Did You Know Vaccines Can Give You Lupus? Neither did I...Until It Happened to Me

During my pregnancy I noticed a lot of joint pain. I just thought it was pregnancy related.

Did you know, during pregnancy, your body slowly releases hormones to make you more flexible? Then, during labor, you get a gush of additional hormones (if you take pitocin, it actually slows down these hormones, making you less flexible, causing you more pain, and increasing your chances of tearing.

Anyway when the baby arrived, the joint pain just got worse and worse. I was spraining my ankles for no reason. My fingers were swollen. I seemed to injure myself doing silly things, like opening a jar of pickles.

And other things were happening. I had constant brain fog. I had psoriasis flare up *all* over my body (I had huge psoriasis scabs all over my body, including my face, & sensitive areas like my breasts). Trust me, even though this looks horrible, it was the least of my problems, and nothing at all compared to the joint pain.

My body couldn't regulate temperature any more (I couldn't tell if I was freezing or burning up. I would go outside in the snow, I would bundle up in down comforters in 90 degree weather). And my sweat glands went nuts - I was sweating all the time, and smelled bad. I mean, taking 2-3 showers a day, and still smelled homeless. I'm not exaggerating at all.

I went to several doctors, who prescribed me skin care for the psoriasis, and had no other suggestions. I finally went to a chiropractor, who said, there is something really wrong here. Do you have a family history of connective joint disorders? No... Well, he said, I'm referring you to a clinic for some X-rays.

So the X-rays come back ... I have rheumatoid arthritis in all my joints. I have 20+ sprains throughout my body. My toes have started to mutate (as I write, my toes do not function at all, they do not bend, I can no longer run, bike, ski, or any of the things I used to do). And my hand strength (measured with a device) went from 80 pounds to 2 pounds. I can no longer open a jar of pickles, or even pop open a soda can.

So what the heck is going on here? I went to a rheumatologist who diagnosed me with rheumatoid arthritis...even though I have no family history, and he can't explain the other symptoms.

I then went to a dermatologist who diagnosed me with psoriatic arthritis...even though I have no family history, and he can't explain the other symptoms.

Then I went to a bone and joint specialist, who diagnosed me with connective tissue disorder...even though I have no family history, and he can't explain the other symptoms.

I won't bore you with the other doctors I visited, but finally went out of state to immunology specialists at a university hospital. It was definitely drug-induced Lupus.

So I was surprised to learn, they created a new category of disease to cover all of these other diseases. It's called ASIA (autoimmune inflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants). Adjuvants are things like mercury and aluminum, used as preservatives in most vaccines:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20708902

I was also surprised to learn that the most common demographic to get rheumatoid arthritis is no longer seniors ... it's teenage girls. They are pushing the Gardasil vaccine in middle schools, and these girls are having reactions at alarming rates.

Every arthritis doctor I went to, I was there with a dozen teenage girls (very few elderly people). Here's a Youtube of a parent, showing what the Gardasil shot did to her previously healthy teenage daughter (and, yup, this is what I was like after the symptoms started surfacing, there were days I couldn't walk, stand, or evey bend my knees or fingers):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5GquxhjDRY

So after tests and more tests, it turns I had a severe reaction to the Gardasil shot (among other things, it contains aluminum, which I'm allergic to). I had my aluminum levels tested, and I was off the charts. I had 300% higher than acceptable levels of aluminum.

At this point, it was too late for traditional chelation, so we tried 6 months of natural and dietary chelation, which actually helped quite a bit. But the damage is already done to my joints and toes. I will never walk normally again.

I take dozens of pills every day, go to physical therapy 3-5 times per week, none of which is covered by our stupid healthcare plan (it's considered experimental, out of network, or alternative). So I don't have time to work, and picked up another $25,000 per year in medical expenses.

I don't have the hand strength to shift a car into drive, so we had to buy a handicap-accessible minivan, with automatic doors and push button shifters (add another $15,000 in illness-related expenses). Fortunately my husband is good with money, but after working 10-12 hour days, he comes home and basically takes care of me AND our two kids. Oh yeah, and my parents won't talk to me (they are very pro-vaccine, and somehow, my illness offends them on a political level). So we have no help from family, not even birthday or Christmas cards for my children.

(btw, my doctors gave me a handicap sticker, and would you believe, a cop harassed me the other day because I didn't "look" handicapped!! I was carrying my 2 yr old child into the store, and remember, I have no functioning toes! Not to mention the joint pain and no hand strength)

Then I find out this shot actually has no hope of preventing HPV (the only reason I got the damned thing). Quote: "HPV vaccines have not been demonstrated to prevent any cervical cancers so why are they being promoted as cervical cancer vaccines?":

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3565961/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3482043/

I could go on and on, but my point is not to complain about how rough things are, or how this shot has ruined our lives. Rather, I just want to warn people. I beg you not give this to your teenage daughter. I don't have a political or financial agenda, I'm not selling a book or vitamins or anything like that. I'm sad for myself and my loss of livelihood, but it just breaks my heart ten-fold to see these young girls at the doctor's office with arthritis and the same symptoms I have. If any school nurse tried to give this to my daughter, I would go ballistic!!! They haven't visited the waiting rooms, or seen the fallout from these unsafe, unproven medications.

And by the way, there is currently a blackout on all reporting of problems with Gardasil. They don't want to hear it. Try it yourself - call Merck to say you are reporting a Gardasil side effect, and you will get transferred 2 or 3 times before they just hang up on you. Anyone that says these things are tested and safe don't know what they're talking about - there was only one initial trial (which injured 77% of recipients, according to the FDA), but it had preapproval and they are not collecting any more reports of adverse effects.