Lisa Williams, a flight attendant for a major airline, didn’t want to take the vaccine against COVID-19. But, against her conscience, she rolled up her sleeve in tears on Sept. 2 in order to keep her job and feed her three boys.
“I sat down in the chair at the minute clinic, rolled up my sleeve, prayed, asked God to forgive me, and cried,” Williams told The Epoch Times. “The minute they stuck that needle in my arm, pain went up through my neck and I have not been the same since.”
Williams wouldn’t disclose the airline that she works for, but she said she got the vaccine in order to keep her job.
“I don’t have a choice,” she said. “I have bills to pay and three boys to put through school.”
The day that she received the vaccine, Williams began having severe headaches and muscle spasms that would wake her from sleep. She said she went to bed and stayed there for four days in an “almost coma-like state.”
“If it hadn’t been for good friends, I would have laid in that bed and died,” she said. “On Sept. 7, four of my friends came over and made me go to the emergency room.”
Other symptoms had begun to develop, according to Williams.
“I felt as if an elephant was sitting on my chest,” she said, pausing between sentences to breathe properly. “My lungs to this day will not fill all the way up.
“My eyes were swollen almost shut, and I had nausea, fatigue, and a lot of coughing.”
Before taking the vaccine, Williams, 51, said she only took hormone supplements for post-menopausal symptoms.
“Other than vitamins and the stuff to regulate my hormones, I didn’t take any medications,” she said. “I went to the gym and worked out—I was healthy.”
Along with the physical discomfort she’s experiencing, her health issues were causing financial issues as well, Williams said. After being off of work for eight weeks, she filed a workman’s compensation claim, which was denied.
“I didn’t have any time built in my sick bank,” she said. “I am thousands of dollars in credit card debt. Before this, I had a zero balance on my credit cards. It’s all medical-related debt.”
Although difficult for her, Williams returned to work after eight weeks. She loved being a flight attendant and has devoted three decades to the job.
Since receiving the vaccine, day-to-day living has been difficult—work is even harder—but she says she “has to go on.”
“I have to work. I have to pay my bills,” she said, sobbing. “I’m in constant pain.”
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