Posted On: August 6, 2008 by Erin Brockovich

Gardasil

We have been spending our days getting all our ducks armed for bear and in a row--all of our anti-Gardasil ducks, that is. From checking my various areas on the internet, to finding moderators to listening to the tragic and painful stories of victims of the Gardasil vaccine, it has been a very busy time for me and my team.

Gardasil, as you should know by now, is an HPV vaccine sold by MERCK, a vaccine with a flawed marketing campaign targeting young girls. The premise is that the vaccine will protect young girls from cervical cancer, as well as a couple of varieties of HPV. But the vaccine is NOT a cancer preventative, and it has not been thoroughly tested. Not only does Gardasil not protect everyone, it does not prevent all types of cervical cancer. According to current science, there are fifteen types of HPV associated with cervical cancer but Gardasil only counters HPV types 16 and 18. The vaccine requires three doses to start and scientists don't even know how frequently boosters will be needed. They don't know because they did not adequately research this before putting the vaccine out on the market using our young girls as guinea pigs.

MERCK was even pushing to have this untried vaccine REQUIRED by states. Governer Perry of Texas--who bypassed the state legislation with an executive order--has ties to Merck. Mike Toomey, Perry’s former chief of staff is one of the drug company’s three lobbyists in Texas. The governor also received $6,000 from Merck’s political action committee during his re-election campaign. "Merck is bankrolling efforts to pass state laws across the country mandating Gardasil for girls as young as 11 or 12." As a mother, should I have to sign a waver to protect my daughter from having a potentially dangerous vaccine forced on her?

What makes this vaccine so terrible? It's not just the fear that some parents have that administering a vaccine against stds to nine year olds will encourage sexual activity. The concern is based on much more concrete issues than that. 7195 of them, in fact.

The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) now has 7195 individual adverse reactions listed--and as it is a database not everyone knows about, not all of the adverse reactions are being reported. The Centers for Disease Control report over 9,000 adverse reactions for Gardasil. There is a rising total of deaths connected with the administration of this vaccine; as well as have been reports of seizure activity, tingling, numbness and loss of sensation in the fingers and limbs. There is serious question about girls initially having short-term health problems associated with getting this vaccine that could turn into long-term neurological or immune system disorders; and there is serious question about administering this vaccine at the same time as others.


Gardasil is a vaccine developed by Merck to prevent Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). HPV is known to cause cervical cancer. Although Merck has claimed that Gardasil has no significant side effects, reports filed with the FDA suggest otherwise.

The FDA Vaccine Adverse Effect Reporting System has more than 8,000 incidents associated with Gardasil. The most serious complications reported include death and the development of blood clots.

If you or a loved suffered a serious adverse event, such as death, disability or blood clot following the administration of Gardasil, please contact me erin@brockovich.com. I will have one of our staff of experienced attorneys review your claim to advise you about your rights.

Erin Brockovich

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As stated on my myspace page,

http://www.myspace.com/coaltardye

There are many mitigating circumstances for the cancers that come from HPV, and many other cancers could be attributed to the predisposition for problems caused by the extensive 102+ years worth of DNA that has been damaged by consuming petroleum and wood based coal tar food additives. (Color, Flavor and the Preservatives BHA BHT and TBHQ)

Most doctors and, or the entire medical community at large have chosen to ignore, or are simply ignorant to the damage and dangers of consuming these known group one carcinogens, or perhaps they have an undying faith in the Food and Drug Administration.

They are all in denial!

The inability to rationalize is one of the biggest problems caused by humans ingesting these toxins.

I have had such a horrible time trying to get people to believe in what I have found as being the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth that I often feel that I should have given up a long time ago, but as you stated in your email, you told me to stick to it and not give up. And I haven't, I must thank you for giving me the will and my sticktoitiveness to continue growing and learning about just how bad these toxins are for all humans.

I hope my messages reaches more people, the mass media refuses to even report my own personal story.

But I still refuse to surrender.
I will not give up, I will go to my grave knowing that I left my mark on the lives of so many people needlessly suffering, if only I could get more to understand and believe, My motivation is that the parents of autistic children should see an marked improvement in their childrens problems by simply following my advice and avoid all artificial food additives.

If one child is helped by my hard work than I will be satisfied with my efforts!

Thank you for being my inspiration and for everything you have done for so many people.

Erin, You're the best!

We received a letter from school stapled to our daughter's report card the end of last year that more or less suggested that she should get an HPV shot (at 12), and where we could get it. (Department of Heath and Human Services, Vaccine Information Statement, 2/2/07)

It does not list the company name, or Gardasil, just HPV vaccine.

The flyer (that I have here in front of me) claims that this vaccine is "routinely recommended" for girls 11-12 and may be given to girls as young as 9.

I thought it was fairly new (I had read about it in the news), so I found that hard to believe. Told her it'd be great if it worked, and we'd watch it for the next couple years.

After reading this article, I really hope I'm not the only parent in our district who didn't think it'd been tested long enough!


I am a 16 year old victim of the gardasil vaccine! After I had the shot I became ill. Two weeks later I could not wake up, walk, or talk. I would have died if my boyfriend would have never almarmed my mother of my weird behavior I would have died in my sleep. Soon after I was diagnose with Miller Phiser varient of Guillian bre. My primary doctor soon linked the two but will not state his positivity due to legal reasons. Now I still suffer. I have consint migrains, and joint pain along with swelling. I no longer can attend school for it is to painful to bare. I love to learn I hate that my education is at risk because i was trying to protect myself. Now I fear i will never be the same.
I WANT MY LIFE BACK!

