " I feel

>better than I have in 10 years. I have so much energy. " (I was

>checked for hyperthyroidism, which my doctor determined was not

>causing my symptoms)

>Day 51: Short of breath, throat feels tight.

>Day 52: Woke up with burning in pectoral muscle, left side. Entire

>diaphragm contracted. Stomach contracted into " fist " . Given valium

>and benadryl at emergency room.

>Day 55: Heart attack in the middle of the night.

>

>The involuntary contraction of my forearm persisted during the entire

>7-8 week period. It was most prevalent in the evening and in the

>morning upon waking. It was not painful to touch or to move. In

>fact, I kept moving it to avoid feeling it contract up. It was

>visibly subtle and would not be noticed unless I pointed it out. The

>only symptom really visible to family was the increasing

>hyperactivity. It was not subtle and was clearly apparent to my

>doctor. I had very rapid, animated speech and an inability to

>sit still. I appeared happy and very excited. I paced. And although

>they couldn't actually " see " my nausea and weakness, they could see I

>didn't feel well and was in bed those 2 times. They couldn't

> " see " my diaphragm and stomach contract when I went to the emergency

>room upon waking on day 52, but they could see I was very panicked and

>afraid that something was terribly wrong.

>

>I am 5'3 " tall. I would think that for a person smaller than me, the

>timeline of symptoms would be shorter than mine, proportional to the

>difference in size. I requested the file of reported events for the

>lot number of this vaccine from VAERS, and the list specifies the

>state that the patient was from. This lot # was given across the

>country. Reports were filed showing shots were given from Jan/2000

>through Aug/2000.

>

>A tetanus booster given to anyone over the age of 7 would be the

>adult booster, the same as I received. I would be happy to share

>information about the manufacturer and lot # of my shot with anyone

>whose family member died suddenly 1 to 2 months after receiving a

>tetanus booster.

>

>I thank you for your time and giving me the opportunity to share this.

>I'm sorry this is so long. I wanted to be as thorough and accurate as

>I could be.

>

>Thank you,

>

>Diane

>allball2001@y...

>

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October 3, 2001

At 06:22 PM 10/03/2001 -0700, you wrote:

>Wow....soo sorry to hear of all your suffering...haven't heard

>of anyone that had any reaction, but not on the fence any more

>about the tetenus shot...no thanks to that.

>

>Have you tried homeopathic remedies to help out? I am now

>a believer in homeopathic medicine, but new to it, and not sure

>there is any help it can do but...ya never know.

>

Yes, it could definitely help but would need to see a quality classical

homeopath

http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/STEVELIST.htm

It is worth traveling some distance if need be as initial session needs to

be in person but follow ups often can be by phone

Sheri

moderator

>----- Original Message -----

--------------------------------------------------------

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Vaccination Information & Choice Network, Nevada City CA & UK

530-740-0561 Voicemail in US

http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/vaccine.htm

" All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men ( &

women) do nothing " ...Edmund Burke

ANY INFO OBTAINED HERE NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS MEDICAL OR LEGAL ADVICE. THE

DECISION TO VACCINATE IS YOURS AND YOURS ALONE.

Well Within's Earth Mysteries & Sacred Site Tours

http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin

International Tours, Homestudy Courses, ANTHRAX & OTHER Vaccine Dangers

Education, Homeopathic Education

CEU's for nurses, Books & Multi-Pure Water Filters

October 3, 2001

Thanks,

I have not tried homeopathic medicine yet, but have tried some dietary

things like flax seed oil for the inflammation. I've been told that

I'm at risk for lupus because of this, and so I follow Dr. Weil's

advice for lupus, that is, avoiding trans fats and using only olive

oil and flax seed oil.

Diane

> Wow....soo sorry to hear of all your suffering...haven't heard

> of anyone that had any reaction, but not on the fence any more

> about the tetenus shot...no thanks to that.

>

> Have you tried homeopathic remedies to help out? I am now

> a believer in homeopathic medicine, but new to it, and not sure

> there is any help it can do but...ya never know.

