{"id":1406,"date":"2023-11-19T21:08:59","date_gmt":"2023-11-19T21:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scottishvaccineinjurygroup.org\/?page_id=1406"},"modified":"2023-12-16T12:23:53","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T12:23:53","slug":"laura-copy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scottishvaccineinjurygroup.org\/?page_id=1406","title":{"rendered":"Steve"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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MY NAME is Stephen Bowie, I\u2019m 49 and I suffered an adverse reaction to the AstraZeneca vaccine.<\/strong><\/p>

On May 3 2021 I was driving to work when I started feeling something was very wrong. I pulled over and after a few minutes I decided to get to hospital quickly. I reversed into the parking space perfectly, even though I had to use both hands to get it in reverse and put the handbrake on.<\/strong><\/p>

I walked as fast as I could into the reception, gave the receptionist my details and sat down. Under five minutes later, they called my name; I tried to stand up but couldn\u2019t.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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I was rushed into A&E, I can\u2019t really remember much but I remember being told I had suffered a spinal stroke. I was paralysed from the neck down for two weeks. I was told that I spent two nights in ICU because my blood pressure and temperature had dropped dangerously low.<\/strong><\/p>

I was in the ward for about two weeks when the doctor from A&E came to see me. He told me that someone else had been admitted with a spinal stroke and we both had the AstraZeneca vaccine a few weeks before we were hospitalised. He had filled in a Yellow Card for adverse effects.<\/strong><\/p>

I spent a total of almost three months in hospital and the neurology rehabilitation unit. I had to learn how to do almost everything again, my walking still isn\u2019t that great yet but at least I can walk a little bit.<\/strong><\/p>

I was discharged on July 29 2021 and couldn\u2019t wait to get home. I managed to avoid depression when I was in the hospital but soon after l got home it hit me like a ton of bricks.<\/strong><\/p>

Some of the things I\u2019m suffering with at the moment are depression, anxiety, chronic neck\/back\/leg pain, fatigue, insomnia, twitching, cramps, incontinence and stress, to name a few.<\/strong><\/p>

In April this year I lost my job. They had kept my position open for a year hoping I could go back to work, but unfortunately due to health and safety issues it wasn\u2019t safe for me. I worked there for eight years and in the space of a 30-minute meeting, my job was gone. Something else this vaccine has taken from me.<\/strong><\/p>

Through all this, my fianc\u00e9e Julie has been by my side, I can\u2019t imagine my life without her, she\u2019s my angel and I love her with all my heart. I also want to thank my family and friends for being there for me.<\/strong><\/p>

I left the hospital after my severe reaction to AstraZeneca vaccination and three days later I was told I should take the Pfizer vaccine and that it would be safe for me.<\/strong><\/p>

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Back to Our Stories Steve MY NAME is Stephen Bowie, I\u2019m 49 and I suffered an adverse reaction to the AstraZeneca vaccine. On May 3 2021 I was driving to work when I started feeling something was very wrong. I pulled over and after a few minutes I decided to get to hospital quickly. I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1406","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottishvaccineinjurygroup.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottishvaccineinjurygroup.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottishvaccineinjurygroup.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottishvaccineinjurygroup.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottishvaccineinjurygroup.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1406"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/scottishvaccineinjurygroup.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3563,"href":"https:\/\/scottishvaccineinjurygroup.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1406\/revisions\/3563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottishvaccineinjurygroup.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}