When my husband and I saw this commercial on TV a while ago my husband asked me, "are you going to get that for our daughter?" I looked at him like he was crazy because who in the hell thinks a vaccination that cures cancer doesnt sound like a risk? Let me restate that. Who in the hell would let their child get this vaccine without at least 20 years of research? Cause that is what it would take for me to let my child ingest a cancer curing vaccine. Reminds me of the cure all Vioxx and Meridia. I would rather put my child's life in the hands of a higher power than a man-made machine called the FDA

Erin,

I happened to run across your blog doing some research for a paper I'm writing about "Erin Brockovich" the film.

I appreciate that you posted this information about Gardisil. I have a daughter who will turn fifteen in a few months, and another daughter who is nine. I was considering getting my older daughter vaccinated with Gardisil, but now I will absolutely not!

I will be sure to pass this information along.

Sincerely,

Vanessa

Hi Erin

I live in the UK and the authorities here have started vaccinations of young girls using Cervarix as the preferred choice of drug against cervical cancer rather than Gardasil. The choice of Cervarix appears to be due to cost and GlaxoSmithKline has captured the UK market as a result. I was not aware of the problems of Gardasil and now I am worried about what Cervarix could do. Cervarix has side affects and it is still so new, having been rushed to the market. Cervarix has no track record as yet but the British authorities are going to vaccinate all school age girls with it. If there is something wrong with this drug a whole generation of British girls could suffer. I am writing to my member of parliament Bob Russell about my concerns.

I got the Gardisil injection, and no body I know got sick... I am from Australia and I haven't heard of the problems that come from it. I am kind of scared now!
But I will tell you if anything comes up.

I am doing you for my year 9 Night of the Notables!
I have to dress up as you :|

Rachel.

i just read this blog i got my 9 yr old the shot she has had the first two doses but now im scared for her to get the third dose....when i was pregnant with my now 2 yr old daughter they found precancerious cells on my cervix and i had to have them removed after having the baby and i freaked thinking my kids could get this to so when i saw they had the shot for it i wanted to protect them now im worried that i could have damaged my daughter by making her get the shot...any advice..

shannon

My daughter was 14 when she received her 1st shot last November, it was administered with the flu shot. We were getting ready to drive to our familys for the holidays and I didn't want to risk her getting the flu. By the time we made the 24 hour drive she was running a fever and vomiting. She was in bed for the entire Thanksgiving Holiday. She had terrible headaches and couldn't hardly move. When I returned home she had a doctors appt. I told her doctor how sick she was. The doctor blamed it on a bad flu vaccine. I trusted her doctor and thought that was the worse case of the flu I had ever seen. Shortly after that my daughter started having shooting pains in her arms and legs. I took her to the doctor and he said it was stress. Okay....I didn't quite buy it. Then her foot starting hurting really bad and she could hardly walk because of the pain. I started icing her feet every day. We thought maybe it was a callous, I put mole skin on it and got gel insoles for her shoes. I took her to another doctor who said it was plantar fascitis, I asked him straight out if he thought she had periphreal neuropathy. He totally dismissed it.
Guess what ...Its periphreal neurapathy. Who ever heard of a 15 year old getting periphreal neurapaty? Well shortly after that the other foot started burning with pain. she was wearing 2 com casts to protect her feet. Well shortly after that she started fainting all the time. She literally collaspes after any excertion. She can barely stand any more. Of course none of the doctors will admit that she has been poisoned by gardasil. I know that she has been. These are the symptons:
Migrane headaches almost daily
fainting
periphreal neurapathy
clammyness
fatigue
seizures
bloody stools
no periods since i can remember
high blood sugar

she was known to have several allergies before the injection and polycystic ovary syndrome
she is seriously ill and none of the doctors are taking her illness seriously

My daughter was 14 when she received her 1st shot last November, it was administered with the flu shot. We were getting ready to drive to our familys for the holidays and I didn't want to risk her getting the flu. By the time we made the 24 hour drive she was running a fever and vomiting. She was in bed for the entire Thanksgiving Holiday. She had terrible headaches and couldn't hardly move. When I returned home she had a doctors appt. I told her doctor how sick she was. The doctor blamed it on a bad flu vaccine. I trusted her doctor and thought that was the worse case of the flu I had ever seen. Shortly after that my daughter started having shooting pains in her arms and legs. I took her to the doctor and he said it was stress. Okay....I didn't quite buy it. Then her foot starting hurting really bad and she could hardly walk because of the pain. I started icing her feet every day. We thought maybe it was a callous, I put mole skin on it and got gel insoles for her shoes. I took her to another doctor who said it was plantar fascitis, I asked him straight out if he thought she had periphreal neuropathy. He totally dismissed it.
Guess what ...Its periphreal neurapathy. Who ever heard of a 15 year old getting periphreal neurapaty? Well shortly after that the other foot started burning with pain. she was wearing 2 com casts to protect her feet. Well shortly after that she started fainting all the time. She literally collaspes after any excertion. She can barely stand any more. Of course none of the doctors will admit that she has been poisoned by gardasil. I know that she has been. These are the symptons:
Migrane headaches almost daily
fainting
periphreal neurapathy
clammyness
fatigue
seizures
bloody stools
no periods since i can remember
high blood sugar

she was known to have several allergies before the injection and polycystic ovary syndrome
she is seriously ill and none of the doctors are taking her illness seriously

I have been following the Gardisil epic and just read some of the postings. Why in the world would you people get your children these shots without more research? And, by the way, the flu shots don't work anymore than the Gardisil, do your research people before you kill your kids so the vaccine business can make more money (and have you sign off so you can't sue them.) If more people start asking questions, maybe the vaccine companies will need to come up with safer medicines.

