Oh my god, that is absolutely horrible. My thoughts are with her.... what a nightmarish turn her life has taken.

Thanks for posting this.

Holy crap ... thats just ... sad. i mean that poor girl her life is ruined...
it would seem that if 1pct of the population of the US is at risk for this it shouldn't be taken by anyone

Think they'll report this on CNN MSNBC or FOX anytime soon?

After seeing this who would'nt just rather have the Flu for three or four days and be done with it.

No risk of side effects, just a few days of missed work.

This is indeed a sad thing, someone's life so badly blighted by a vaccine. I hope the Mayo Clinic is able to do something to help this poor woman.

While this report is tragic, it doesn't offer us much in the way of useful information. All medical treatments, without exception, carry risk. That risk can include illness, disability, and death. The flu vaccine is going to sicken, cripple, and kill some people this year, as it does every year. As aspirin does. As the flu itself does.

The issue is not whether the vaccine can cause injury or death. We already know it can and does. They all do, and they always have. The issue is whether the risks of the vaccine are outweighed by the risks of the flu. The question isn't whether to take a risk, but to decide which risk seems better.

Most of us hate to think like that. We'd rather believe that, "as long as I take the vaccine, I'm safe", or, "If I just let nature take its course and skip the vaccine, I'll be fine". Most of the time, we're right. But sometimes we're wrong, whichever choice we make. Sometimes, no matter how careful they are, no matter how much they considered their options, learned of all the risks, took all the proper precautions - sometimes people are still struck down.

You can be sure that similar tragedies with vaccines happened last year, and every year before that. They didn't make the news because they're rare and not particularly dramatic. This year, flu is in the news, as is a different type of vaccine (for H1N1, instead of just the seasonal flu). This year, people are wondering whether to take that vaccine. This year, vaccine-related tragedies are making the news. That doesn't mean they are any more dangerous this year than any other year, or that the vaccines are more dangerous than the flu itself. All it means is the news media are going for ratings. This year, flu sells. Next year, you probably won't hear a word about it in the news. Sic transit gloria mundi.

If you're worried about the flu and vaccines, take comfort in the fact that the vast majority of us will get through this flu season just fine, with nothing worse than a few days of misery at most.

I wonder if she got her $24.99 that she paid for the shot refunded?

While many cases of dystonia have no obvious cause, the disorder sometimes results from an underlying neurological problem, such as:

Traumatic brain injury
Stroke
Brain tumor
Oxygen deprivation
Infections, such as tuberculosis or encephalitis
Reactions to certain drugs
Heavy metal or carbon monoxide poisoning

I think I got most of those when I mentioned heavy metal poisoning, neurological events (stroke, low O2 sat, tumor) or meningeal infection. If I did, in fact, miss something, thanks for posting it =) More info is always better.

I'm starting to get tired of the questions people are still asking: Should we get the vaccine?

If you want to get disabled, sick, or die, then just take it already.

If you really can't make up your mind with something that takes 2 seconds to think about, then you deserve everything that happens to you.

Do I feel sorry for her? Not really, I mean yes it's horrible that it happened to her, but there are MANY stupid people out there.