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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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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Amajean 7
I am pretty sure that they can't even legally do that. I mean you have to pay for something spendy or call yourself insane? You are doing it to protect others and to keep your own kid from getting worst
Ashrob03 0
Ummm, if your son has had the chicken pox, the shot is not dangerous, unless he is allergic to other immunizations, which if he was the school would already know. Personal opinion: you wanna be difficult! JS
DaveDave7 3
I would go with the religious nut thing, usually works
missy1228 2
don't be surprised when they call CPS on your religious ass
missy1228 2
don't be surprised when they call CPS on your religious ass
brenda83002 2
im with you vaccines are dangerous, but just sign the religious nut form. who cares?
srgsk9 9
Erm, I've received the chicken pox vaccine several times and it isn't "potentially dangerous." I'm also not going to debate vaccine side effects here, just stating a personal experience.
ilove2lovemylove 10
lol my mom had to sign the paper for h1n1 and flu shots....I've also got a phobia of needles
ShriekingMonkey 3
Same thing happened to me. Took daughter to the doctor to confirm she had chicken pox, but didn't take her younger brother when he caught it because I didn't want to take the chance of spreading it to others. We moved to California and they wanted either proof that he'd had chicken pox or the vaccination before he could start school. I opted to sign a waiver stating that I was opposed to this vaccination due to "personal or religious reasons" rather than waste time or money on unnecessary medical procedures.
Carian01 0
So what if they don't believe you? Take him out of school anyway. Get a Doctor's note. Show them the prescription. Send them a picture of your kid totally covered in chickenpox. Or at least make THEM pay for the scan to check he had them. YDI for not thinking properly.