Hi Erin, I was given your web sight by a good friend I met on a blog. I know you will know me when I mention Jessie Ericzon, my granddaughter who died two days after her third shot of Gardasil. We cry every time we hear of another of our girls dying from the vaccine that is to prevent them from having cervical cancer. There is a movement that has started to fight Merck to the end. We will win this war because we have people like you and others that are fighting along side us, the families that have lost our children and young women to a lie called Gardasil.

Hi Erin. I've been doing a lot of research on this "vaccine". My daughter will be 11 in about 2 months and my husband and I were told that she has to get this vaccine. When I questioned this it was because the state (VA) mandated it for all rising 6th graders. My husband and I were not going to get this vaccine for her due to lack of knowledge of what this vaccine could do to her or her children. I feel like we are backed in a corner with the state making it a requirement. There is no "opt-out" option for VA according to the state they are "looking into it". After reading all the other posts and searching the internet and seeing all the horrific side affects I'm very worried about my daughter's safety. How can I protect mine and my daughter's rights?

gardasil killed our daughter,17 year old jessica ericzon,we are in contact with the firm that Erin works for. thankyou Erin for your support for the past year. denise-Jessies grandmother has been a great help. God Bless Erin

If you want to condemn generations of women to the horrible death that is cervical cancer, keep it up. Because that is what you are doing. I have seen this disease all the way to the end, and it was not a painless, quick, or dignified end.

You people ought to be tried as accessories to murder.

Re: If you want to condemn generations of women to the horrible death that is cervical cancer, keep it up.

The vaccine does NOT PREVENT CANCER.

IT acts against a couple of the many many many strains of HPV. A few of the strains of HPV MIGHT be related to cancer--

They don't even know how long the vaccine will last, or if it needs boosters, OR if the strains it works against are the ones that are related to cancer.

And yet it is being marketed as a cure for cancer. IT JUST ISN'T SO. All I know is that I don't want MY daughter used as a guinea pig for a vaccine that might work on part of some of the problem, and just as likely has NEGATIVE health repercussions--especially if the individual taking the vaccine has some underling lyme disease or Guillain-Barré syndrome

Hi Erin,
In Aug of 2007 my Daughter started the Gardasil series. After only 1 injection and 10 days later we took our 1st trip to the emergency room when she could no longer stand and was blue in color. Spent the weekend in the hospital not really knowing what was wrong. They claimed heart palpitations and abnormal blood pressure and asked her if she had done any drugs. She had headaches in between and and dizziness up to her next shot. Then only 5 days later another trip to the hospital. Same things. Turned blue in the shower, curled up in the fetal position. Just lying there non responsive and shaking. Again, no one could figure it out! Now they said maybe Manieres Disease. After months of going back and forth, to many Doctors her Neurologist finally got a Doctor who specialized in her symptoms to come here to Colorado and test her to see if we could get some answers. She was able to find that She has Disautonomia with Orthostatic Intolerance (her body has the inabilty to control her blood pressure and heart rate at the same time). This is usually caused by a vaccine and the only vaccine she had done was the Gardasil. Other symptoms are she looses clumps of her hair now, has horrible migraines, is consistently dizzy, has chest pain, has a compromised immune system and due to that has now had MRSA (Rapid Resistant Staff) twice and been hospitalized. There are times when the flare ups are bad and she just can't get out of bed. She is in bed for days. She can sleep for 18 hours straight! She has many medications she takes daily just to make it through. She is on heavy anxiety meds because she feels so overwhelmed with how her life is now. She was a straight A student her whole life until Aug of 07. Now her life as she has always know it has been taken from her. It doesn't seem fair. If you have any information that can help me or anyone that I can talk to that is closer to Colorado please help. The medical bills are piling up and I just don't know what to do anymore. Someone suggested to me that I contact a lawyer so here I am. Thanks for listening.
Dianna

Dear Ms. Brockovich,My name is Teri Collins and my daughter Amber Leigh Kaufmann is one of those deaths listed as "cardiac disturbance unknown etiology." She had her second Gardasil injection on 3/31/08 and collapsed on her way into work on 4/3/08, with in 72 hours. She had a seizure and her she went in to cardiac arrest. Her heart was started but she never regained consciousness. I am in contact with 4 other parents whose daughter's have similar stories. All we can do now is talk to as many people as possible so another family doesn't have to go through what we have. One of the other comments on your blog was "why aren't these parents researching this vaccine before killing their kids?" I did research this vaccine in 2006! The vaccine had been out for 2 years, the information that is out there now was not in 2006! I trusted my doctor, Merck, and the FDA. People should think before they comment on something they know nothing about. I appreciate your concern and willingness to help. If there is anything else you need to know please contact me.

This vaccine is "mandatory" for young immigrant women between 11 and 26 years old.
We are near to get our green card and is mandatory that our 11 years old doughter recive the Gradasil vacine. Can we do samething legal to avoid this ?

