Stacey Jones

Stacey Jones – Bilston, West Midlands

Received three Cervarix vaccinations – 15 November 2008, 24 January 2009, 16 May 2009 – Age 17

Extract from the Telegraph newspaper, 3 October 2009:

“Stacey Jones, 17, suffered her first epileptic seizure days after having the Cervarix injection, which is being offered to all schoolgirls under a Government programme.”

“In the weeks which followed, she had dozens more fits, which caused such severe brain injury that she has been admitted to a rehabilitation unit, which is helping her to relearn basic tasks like making a sandwich.”

“The parents of the teenager, from Bilston in West Midlands, are convinced that the final vaccination triggered swelling in the brain, which has been diagnosed as the cause of her neurological problems. Julie and Kerry Jones say that as a result, their “happy-go-lucky” girl became paranoid and violent, leaving her family in despair.”

“When the teenager became increasingly emotional in the weeks following her first two jabs, in November and January, her parents thought their easy-going daughter was finally succumbing to adolescent mood swings. But, within four days of her third injection on the 16th May 2009, Stacey suffered an epileptic seizure, followed by 17 more in the following week. The fits continued for months, while the teenager became increasingly disturbed and psychotic, hearing voices and making murderous threats. doctors said the epilepsy was caused by swelling of the brain, but the family (at that time) has been given no explanation as to how the damage occurred.”

Julie spoke to the neurologist, Dr. Corston, and asked him if he had come across encephalitis before and he replied, “I have dealt with two cases of encephalitis in the last five years, but it has been about twenty years since I have seen it this serious.”

Update:  Stacey’s form of encephalitis was a very rare form – Encephalitis – anti-NMDA-receptor encephalitis which in effect is an antibody attacking the brain. This type in Stacey’s case was not caused by an infection.

Stacey’s mum makes these comments:  “When you go to see your GP and medication is prescribed, there is always a patient information leaflet in with your medication. This leaflet gives you information about your medication and tells you about the side effects that you can get when taking this medication. It will also give you a list of serious side effects and it will tell you that if you suffer from any of these symptoms, then stop taking this medication immediately and seek medical advice. Stacey was suffering serious side effects after taking her epilepsy medication ‘Carbamazepine,’ but it was not noticed by trained nurses during her eight week stay in hospital. Her dad was the one who commented that within 10 minutes of her having this medication she became aggressive.

Stacey was discharged from New Cross Hospital on Wednesday, 15th July and was transferred to Penn Psychiatric Hospital. We objected to Stacey being transferred here, because we had been told by a psychiatrist that Stacey’s problem was a medical issue and not a mental one.

We were contacted the next day to fetch Stacey home because it wasn’t the right environment for her and we then had six weeks of physical and verbal aggression.”

In September 2009, Stacey was admitted to an NHS rehabilitation unit for brain injury, where she is relearning simple tasks. Seizures are minimised by five types of medication, but the teenager’s memory has been badly damaged.

Mrs. Jones, 44, said, “She was such a lovely, happy go-lucky girl, now she is just a shell. I really feel she has been used as a guinea pig. I don’t think there is enough evidence that the vaccination programme is safe – this all happened days after Stacey was given the vaccine and we don’t have any other explanation for what triggered her brain injury.”

Natalie - United Kingdom

Natalie Morton Died 28 September 2009, Following Vaccination with Cervarix

Natalie Morton collapsed within 30 minutes of being vaccinated. It is known that Natalie was undergoing medical testing for an unknown health problem. A post-mortem was carried out, and it was discovered that Natalie had a tumour at her lungs and close to her heart.

What is incomprehensible, is that this young girl left the house in the morning to go to school, but never returned. To have been suffering from such a severe condition and apparently not showing serious symptoms is very difficult to comprehend. If she had been showing signs of severe ill health, then vaccination should never have taken place.

The authorities have stated that her death is due to her underlying illness and that Cervarix played no part in her death.

They cannot say that Cervarix did not bring on the death of this young girl. Her system had to be weakened by such a serious condition, just as we cannot prove that Cervarix caused the death of Natalie.

What we can stat with 200% certainty, is that Natalie, while undergoing medical testing, should never have been vaccinated in the first place.

Ashleigh Cave, Liverpool

Update as of January 2010:

Ashleigh is out of the hospital, attending school on a part time basis, but still has to make use of her wheelchair. She is still not a very well girl.

