Today, I couldn't prove my son has had chickenpox, so his school gave us the option of getting a potentially dangerous shot he didn't need, pay for an expensive blood test to show that he previously had the virus, or sign a waiver stating I'm a religious nut refusing medical treatment. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, my adult son is visiting, sick on my couch with influenza A. He's spent all week screaming about how anti vaxxers are stupid, but admits that he didn't get a flu shot because, "they don't work." I got my flu shot and still got sick because I'm immunocompromised. He fails to see the irony. FML
Today, I went to get the vaccination my college requires of all students. The nurse looked at my charts and told me there was good and bad news. The good news was that I didn't need the shot. The bad news was I needed four others. Now, both of my arms are swollen enough to make Popeye proud. FML
Today, while I was at the doctor's, they told me that my son and I needed a shot, I went first to show my son that it wouldn't hurt and that shots were not something to be afraid of. When they gave me mine, I started crying. My four year-old son handles pain better than his 29 year-old mom. FML
Today, I found out I could not go to the Philippines because I have never had Chicken Pox. The school took the radical decision to prohibit students who have never had Chicken Pox to leave the college. I am condemned to stay in Hong Kong in some shitty project because I am a healthy young man. FML
Today, I found out my son has been lying about being sick. He kept complaining so I took him to the doctor and got him some medicine. Now he’s actually sick because he took meds he didn’t even need. He did it solely so he could get an expensive get well soon gift. FML
Today, my fanatical Christian stepfather told me that my genetic illness is a result of demon possession, and that I'd be cured if I allow his church to perform a "healing prayer demon expulsion" on me. FML
Today, I woke up to my five year old son picking off the scabs from his chicken pox and dropping them into my open mouth as I slept. FML
Today, I have brain damage, no two ways about it, because I had mumps as a child that caused my brain to swell. I just found out I only got mumps because my dad lied to my mom about getting me vaccinated, because he was too cheap to pay for it. FML
Today, for the second day in a row, I was constantly abused, yelled at, insulted, and berated by my wife for "endangering our child's life." I took her to the doctor for a vaccination and flu shot yesterday. FML
Today, my needle-phobic mother took me to get a shot. She fainted. FML
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ooitastic 0
sounds like a great school!
Lumenoire 0
School, Y U NO LISTEN?
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ichat21 9
ridiculous. the shot has not scientifically been proven dangerous and the odds of your kid getting autism r really slim. and anyways, I don't think any of those options qualify this as an FML
Randomgurl27Q 4
BullSHIT the shot is NOT dangerous. Suck it the **** up and choose.
Erissa 2
Just get the shot, I got it when I was little and had absolutely no side effects and I still have not gotten chicken pox. It's not dangerous haha
catatonicsleep 17
it will be more dangerous if you get sick as an adult due to your lack of natural immunity
Drummer389000 0
WTF? those shots aren't dangerous.
Hayllee 4
If you're afraid the vaccine is going to do harm, you might as well sign the religious nut form. They won't know you're not. I agree with those saying vaccines do no harm. It's your kid though.
SadikOnuska 0
That's a standard for all public schools, and that "dangerous" shot is a chicken pox vaccine. He could get chicken pox again. That's it.
SirObvious 1
aww nuts
dodgingflames 7
I like how refusing to get vacc'd on religious grounds makes you a 'nut'. That aside, just get your pediatrician to write you a letter saying he's had it.
JiggyBoo123 11
Guys, seriously. The OP is right, the Chicken Pox vaccines are BAD NEWS. I had Chicken Pox when I was a little girl, and it was mild. Because of that, I can't catch Chicken Pox again. I never got the vaccine and I'm perfectly fine. My baby sister Virginia got the Chicken Pox vaccine because she never CAUGHT it, and guess what? She is the first case of Juvenile Diabetes in our family. THE FIRST. And she's so far been the only one in our family to get the new Chicken Pox vaccination because we've all had the Chicken Pox but her. OP, don't give your son diabetes. Don't screw up his life. Say you're a religious nutjob and prove you aren't later on- just don't wreck his pancreas. Please. From the older sister of a girl who barely survived ketoacidosis, you do not want to ruin his life with that vaccine.
dodgingflames 7
and you have proof that that's what caused it? you know tons of kids who had the shot and then BAM diabetes? Right.
dodgingflames 7
http://www.immunizationinfo.org/science/childhood-vaccination-and-type-1-diabetes They can't even find a casual link from ANY vaccine, much less a conclusive one to varicella. what an idiot.
Quiet_one 22
Correlation does not equal causation. This is a logical fallacy. Basically, what it means is that when one thing happens shortly after or at the same time as another, it doesn't necessarily follow that the first thing caused the second thing. A very silly (paraphrased) example of this from somewhere else online: A. Over the past century, the number of pirates in the world has declined. B. Over the past century, the average global temperature has increased Therefore: The decrease in pirates is causing global warming. While it's possible that the two events are related, it isn't necessarily true and further proof is needed before you can take a definite conclusion from it. I used a really stupid example, and juvenile diabetes is nothing to joke about, but it's not caused by the chicken pox vaccine. Me and my brothers (there are 5 of us) all got vaccinated, and we're perfectly healthy. It's been 15 years since I had it, and I don't have juvenile diabetes or any other health problem. You need to do more research before you make extreme statements like that. This kind of thing is what causes people to panic over nothing.
dontgiveaflyingf_fml 0
someone is lying to you. Vaccines contain mercury. start researching. vaccines are dangerous.
cheez150 0
@#291: If that bit of mercury in the vaccine is the definitive factor toward mental retardation and developing normally, then God help the soul of anyone who eats a can of tuna...
JiggyBoo123 11
I made an account on FML JUST to comment on this. It's a very serious thing for me, sorry.