Before anyone listens to this article they should do some research. If you do then you'll take Erin's opinions with a grain of salt. This is an excellent article that all parents should read if they love their children (http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/40724.php)

First, while it is true that "only" two stains of HPV are covered by some vaccines (some cover more) those two strains account for over 70% of cervical cancers cases world wide (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15197783) - that’s a pretty big number! And I don't think anyone ever claimed that its a "cure" for cancer.

Second, cervical cancer accounts for 270,000 worldwide and 4,000 deaths in America each year. So if ever women in America had this vaccine before becoming sexually active that would mean that the lives 190,000 women worldwide 2,800 women each year would be saved. Think of it this way - more women die of prevent cervical cancer each year than died on September 11!

Third, while there is a risk with the vaccine (as there is with anything) the benefits far outweigh the risk. The 8,000 complaints that Erin sites come out of over 16 million doses that were administrated in the US – and 94% of these were proven to be non serious (for example headaches) (http://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/vaers/FDA_and_CDC_Statement.htm). And even the serious cases may have nothing to do with the vaccine. Compare to this to the 4,000 women who die each year in America from cervical cancer (2,800 of which would be prevented by the vaccine) and you will see why the “so-called risk” for the vaccine is very small. The research in the vaccine is almost 20 years old and is very safe. There’s a much larger risk that your child will be killed in a car accident, but that doesn’t stop anyone from driving does it.

Finally, the thought that the vaccine will make girls more promiscuous is foolish. There’s no evidence at all to say this is the truth and is simply scare mongering. Teenagers will engage in sexual activity because of hormones not because of a vaccine.

To me, not allowing your daughter to have this vaccine is an example child abuse. Sure you could wait for 20 years, but that means that’s 80,000 more American women will die of the cervical caner and 56,000 of these women could have been saved by the vaccine. How will you ever be able to live with yourself if your daughter is one of those women? Make no mistake, her blood would be on your hands. If you’re lucky they you would have already passed over, but it would still be up to their husbands and children to deal with her death. All of which could have been avoided if you had just vaccinated her as teenager.

There are teens that HAVE DIED from this vaccination! There is a petition in place for this vaccine to be investigated further as it has possibly caused over 25 deaths and physically disabled thousands of others with paralysis, seizures, migraine and a multitude of other severe if not life-threatening ailments. Sign the petition so that further investigation is conducted - and get the real facts no matter what side of this issue you are on. Go to www.thepetitionsite.com/14/investigate-gardasil-vaccine-risks-now

I live in New Zealand and have been following the Gardasil controversy on the internet. Our government have just introduced the vaccine here literally last week. I have told every mother of daughters I know to inform themeselves about the dangers of the vaccine but there is little or no information about the dangers in the mainstream media. I wish the media would really enlighten people as to what is going on here. I feel so upset to hear these terrible stories of girls who have had the vaccine. What would we do without people like Erin Brockovich?

Erin,

I'm grateful for your page! I just learned about the effects of Gardasil and I will not have my daughters take this shot. I even researched the FDA reports on this drug to see if this drug was thoroughly studied, and of course it was NOT!

http://www.fda.gov/cber/approvltr/hpvmer060806L.htm

I'm letting everyone I know about this. Our children should not be Guinea Pigs! Aloha

Everyday my wife and I thank Jesus Christ for our
daughter's life. When my wife & I hear and read all
the HORROR STORIES of Gardasil's deadly effects on
many, many young women and their famlilies, it brings us to tears to the point of making us sick. We pray that God will touch the families of the
young women who have died and those families who
daughters,who struggle to live
IT IS TIME to warn other young women and their families to stay away from getting this shot that seems tocause serious health complications and/or death.
MAY GOD BLESS AND PROTECT ALL WHO READ THIS.

SIGNED

A THANKFUL MOM AND DAD.

When I think of all the HORROR STORIES

Everyday my wife and I thank Jesus Christ for our
daughter's life. When my wife & I hear and read all
the HORROR STORIES of Gardasil's deadly effects on
many, many young women and their famlilies, it brings us to tears to the point of making us sick. We pray that God will touch the families of the
young women who have died and those families who
daughters,who struggle to live
IT IS TIME to warn other young women and their families to stay away from getting this shot that seems to cause serious health complications and/or death.
MAY GOD BLESS AND PROTECT ALL WHO READ THIS.

SIGNED

A THANKFUL MOM AND DAD.

When I think of all the HORROR STORIES

Following the Gardasil injections, my daughter developed a gradual onset of symptoms, including debilitating joint pain, arthritis, fatigue, severe headaches with vomiting and light sensitivity, and dizziness, that carried on for more than 12 months. Only following treatment with prednisone, have some of the symptoms settled down enough so that she can attend classes. The symptoms, however, have not gone away. She still has her 'bad' days and deals with fatigue and 'brain fog'. The specialist does NOT know the cause and her many tests are normal

I wish that I had googled Gardasil side effects or adverse events, before my daughter had the injection.

JOIN US IN SIGNING THE PETITION TO CONGRESS TO INVESTIGATE GARDASIL RISKS, NOW11

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/14/investigate-gardasil-vaccine-risks-now

My girl friend is a Gardasil victim. THe drug made her bed ridden for three months and she still hasn't recovered. But she is too afraid to contact anyone about it. Merck must pay big for this crap!