Ashleigh had her first and only dose of Cervarix at her secondary school on 15 October 2008 and became ill within half an hour with symptoms of intense head pain which made her scream out. In the next few days, she felt light headed and dizzy. She then developed pain in her legs. She collapsed 5 times in the next 48 hours. She went with her family to London to visit friends, but worsened and was admitted into Frimley Park Hospital, Surrey for two days.

Discharge note said: Vertigo and generalised myalgis. Probably due to vaccination. Dr. J. Fisher.

She gradually deteriorated with bad leg pain and could no longer walk.

She was admitted to Alder Hey Hospital on 24 October 2008, where she has remained. She was admitted with pain in her arms and legs, crawling on all fours to the toilet because she was not able to stand or walk. Her pain was severe.

Dr. Curran of Alder Hey Hospital stated that in his opinion, this was not caused by the vaccine.

*Dr. Richard Newton, Consultant Paediatric Neurologist, examined Ashleigh on 13 March 2009. (Further information regarding Dr. Newton and his conclusions at the end of Ashleigh’s story.)

Ashleigh’s condition August 2009:

Still in Alder Hey, incontinent and having to consider a catheter. They decided to try a bladder control programme first. Continuing to have recurring urinary tract infections, especially after her bout with e-coli, contracted in the hospital.

She is now managing to stand with the aid of a walking frame and can manage a few steps. Progress is very slow. She is hoping to go back to school in September part time, but will need full time help.

Sadly, the family will have to move, as their current house is unsuitable for Ashleigh in her current condition.

Social services blames her mother. She is not allowed to see Ashleigh’s charts or medical records. Ashleigh is told she is likely to need the wheelchair for years to come.

The hospital, after 10 months, starts to do more thorough testing to find out exactly what is causing her problems.

Cheryl Cave, Ashleigh’s mother, is understandably angry at the way she and her daughter have been treated not only by the system, which she feels has failed them both; but, at Alder Hey Hospital and the NHS as a whole.

Reference to Dr. Newton and his conclusions after seeing Ashleigh on 13 March 2009:

Dr. Newton concluded that Ashleigh had a well documented adverse event to the vaccine.

He said, “By far, the most likely explanation of Ashleigh’s illness is that initially she had an adverse event following vaccination.”

Dr. Newton went on to add, “Rehabilitation usually brings about good results, although the fix is often not quick, particularly when the illness has gone on for five months or more.”

In stark contrast to Dr. Newton’s professional opinion, on 13 December 2008, Dr. Andrew Curran of Alder Hey Hospital said, “I can say with complete certainty that she is demonstrating no pathological reaction to her vaccination.”

The drug safety watchdog. the MHRA, has been notified of the case. It does not believe the cervical jab brought on Ashleigh’s illness.

Freda & Grace’s comments and thoughts: When an eminent Dr. such as Dr. Newton gives his considered opinion that the Cervarix vaccine was responsible for the adverse reaction that Ashleigh was suffering from. then you have to ask some serious questions. Why did Dr. Curran not consider this to be a very strong possibility, considering the fact that this young girl started to become ill within a very short period of time after having had this vaccination? It has to be remembered that Ashleigh also has a history of medical problems which were never considered to be important, even though the nurse at the school was advised of her medical conditions. A point perhaps not known in the UK, is that Dr. Diane Harper, who was involved with GlaxoSmithKline in the Cervarix trials, has made it known that if there is an adverse event within 42 days of being vaccinated, then serious consideration has to be given to the vaccine having caused the illness. There is documented proof of Dr. Harper saying this. Allegedly, it appears that Alder Hey wishes to lay the responsibility for this young girl’s illnesses at the door of her mother. This is very difficult to try and understand. A young girl was paralyzed and is now being affected by loss of bladder control, something that is to be expected when there is no feeling in the lower part of your body. We are concerned that there is no mention of hair and nail tests having been taken, or of homeopathic assessment and treatment options. Or, whether she has been tested for hypersensitibity to aluminium, which would have been a firm contraindication. Scientists at Keele University, Staffs, have published papers showing that silica-rich mineral water provides a natural antidote to the burden of aluminium in the body and this information, plus warnings about the HPV mass vaccination programme has been published online for several months. (also in the NHS library)

There has been no thorough investigation of the way Cheryl Cave and her daughter have been treated by the doctors and staff at Alder Hey Hospital. Either this young girl was paralyzed, or not. Either she has lost bladder control, or not. Either she was admitted to Frimley Park Hospital, or she was not.

