NICOLE STOCK
Chicago Tribune
When Katy Fyksen got a heavy period a few days after she received her second dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, she didnât consider there might be a link.
The 43-year-old Plainfield woman hadnât had a period in over a year and a half because of her Mirena IUD, so the sudden red flow was a surprise. But she didnât think about the timing in relation to when she received her vaccine until she saw a Twitter thread.
âI didnât really think that it was anything until I saw that someone had said that, that it mightâve been a symptom or a side effect of the vaccine. It was like, âOh, thatâs interesting,ââ she said.
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