My daughter got the vaccine, May 24,2008 and within days was unable to breathe and having chest pains.She ended up in ICU and now ten months later is still sick.She has many many side effects and the doctors have no clue how to help her. She was running up to ten miles a day before the shot and within a couple days of getting it, needed help to walk across the room.She was being recruited by colleges because of her talent in track and cross country, but has had to drop out of school because she is too weak to attend. This vaccine has got to be pulled and Merck has got to be stopped!

And for those of you that have made comments about why didn't we do our research, well, I asked my doctor every question I could think of.I told him it was new vaccine and I was told "No,that's a common misconception, it's been around for over twenty years in the testing phase". As well as a few other things I have since found out NOT to be true. Even the sheet they give you at the dr's office only has a few side effects on it. We, who have daughters effected by this vaccine have enough guilt about letting our daughters get vaccinated with out being told it's our fault.

And for those of you that say it's child abuse to NOT get your child vaccinated, well come spend a day with my daughter and I. See what she has to go through every single day of her life.She is 17 and having to take over 15 pills a day.A lot of times she is too weak to walk to the bathroom alone, her headaches are so bad she looses vision, her stomach hurts so bad she curls into a ball and cries because of the pain.Her chest hurts so bad she can't move, her hair is falling out, she is too weak to do anything but yet has insomnia so she can't sleep.A lot of times she says she feels like she is trying to breathe thru a blanket, she is so short of breath.And I could go on and on! You wanna holler about child abuse? You should be looking in Merck's direction.

I just want to say to the people who would defend the Gardasil vaccine obviously has had no personal life changing experience from it. I was vaccinated on 3/28/08 and by 4/08/08 I was at the Dr. with severe foot & leg pain. I mentioned to him about the vaccine but he did not follow through so I dismissed it although I had my suspicions. I have always walked 3-4 miles a day for years and been very healthy until the vaccine. I have been to 5 different Dr's and all have done the traditional treatment for the described pain and all have been left shaking their head with no results. After a year of constant pain I decided to research the vaccine again myself and was shocked to read the stories with the similarities to mine. I mentioned it to my 5th and last Dr. which he was very alarmed about the vaccine and my symptoms and explained to me how the vaccines can affect people, and absolutely can give them the conditions as I had been describing, he wishes I would have told him sooner. Now I am being referred to a Neurologists who has luckily been educating himself on this vaccine and it's disasteris side effects. It has changed my life in the last year, I have burning hurting pain in both feet and up into my calves and can't do the things I love to do anymore (driving is even a painful task). I am now having pain in my wrists and hands, so wondering what else is yet to come from Gardasil we don't even know about. I don't know about you, but it scares the hell out of me.

My daughter is 14 years old and ressembles so many of you. Her first shot was in October 2008 when she told us that this was the best year of her life. She was doing well in track,and captain of her gr. 8 basketball team. She was also starting her 9th year of karate and dancing classes as well as any activity going. Then the headaches and stomacheaches started,then the dizzyness and into December, weight loss,forgetfulness,zoning-out, collapsing and tremors that would cause her to shake uncontrollably and at times to vomit from the pain and dizzyness. We have a history of brain tumors and were terrified that this was her diagnosis and as we waited for results from an MRI (the CAT scan had shown nothing)we did not remember that she was getting a second shot(didn't realize she was getting it the first day back at school and had not made any connection because of the history) and she was given the second one January 5th before we could link anything.By the end of the month her blank stares were beginning to resemble small seizures and she said she was zoning out often and declared that it was "normal now". In February she began to hallucinate and has done so ever since. The intensity of the headaches has worsened to the point that she has not played basketbal in months nor has she been able to learn her recital dance.She has experienced numbness in her right arm and hand and could barely use it for a week. She is now experiencing trouble in school, and elsewhere, with her memory. She has always been an A+ student and just this week was, thank God, allowed THREE tries to finish a math test because the teacher knows she could do the work just the day before but could not remember it the next day. She suffers from blurred vision dizzyness and headaches that threaten to change the course of her entire future. We have just started accupunture in the hopes that it might help her SYMPTOMS but we can't find a cure because the tests all come back negative and the suggestion has been made (we were sent to CHEO in Ottawa to be tested at the hospital by a neurologist) that she is overtired and slightly depressed !!?? Well she may be that soon enough if she has to continue to endure pain and suffering for much longer. Does anyone have any light at the end of the tunnel to help us out? Have you tried ANY treatment or therapy that seems to help? My baby is SO strong and she refuses to give up and goes to school each day and tries.She is in a singing competition at the end of this month and has already had to face the fact that she will not be in the dance recital. We have to give each other hope because I know ALL of our girls are going to get better. I think we are all open to suggestions because we all want to bring this horrible nightmare to an end.
April 5th 2009

My daughter, Victoria, has been ill since February 2008. I just wanted to send an update with regard to her condition.