Grace Filby, visit Grace’s website, HPV vaccine research and investigations here

Freda Birrell, email at birrell_df@topenworld.com

Leah - Nottinghanshire

Leah Mann – Nottinghamshire – Age 18

Extract from article in the Daily Mail - 5 April 2009

And it’s not just 12 and 13 year-olds that may have been affected. Eighteen-year-old Leah Mann, from Nottinghamshire, had her first injection in January 2009.

Ten days later, when she was at work in a fish and chip shop, she felt unwell and collapsed. When she came to, she had no feeling from her waist down.

“It was terrifying,” she says. “I went to hospital and while I was waiting to see a doctor the feeling in my right leg came back. But it took two weeks for it to return to my left leg.”

Leah Mann, 18, now has regular seizures.

More worryingly, she now suffers full-blown seizures. Although doctors are at a loss to explain why she has developed what appears to be epilepsy, they are more inclined to believe it is associated with the antidepressant medication she had been taking (with no adverse side effects for more than a year) than with the vaccine.

“I’ve had my driving license taken away and I’ve had to give up my college couse,” she explains.

Leah had been studying equine management, but, because of her seizures, the college’s insurance can’t cover her horse riding. She will remain housebound until her specialists find the right medication to control her condition.

“It is five weeks since we last saw her neurologist, and she has had 30 seizures in that time,” says her mother, Tracey, 42.

Leah adds, “Looking back, I felt lucky to have had the injection. But why has my doctor not allowed me to have the second and third doses?”

While GlaxoSmithKline says that “Cervarix had to undergo rigorous testing with large numbers of people in numerous studies,” and was “found to be generally well tolerated,” questions over the safety and efficacy of Cervarix remain.

Dr. Richard Halvorsen, author of ‘The Truth about Vaccines,’ says: 

“The HPV vaccines have been introduced at breakneck speed and, in my view, without adequate testing.

It is already the most profitable vaccine ever made and the worry is that it is being introduced too rapidly, for the financial gain of its manufacturers and with too little regard for the health of our young women.

These parents may never know for certain whether the vaccine caused their daughters’ disabilities.

I would not encourage my own daughter to have it. At the moment, we know far too little to be sure – and we know far too little to roll it out on a national scale.

However, those who know the devastation that cervical cancer can cause are in no doubt that the benefits outweigh the possible risks.”

Meanwhile, Robert Music, director of the cervical cancer charity, Jo’s Trust, says:

“Quite simply, the jab could save your daughters’ lives.”

Even among Cervarix’s critics, you will not find anyone who disagrees with this sentiment. But, those whose health has deteriorated since they armed themselves against the disease would warn against the blind acceptance of a wonder-jab.

Rebecca - Surrey

Rebecca Ramagge – Reigate, Surrey

This is the background information on Rebecca Ramagge. There is clear evidence to support that arthralgia is a recognised side effect following vaccination. It should also be noted that GlaxoSmithKline supports that arthralgia can be a side effect.

As an example of a severe form of arthralgia which has been experienced after vaccination with Cervarix, a young girl in Surrey, called Rebecca Ramagge, experienced joint aches after her first and second vaccinations, was taken to the doctor and to the local hospital, and unfortunately did go for her third vaccination. She entred the school hall on crutches (this can be verified, as it was noted by the nurse on her form) to receive her third vaccination, which sadly, has taken her over the edge. She is now a seriously ill young girl, who suffers not only from severe joint pain, but also from a sever form of exhaustion and has great difficulty walking. She has to make use of a wheelchair.

Rebecca was a tennis tournament player with a keen interest in playing all sports, and generally always on the go prior to being vaccinated. She was a perfectly healthy young girl, apart from having asthma.

Now, normally the reaction of Health Ministers would be “this is very sad, but purely coincidental.” Fortunately, this is not confirmed by Dr. Jawad, Consultant Paediatrician at East Surrey Hospital, who categorically stated that joint pain was a side effect of the Cervarix vaccination, a point that he leter reiterated, when the case was taken to debate in the House of Commons, in May 2009. Dr. Jawad also expressed concern when he first met Rebecca and her mother. He asked why she had been allowed to complete the course of vaccination. Sadly, the final vaccination made her condition far worse.

There is further evidence of this condition relating to vaccines in an article which was written by Dr. Majeed Jawad, Rheumatologist, East Surrey Hospital, and others, published in the British Medical Journal in 2002, see link below:

http://ard.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/61/2/185

This article was published in 2002, prior to the Cervarix vaccination programme, and was research carried out on another vaccine. But, the point Dr. Jawad and his co-presenters of this paper made in the last paragraph is, “It would therefore be prudent to warn patients awaiting vaccination about possible adverse effect on joint symptoms.”