>

> >

October 3, 2001

Wow....soo sorry to hear of all your suffering...haven't heard

of anyone that had any reaction, but not on the fence any more

about the tetenus shot...no thanks to that.

Have you tried homeopathic remedies to help out? I am now

a believer in homeopathic medicine, but new to it, and not sure

there is any help it can do but...ya never know.

Contaminated tetanus booster

> Thank you for responding to my " please help " posting. I am reposting

> this because some did not get it. I also changed the subject line to

> better reflect the implications of what I am saying. (It was " Finding

> others w same lot# " )

>

> Dear Friends,

>

> I don't know where to turn anymore for help. I don't think any of you

> will have received this shot, because so many of you don't get

> vaccinations. So, you're not the right audience, but maybe you will

> have an idea, or maybe just let me vent, and for that I am grateful.

>

> I would like to share my experience with you. I have written before

> about wanting to find other people who had received the same tetanus

> booster that I received, and I appreciate all of the information that

> many have sent to me, but I was still unable to locate anyone. I've

> decided to be more specific about my experience, in the hopes that

> maybe someone would have an idea about how I could proceed. I

> believe the shot I received was contaminated. Therefore, I believe

> that every person who received that shot was injured. And on the face

> of things, it would seem to be a pretty simple thing to determine if

> anyone else was hurt, but everything I have tried up to now has been

> futile.

>

> In June of 2000, I had a heart attack in the middle of the night. I

> have no history of heart disease and am not in a high risk group. In

> the seven weeks prior to that, I had a series of seemingly minor,

> unrelated symptoms. However, in the months following the heart

> attack, I suffered with a complex progression of symptoms. At first

> only my arm was affected, but then my neck, throat, diaphragm,

> stomach, heart, and rectum. These symptoms passed methodically from

> one area to the next, the time between symptoms proportional to the

> distance between the areas affected. Other symptoms included tight

> jaw, raised eyebrows, seizures, apnea, fluctuating blood pressure,

> sensitivity to cold, dry eyes and dry mouth, weight loss, and

> neuropathy. My symptoms were similar to tetanus, but were presenting

> themselves sequentially, over a longer period of time. We believe my

> symptoms were caused by tetanus toxin.

>

> The CDC has an article about tetanus and the effects of tetanus toxin

> on its website. According to that article, tetanus toxin is one of

> the most powerful neurotoxins known. It attaches to the nerve cells,

> travels only millimeters per day to the brain stem, and down the

> spine. Once attached, there is nothing one can do to stop or slow its

> progress. It damages the inhibitory neurons, causing an inability to

> relax a contracted muscle. It can affect the autonomic nervous system

> which controls things like breathing, heart rate, and digestion.

>

> In April of 2000, I had gotten a tetanus booster shot, at my request,

> because I stepped on something in the garden. Tetanus toxoid vaccines

> get their immune response from formaldehyde treated toxin, called

> toxoid. This treatment inactivates the toxin, allowing the body to

> create antibodies to the toxin without getting the disease. I believe

> something went wrong with this part of the manufacturing, and some, or

> maybe all of the toxin in the shot I received remained potent. This

> happened once before in Hungary in 1952. A pertussis shot that had

> inadvertantly been contaminated with tetanus toxin, was given to 22

> patients. Eleven of them died. The government did not acknowledge

> the event until 1997. (See the medical journal Lancet (11/22/97)

> Vol.350, No. 9090, P. 1518)

>

> In the summer of 2000, all the right things were done in terms of

> reporting my experience to the FDA and CDC. My doctor and I both

> filed reports with VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System), who

> requested copies of my medical records. And since then, the nation

> has had a critical tetanus vaccine shortage, so I am confident that

> any other unsafe lots have been removed from the market. But it has

> been over a year and there has still not been any official

> confirmation.

>

> I am concerned that other people who received that shot did not

> survive the heart attack. I know that if I had died at that point, my

> family and friends would have been shocked that I had had a heart

> problem, and would not have considered a causal relationship to the

> tetanus booster. In fact, except for my husband, my family did not

> even know I received a booster. I want to provide people with a

> description of my symptoms, so that if they had a family member who

> died suddenly after similar symptoms, they can check to see if the

> person had had a tetanus booster 1 to 2 months before.