Here is some history. I will be as brief as possible. My daughter had her first Gardasil vaccination November 2007. Her second vaccination was in the beginning of February 2008. Immediately after her second vaccination, Victoria experienced severe diarrhea and was nauseous for about eight weeks. She had blood work done many times and doctors thought she had a virus. On March 31, 2008, she had her first seizure. My daughter has treated with many neurologists, all of whom have not related her seizures to Gardasil. I have found over the internet through my numerous postings and also through this blog, hundreds of girls who are all experiencing the same symptoms, which occurred after the Gardasil vaccination. We have actually formed a group and share our daughters' stories, symptoms and information. My daughter has had CT scans, MRI's, MRA's, EEG's, blood work and was hospitalized at an epilepsy center in the video EEG monitoring unit for two separate weeks in May 2008 and September 2008. She was put on many different seizure medications. After the normal EEG results, she was taken off all medications. Her SED rate has always been high and she does have protein in her urine, but doctors do not seem concerned. I was told that her red blood are small, but this apparently is not concerning either.

My daughter has been seen by several neurologists, a psychiatrist, psychologist, several neuropsychologists, an immunologist, several infectious disease doctors, and also treated a at Wellness Center for a period of time. Wellness Center physicians believe that my daughter may have Lyme disease that was dormant until the Gardasil vaccine. Infectious disease doctors differ. Which doctors are correct? I have no idea.

My daughter currently experiences the following symptoms: non-epileptic seizures, migraines, fainting, tremors, twitches, numbness, intermittent leg paralysis and facial paralysis, tingling, staring or blank episodes, eye pain, joint pain, neck pain, back pain, memory loss, confusion, brain fog, regression, mood swings and chronic fatigue. She continues to have bouts of nausea and diarrhea. She has not been in school since April 2008. My daughter can never be left home alone. She can't go to school, go out with her friends or work or has little "normalcy" in her life. She has very few good days and always says she doesn't feel good.

I do not know which way to turn for help. We have seen so many doctors and I can't seem to find anyone willing to help my daughter. There are so many other young girls who have the same exact symptoms as my daughter and the one thing that all of the girls seem to have in common is the Gardasil vaccination.

We are on a fixed income, as most people, and we have expended many thousands of dollars in an effort to seek medical opinions and assistance. Although we do have medical insurance, it is very difficult to find doctors willing to treat my daughter who will accept our HMO. Also, there are no "traditional medical doctors" who will relate my daughter's symptoms to Gardasil as I am told "there is not enough information available" about the vaccine and doctors believe it to be "safe". The vaccine has been available for less than three years. Meanwhile, there are some doctors who are making the correlation between Gardasil and many of the girls' symptoms. However, the only doctors I know of right now are in California and Kansas. Other doctors are willing to "try" treatment, most of which is "homeopathic" in nature and extremely costly. Once again, I must reiterate that there are so many other young girls experiencing negative symptoms.

Each and every night, I check on my daughter many times in the middle of the night to make sure she is still breathing (like we ALL did when they were babies). I have a chime on her bedroom door so that every time she opens it, I know she has walked out of her room. I had a deadbolt put on the front door of our home with a key that can be removed from the inside. I never leave the key in the door for fear that Victoria will be confused after a seizure or when she has memory loss, and leave our home. (This has happened many times and she has been missing). When she is in the shower, I have to either stand outside the door and/or keep asking her "are you okay?" My daughter recently had what resembled stroke-like symptoms where her mouth "drooped" and was paralyzed. She was unable to speak.

Each and everyday, I cry and wonder if Victoria will be next one to die from adverse reactions to Gardasil.

We are in desperate need of medical treatment for my daughter. I have run out of ideas, doctors to treat with and finances have dwindled. I do not know which direction to turn. Any thoughts are most appreciated, especially from the medical community.

The National Vaccine Information Center is in the process of circulating a petition to have Gardasil investigated by the government. There are more than 15,000 reported cases of adverse effects from the vaccine which have been reported to the NVIC (many of the adverse effects are extremely serious) and approximately 38 deaths have been reported.

Please feel free to forward this information.

Thank you for your time and attention.
Jodi Speakman
(267) 939-0591
Jodispeaks@aol.com

P.S. My daughter's story is posted on the NVIC website.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/14/investigate-gardasil-vaccine-risks-now

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/posted.php?id=547704835&share_id=76759221290#s76759221290

Hi everyone!

I too have just had a second shot of Gardasil. But first i would like to say bless you all who are going through life changes that were no fault of your own but clearly the fault of that awful vaccination called Gardasil.

I am a Uk citizen soon to emigrate to the USA. My husband is american and my son and i are heading to the states this summer. Unfortunately the immigration of USA require all immigrant women to be vaccinated with this HPV vaccination so i had no choice. We in the UK strongly believe in Human rights...similarly to the USA being known as the "land of the free" so i am extremely upset that i have had to have this vaccine against my will in order for my son and i to be reunited with my husband..who is serving in the United States Airforce.

I have had two of 3 shots and i WILL NOT be getting the third. I was fine after the first shot and i had my 2nd 4 days ago and since i have been having dizzy spells. I am terrified to drive again with my son in the car..this vaccine HAS TO BE STOPPED!Its ruining peoples lives.

Erin i sincerely hope that your able to do something to put a stop to this..if anyone can you can..bless you.

