On 15 December 2021 Larry Lowe’s life modified.
He was 54, not often sick, match, wholesome and operating 10km most days – until he got the Pfizer Covid booster.
Inside days he developed numbness in the correct facet of his face and began experiencing ache.
“I had misplaced all the sensation in my face, enamel, nostril, tongue, eye, that entire facet of my head,” he stated.
These signs have unfold via his physique and intensified over time, with medical doctors throughout the UK saying the vaccine is guilty.
Pfizer stated affected person security was paramount and it took reviews of adversarial reactions very severely.
It stated a whole bunch of hundreds of thousands of doses had been administered globally “and the benefit-risk profile of the vaccine stays constructive for all authorised indications and age teams”.
Mr Lowe stated that whereas he was not against vaccines, his life had been destroyed.
The Public Well being Company (PHA) stated the advantages of the vaccines in stopping Covid-19 and critical problems related to it far outweighed any at present recognized unwanted side effects within the majority of sufferers.
Mr Lowe was referred to Man’s and St Thomas’ Hospital in London the place he was instructed the vaccine “was being acknowledged by my physique as a toxin, and that was the reason for my issues”.
He broke down and cried.
“My spouse and I have been sitting on this little room in Westminster with about seven or eight consultants telling me the vaccine had destroyed the nerve on the correct facet of my face, and it was extremely unlikely that I’d ever get better from it,” he stated.
In letters seen by BBC Information NI, London ache administration specialists confirmed the onset of signs might be attributed to the Covid vaccine booster.
In April 2024, Mr Lowe was recognized by a advisor neurologist on the Southern Well being Belief with a “painful trigeminal neuropathy” which had “the Covid vaccine as its important causative issue”.
He additionally developed a small fibre sensory neuropathy which the advisor stated “can be one of many post-vaccine associated neurological shows”.
“I battle after I take into consideration what one other 10 years goes to do to me, as a result of within the three years roughly that I’ve had this, it is destroyed me and it is getting worse,” Mr Lowe stated.
‘Left to only rot’
Mr Lowe, from Omagh, stated the small fibre neuropathy affected his complete physique, from toes to fingertips.
He additionally suffers from dry eye syndrome and wears sun shades inside and outside due to his sensitivity to gentle.
“I really feel as if there’s a clamp on either side of my head, squeezing it on a regular basis,” he stated.
“I have been instructed that my situation is progressive. It’s going to worsen.
“I did not ask for this.
“I took the vaccine in good religion.
“I’ve simply been left to only rot.”
‘Life is barely value dwelling’
“I am in a lot ache, my life is barely value dwelling, aside from my household,” he stated.
“I am not me anymore.
“Earlier than this I used to be in a rock band, lead guitar, singing, writing songs, recording albums, loving it.
“Now that is only a reminiscence.”
The previous school lecturer and musician has needed to medically retire.
“It’s extremely tough to elucidate to individuals what dwelling in power ache is, as a result of individuals consider a toothache or breaking their leg.
“When you break your leg, it begins to get higher.
“My ache is definitely getting worse each single day.”
Mr Lowe praised all of the medical professionals he had seen, who he stated “tried every little thing” to assist him however all they may provide was medicine.
“My GP has been implausible,” he stated.
“However he would not have the magic wand that I want.”
‘They’ve destroyed me’
Mr Lowe stated he would love the stigma taken out of Covid vaccine accidents.
“As soon as I inform folks that I’ve a vaccine harm, they kind of roll their eyes and suppose, oh, not one other one,” he stated.
“This can be a actual factor that I have been handled for a few years now.
“While you speak to individuals about vaccines they are saying, oh, you recognize what? It helps extra individuals than it injures.
“Vaccines are advantageous, not for me, they’ve destroyed me.”
Mr Lowe stated he had by no means been against vaccinations which have been tried and examined.
He added that he was not allowed to take any additional vaccines.
Professor of European public well being on the London College of Hygiene and Tropical Medication, Martin McKee, stated vaccines had been “completely important” to permitting society to maneuver on from the Covid-19 pandemic.
“As soon as the vaccines grew to become obtainable then the dying price fell markedly,” he stated.
Prof McKee stated all vaccines got here with a threat of reactions and there could be “a small variety of reactions” when numerous individuals have been vaccinated.
Whereas he couldn’t touch upon particular person instances, he stated reactions like Mr Lowe’s have been “exceedingly uncommon”.
Mr Lowe stated he had exhausted all of the medicine and coverings obtainable within the UK and they didn’t work.
“I need medical and psychological assist,” he stated.
“That is the compensation I need.
“I need somebody to acknowledge that the vaccine has carried out this.”
His spouse Gini stated life had been extraordinarily robust.
“We have went from a implausible, regular life to our world has been turned the wrong way up,” she stated.
She says Larry cries and screams at night time with the ache.
“We’ve actually misplaced a part of Larry, and that is laborious to take,” she stated.
Dr Louise Herron, deputy director of public well being on the PHA stated all vaccinations and medicines may have some unwanted side effects.
“The most typical unwanted side effects of the Covid-19 vaccine are gentle and get higher inside every week,” she stated.
“As with all vaccines and medicines, the protection of Covid-19 vaccines is being frequently monitored.”
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is liable for regulating medicines, together with vaccines, and conducts strong security monitoring and surveillance of all Covid-19 vaccines within the UK.
It stated vaccination was the only best technique to cut back deaths and extreme sickness from Covid-19.