I should also point out that GlaxoSmithKline, in their small print, in September 2008, under side effects, identify myalgia and arthralgia as being common side effects. If the pharmaceutical company recognises this, then there is something very concerning happening within the DoH, when civil servants brief the Minister incorrectly and provide her with false information. It also will be very seious if this point is not picked up immediately by the FDA.

Update as of 28 March 2010:

Rebecca is poorly and has to spend a month at a time in hospital for treatment and a period of time back at home. She has just returned to hospital this week. She has been diagnosed as having a complex form of ME/CFS with all known related symptoms. In addition, she has recently experienced vision problems.

Rosie - Surrey

Rosie & Abbie Weatherhead – Stoneleigh, Surrey

Rosie and Abbie, non-identical twins, had their first Cervarix vaccination on 14 October 2008; second vaccination on 1 December 2008; and Abbie only had the third vaccination on 22 April 2009.

To differentiate between the two girls, Rosie is the athletic girl and in love with sports, including football, swimming, netball, running, and rounders, just to name a few. Abbie is more laid back and is not competitive in sporting activities. She is more interested in babies and animals.

Rosie had serious side-effects after the first and second jabs, whilst Abbie had no reactions at all and completed the course of vaccinations.

Rosie, after having the first vaccination, came home in tears, with groin, knee and site pain, whilst Abbie was fine. At that time, we put Rosie’s aches and pains down to a sports injury.

At the second vaccination, Abbie again had no reaction, but, Rosie was now walking funny, with the same pains as before, and unable to take part in any of her beloved sports. Because she was such an active athlete, she attempted to still join at this stage, but the knee and joint pain was so intense she could not even take part in the warm-up.

Rosie struggled to continue going to school, trying to be ‘normal.’ She always wanted to attend school to achieve her ‘Gold Certificate’ for attendance and even with a sporting injury, she would go to school on crutches, if necessary. However, at the beginning of March 2009, Rosie felt so ill she couldn’t go to school. That was when I took her to see her GP.

Her GP was puzzled and referred her to a paediatrician in local hospital, who has in turn sent her to Great Ormond Street Hospital. By the end of that week, in early March, Rosie couldn’t walk, had no energy to even talk, eating was too much of an effort. She had a sore throat, extreme joint pain and extreme fatigue. At this stage, I realized that it was the vaccine which was affecting tosie so badly, and did not let her have the third injection.

The paediatrician at Great Ormond Street Hospital stated it appeared Rosie has post viral fatigue and that she could have had a virus at time of vaccination and that this has caused the reaction with the vaccine.

We are now almost at the year and a half mark, and yet Rosie’s condition does not improve. She was not well again in February and had to stay off school. The same occurred again just before Easter. Rosie has been back in school full time and started just before Christmas 2009. Rosie’s sore throat is just not going away, and she is being sent to see a specialist at ENT. This illness just keeps changing, and certainly not improving very much.

Rosie has had to deal with a lot from once being such an active athlete doing 2/3 sporting activitied every day to having not enough energy and being in too much pain to walk upstairs. She had to use a wheelchair during the summer, to allow her to get outside but, she tries not to have to do this. All of this has led to a mental struggle to come to terms with her condition. Watching her classmates taking part in the sporting activities she loves, and moving on within the school environment is heartbreaking for her, and for us, as she is not able to move forward with them.

“I did not realise the side effects could be so devastating, otherwise, I would have not allowed either of my two girls to have this vaccine.”

Rosie has also developed an eye condition following vaccination – she has developed what is called ‘dry eyes,’ and has to put drops in every day. Rosie did not have any eye problems prior to this vaccination.

Latest update, April 2010:

Since last summer, Rosie has improved and is able to take part, albeit at a reduced level, in some of her sporting activities. She may have one or two little blips, but is much better than she was. That is so welcomed, and we hope she continues to improve each and every day until fully recovered.

Reference: Rebecca Ramagge, Surrey, also was a very athletic girl and took part in tennis tournaments. Rebecca’s conditions are very similar to Rosie’s. Rebecca was also an asthma sufferer.

Lucy Davies also was an athletic girl, a budding swimmer, who would swim 30,000 to 40,000 metres per week, has been diagnosed with ME, but started off with a very bad throat and could not speak. She then developed trembling in her arm and leg, and was unable to walk.

Conclusion: Perhaps someone should seriously look into why young athletic girls are harmed. This occurs widely with young girls and women who have had Gardasil or Cervarix. Athletic girls are suffering serious side-effects. There has to be a connection.