Regards

Mrs R ( uk)


Hi Erin,

I am going to throw something out there that may or may not be a bone to sniff out for all involved. See as I read about the effects of the Gardasil vaccine that so many girls are having or have experienced it brings me back to the days of my experience with my copper IUD about 5 years ago. I had many of the symptoms listed above starting just one week after insertion. I had episodes that the doctors termed "complicated migraines" which mimic strokes. Unable to speak, facial droop, partial paralysis, visual disturbances, my blood pressure would go sky rocket high, the whole nine yards. The Docs all denied any possible connection, so I left my IUD in place at the time. Over the course of the two years following I suffered from parathesia (tingling down my arms and pins and needles), one major black out, word finding problems, multiple complicated migraines, and finally tremors, and non-epileptic seizures, one of which I stopped breathing and needed sternal chest rubs by the paramedics. I actually experienced 5 hours of neck down paralysis.
I am an RN, mother of four (three at the time), and I had had enough. I had barely been sick in my life until this time, except for a similar reaction to Birth Control pills. I decided that my reaction of visual migraines to a former Birth control pill was no coincidence and I went on the search. I spoke to an MD who was a cohort of mine and she said there was an obvious connection and that although copper was not a hormone that it works in conjunction with estrogen in the body and could cause issues in that regard. I also found out that my old BCP contained copper, as many do, since it's effect on estrogen. If you look up Copper by itself (not in connection to the IUD), it in fact lists Migraines and neurovascular episodes as a side effect. I removed my IUD and have been problem free with regard to these episodes and health issues since.

All this to say that I wonder if there is a possible connection here? With such similar side effects, I am hard pressed to believe otherwise. See if you cannot find the ingredients to the vaccine in its entirety. Perhaps a heavy metal, or something that would interact as a binder or enzyme with heavy metals or hormones.

I had never pursued the path legally with my horrific experience, but perhaps this could be a clue for what you are investigating.

Feel free to contact me.

Big Blessings,
Courtney Smith

Dear Erin,
You should be aware that there are many people, particularly in the alternative medicine field, who oppose vaccination per se and deliberately spread misinformation about the risks of vaccination. For example, the Australian Vaccination Network state on their website that there have been no double-blind placebo-controlled trials of the vaccines currently used in Australia. Even 30 seconds on Google Scholar shows that such a statement is untrue. Gardasil is one such vaccination where double-blind placebo-controlled trials have been conducted to show that it is beneficial. In addition, the FDA's register of adverse reactions to vaccines indicates that serious medical problems that people have experienced after vaccination with Gardasil are no more fewquent than in unvaccinated populations, which indicates that there is no good reason to beleive that the vaccination was the trigger for these conditions.

Erin and or staff,

My daughter (now 22) had always had normal pap smears. She opted in September of 2007 (after a normal pap) to have the series of Gardasil vaccines. In October of 2008 she had an abnormal pap smear with the diagnosis of "Low Grade SIL consistent with HPV findings", also known as mild dysplasia. She had a colposcopy done with the same findings and has had 1 other abnormal pap smear since that time and is awaiting the results of the most recent test. I am just wondering if anyone else has had similar results. Is is possible that the Gardasil caused the abnormal results?

I am very disapointed i have to take this vaccine too cause im moving to the state...and i don't want of it...
im trying to find a solution to not get it or at minimum 1 shot ...if any of you know what i can say not to have it... please contact me...

Please join in this most urgent discussion to help save our children, including our boys, from this dangerous vaccine.

"Why My Daughter Is Getting The HPV Vaccine" by Rebecca Booth, MD;

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rebecca-booth/why-my-daughter-is-gettin_b_239628.html#postComment

Urgent Warning about Gardasil from the Director of the Health Science Institute. They want to mandate Gardasil & if our girls don't get the shots, they can't go to school.

Help fight back by getting educated first & speaking out;

http://uncensored.co.nz/2009/04/20/youtube-urgent-warning-about-gardasil/

My niece was given the Gardasil vaccine last December and has been suffering from migraines and seizures since January 2009. At first, her mother did not make the connection to this vaccine but a relative who is in the medical field advised her to research the side effects and she now suspects that these symptoms are indeed linked to the vaccine.

Ari is 14 years old and has always been a very healthy child but since receiving this vaccine, she is constantly lethargic and suffers from headaches, fainting spells and seizures. She has undergone a series of tests but her doctor claims that this is a genetic condition and has not been willing to consider the possibility of it being a direct result from the Gardasil vaccine.

As I write to you, she is in an ICU Pediatric ward undergoing further tests as she has had another episode and we don't see any clear mprovement in her health. If anyone has any advice or recommendations on how to deal with this situation, please feel free to email me at bortiz71@aol.com.

Thank you!!
Brenda

In the spring of 2008 my now 19 year old daughter received the gardasil shots. Since June 2008 she has been experiencing syncope, low blood pressure, migraines, gastrointestinal issues, extreme menstrual cycles, various infections (MRSA), dibilitating pain and numbness in legs. She has been hospitalized several times, including 4 surgeries, had every imaginable test. All tests show negative results for cause of pain and numbness.

To date the pain and numbness in her legs is so severe she can not attend school nor work. She has fallen several times with the sudden onset of numbness in legs, once down a flight of stairs.

Can you help us?

Thanks for your support!

Lynn

My 14 year old daughter began having small seizures, which she didn't understand, or talk to us about, shortly after her 3rd Gardasil shot. These were little episodes where she just couldn't talk for about a minute. She now says she was having these about once a week and went on for a few months. Right before Thanksgiving, she woke up with a black and blue tongue and seemed a bit disoriented. We went to the Dr. and they thought she bit her tounge in her sleep. 2 weeks ago, she had a major seizure, in the shower, at a friends house. After talking to the Dr's we now believe that the tongue incident was the first seizure, and the shower the second. I suspected the Gardasil shot immediatly! The little seizures that she was having once a week, she now has 8-10 times a day! We have gone to a neurologist who did ask us if she had been vaccinated with the Gardasil shot and that there could be a correlation. We have to do an EEG tommorrow, and then she will have to go on medication. My child has NEVER had any health issues, we have no history of seizures in our families and I know that this is a result of the Gardasil! What are we going to be able to do now to protect our girls???

