Megan
In 2021, Megan was a healthy, busy mum with a job in insurance and two young children aged 1 and 2.
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However that perfect picture changed the night after Megan’s first vaccine when she got a migraine and felt a bubble around her heart that made her fear she was going to have a heart attack.
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She felt slightly better the next day, but a couple of days later she had her first seizure.
She struggled to be taken seriously by the medical profession and was initially diagnosed with anxiety, but three months on that diagnosis was changed to epilepsy. Since then she has also been diagnosed with a long list of other permanent conditions.
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“The main diagnoses are epilepsy and non epileptic seizure, chronic migraine, POTS, cardiomyalgia, and something called mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS). Before this I only had asthma”
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Her life has changed beyond recognition as she is now disabled and needs mobility aids, can no longer drive, is too unwell to work and her seizures mean it isn’t safe for her to be alone or care for her children herself. Her mum initially gave up her job as a carer to look after Megan and her children, and now Megan’s partner has taken on the role as her carer. She feels she has lost her health and her independence.
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“Before I was driving, I was thriving with life and had a great job with two beautiful children…now I am essentially housebound and often bedridden and can’t spend a lot of time with my children.”
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Megan has been vocal about her experience on social media and has been repeatedly cautioned and had her accounts censored and shut down by social media providers. This is despite the fact that her medical records clearly state that her conditions are as a result of her adverse reaction to the vaccine.
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“I’ve found a new normal, I still have seizures and have to use mobility aids but I’m trying to give my two children the life they deserve"
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