>

> The following is a timeline of my symptoms:

>

> Day 1: Received tetanus booster. Minor involuntary contraction of

> forearm muscle when arm is at rest a short time after shot.

> Day 2 and 3: Weak, nauseous, and in bed. Unable to lift arm very

> high. Arm is NOT red, NOT swollen, NOT painful to the touch.

> Day 20: Stiff neck on right side in back. Cannot turn head to right.

> Day 21: Sunburn feeling on neck on right side in back.

> Day 26 and 27: Weak, nauseous, and in bed.

> Day 39 to 55: Increasingly hyperactive with flashes of euphoria, very

> little sleep. If asked at that time, I would have said, " I feel

> better than I have in 10 years. I have so much energy. " (I was

> checked for hyperthyroidism, which my doctor determined was not

> causing my symptoms)

> Day 51: Short of breath, throat feels tight.

> Day 52: Woke up with burning in pectoral muscle, left side. Entire

> diaphragm contracted. Stomach contracted into " fist " . Given valium

> and benadryl at emergency room.

> Day 55: Heart attack in the middle of the night.

>

> The involuntary contraction of my forearm persisted during the entire

> 7-8 week period. It was most prevalent in the evening and in the

> morning upon waking. It was not painful to touch or to move. In

> fact, I kept moving it to avoid feeling it contract up. It was

> visibly subtle and would not be noticed unless I pointed it out. The

> only symptom really visible to family was the increasing

> hyperactivity. It was not subtle and was clearly apparent to my

> doctor. I had very rapid, animated speech and an inability to

> sit still. I appeared happy and very excited. I paced. And although

> they couldn't actually " see " my nausea and weakness, they could see I

> didn't feel well and was in bed those 2 times. They couldn't

> " see " my diaphragm and stomach contract when I went to the emergency

> room upon waking on day 52, but they could see I was very panicked and

> afraid that something was terribly wrong.

>

> I am 5'3 " tall. I would think that for a person smaller than me, the

> timeline of symptoms would be shorter than mine, proportional to the

> difference in size. I requested the file of reported events for the

> lot number of this vaccine from VAERS, and the list specifies the

> state that the patient was from. This lot # was given across the

> country. Reports were filed showing shots were given from Jan/2000

> through Aug/2000.

>

> A tetanus booster given to anyone over the age of 7 would be the

> adult booster, the same as I received. I would be happy to share

> information about the manufacturer and lot # of my shot with anyone

> whose family member died suddenly 1 to 2 months after receiving a

> tetanus booster.

>

> I thank you for your time and giving me the opportunity to share this.

> I'm sorry this is so long. I wanted to be as thorough and accurate as

> I could be.

>

> Thank you,

>

> Diane

> allball2001@y...

>

October 3, 2001

Dear Sheri,

Thanks for forwarding my story to Fran and Alan Yurko. I would be

very interested in knowing how they determined their son's shot had

come from a 'hot lot'.

Diane

> Hi Diane,

> Thanks for sharing your story in detail. How absolutely terrible

and

> terrifying. That is why I'm here to try to be sure these things

don't

> happen to anyone.

>

> I would suggest that all of your symptoms can come from any tetanus

vaccine

> - not necessarily a contaminated one. The vaccines are dangerous

and this

> is how some people react - with various symptoms as you mentioned.

Again,

> doesn't necessarily mean its any more contaminated than they all

are.

> However there are such things as 'hot lots' that are even more

dangerous.

>

> Not sure how you should proceed about finding out about 'hot lots'.

I'll

> forward to Fran & Alan Yurko who have found a hot lot that

contributed to

> their sons death (and Alan's imprisonment for being falsely accused

of

> Shaken Baby)

>

> I have gotten many emails from damaged people from tetanus vaccine

in the

> last year

>

> Sheri

> moderator

> http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/tetanus.htm

>

November 18, 2001

Hi Donna,

Just checking up on you and seeing how you are doing? Were you able to find

any more information?

Were you able to find a homeopath? I just bet it would help