My 14 year old daughter began having small seizures, which she didn't understand, or talk to us about, shortly after her 3rd Gardasil shot. These were little episodes where she just couldn't talk for about a minute. She now says she was having these about once a week and went on for a few months. Right before Thanksgiving, she woke up with a black and blue tongue and seemed a bit disoriented. We went to the Dr. and they thought she bit her tounge in her sleep. 2 weeks ago, she had a major seizure, in the shower, at a friends house. After talking to the Dr's we now believe that the tongue incident was the first seizure, and the shower the second. I suspected the Gardasil shot immediatly! The little seizures that she was having once a week, she now has 8-10 times a day! We have gone to a neurologist who did ask us if she had been vaccinated with the Gardasil shot and that there could be a correlation. We have to do an EEG tommorrow, and then she will have to go on medication. My child has NEVER had any health issues, we have no history of seizures in our families and I know that this is a result of the Gardasil! What are we going to be able to do now to protect our girls???

My wife (35yrs) had the first shot of Cervarix in Jan,2010. Had a high fever for two days following the vaccine. Other symptoms started two weeks later include irregular period, fatigue, dry mouth/thirst, weight-loss, joint pain. We saw a GYN about the irregular (advanced by 1 week) period and other symptoms but the gyn looked quite un-informed (apart from what GSK reps may have taught her). So we did our research on how to fight/flush the toxin.

The situation is somewhat better now after she made certain enhancements to her diet. This is specific to her but may help others as well.

1. Don't eat wheat products. Eat rice instead.
2. Drint 4 glasses of fresh fruit juice every day
3. Drink lots of water.
4. Drint coconut water
5. Lots of butter, yogurt and full-cream milk, country chicken/duck eggs
6. A good multivitamin, specially vitamin B-Complex
7. Plenty of vegetables
8. Try to maintain physical activities
9. Fish
10. Sesame seed paste (mix with milk shake)

She had the correct weight for her age and has lost four pounds in last week. Never had an irregular period before this. Looks like the vaccine is impairing the lipid metabolism of the body amongst other things. Lipid is also vital to the wellness of the nervous system - so there could be a connection of the adverse neurological effects reported everywhere wrt Gardasil/Cervarix.


My strong healthy hyperactive 35year (not underweight, not overweight) 35 old wife had the first shot of Cervarix (Gardasil equiv) in mid Jan 2010 and is having a severe reaction since then. This vaccine really messes up the metabolism and the immune system. This is what she suffered:

Dizzyness, frequent headache, joint pain, frequent fever, throat infection, dry upper/inner mouth, flutters in ear, severe weakness, irregular and messed up period and most importantly (this was the clue) massive loss of body fat in a very short period of time. The skin of her hands started shriveling like an old woman (hint: sub-cutaneous fat). Dry skin and mild rashes all over. She was so weakened that she was almost bedridden for a few days.

Good thing is that now she is regaining strength and on the way to recovery. This is what we and our good family physician (specialist in Internal medicine and gastro-entr) had to do.

1. MUST: Don't eat any wheat products. Eat rice instead. Stop any form of dieting and go to full nourishing meals.
2. Drink lots of water, 4 glasses of fresh fruit juice every day. Drink coconut water if you can get it.
3. Lots of butter, yogurt, curd, full-cream milk, fish. Have two country chicken/duck eggs everyday
4. MUST: A good multivitamin, specially vitamin B-Complex syrup (Polybion) 3 times a day
5. Plenty of vegetables, specially carrots and beet-root (semi-boiled)
6. Try to maintain basic physical activities but do not exert. Take good rest.
7. Eat fish
8. Sesame seed paste (mix with milk shake/yogurt)
9. MUST: Have this "muscle builder" supplement 3 times a day for 5 days (no more): "Carnitin Ornitate" (may be available under different brands).
10. Get a good protein supplement with essential amino acids.

According to our doctor, the full recovery would take a month or two.

This post may help others to cope with the after effects. The treatment may already be known to many doctors but I could not find any on the net. Hence the posting.

Always consult a "really good expert" specializing in Internal Medicine and Immunology. I mean the type of doctors (a rarity these days) who have not yet lost their brains (and heart), who try to understand things in terms of the underlying body chemistry and keep themselves updated with research and open issues. If you think the doctor is not paying attention to the effects/suffering and is dismissing you after routine stuff, change the doctor immediately. He/she probably does not know any more than what has been spoon-fed by the Merck/GSK sales folks.

And when you recover, get together with others and sue the living daylights out of GSK and Merck. I am very sure they fudged/cooked their clinical trial reports or what they tried is not what they are selling. Enron of medicine? Why not. The vaccine may or may not be effective against HPVs (time will tell) but the way they have set the dose and the turbo-charged it with the adjuvents, definitely does not suit all human beings.

PS. If your body already shows such a violent reaction, do not go for the next injections. Your immune system will remember this viral-protein till you die at a ripe old age.


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