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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BrightSpark80 1
#335now that's what i call an educated informed choice , most here seem half cocked, ill informed so thumbs up.)despite the fact it contradicts my overall opinion lol). Informed choices need to be made, proper research and taking histories into consideration, not just the word of one half assed quack, or fears, or the it wont happen to mes...
lalalalea6 0
that's every school in the USA I think, the op just exaggerated... you either have to prove he has had chicken pox (so they know he has built an immunity and won't get it again), just get the vaccine for chicken pox, or say he cannot get the vaccine for religious reasons.
HomeAl0ne 20
If by "potentially dangerous shot" you mean the chicken pox vaccine, get the shot. You don't want your child dying or suffering shingles. And we don't want your child acting as a reservoir for the virus and allowing the disease to be more easily transmitted to innocent people like newborns and patients on immuno-suppressants. Honestly, I think that people who voluntarily opt out of vaccination programs should be automatically opted out of antibiotic and antiviral treatments as well.
geeksaresexy 18
Erm.. did you miss the part where her kid doesn't need the shot? He's immune, OP just can't prove he is.. Would you have had the same response if OP had said 'totally pointless shot' instead of 'potentially dangerous'? Also you can still get shingles after having the vaccine!
metalguy95 11
just get the test. proves he's had it and keeps the bullshit from happening
sidnylorin2013 0
wait...what are you trying to say? a religious NUT? hmmm..Thts pretty messed up.
sassyone123 0
that means your son had chicken pox and you didn't go to the doctor....... if you had've been to the doctor, you would have no problem proving the diagnosis with a medical certificate... and for them to be even that much on your case there must be a LOT of absent from school history.....this looks soo bad for you as a parent.
chizzle91 3
My parents didn't take me to the doctor when I had chicken pox. There was no point in paying a shit ton of money for them to tell us what we already knew. The same reason I don't go to the doctor now unless there's something SERIOUSLY wrong with me.
geeksaresexy 18
My mum only took me to the Drs the second time I had chickenpox because she didn't think you could get it twice.. We have free healthcare here and she still never took us unless we were very sick.
AmandaDestroys 0
ya didn't take any pictures if him? goodness my moms got atleast 10 of me with chickenpox and im all sad with calamine lotion on me. boy are they a sight for sore eyes!
lette13 0
dumbass. the shot isn't danger's your an overprotective freak who's son will one day end up hating you and going behind your back to do what he wants.
bruslywrestler 0
sign the waiver you tool, who cares what they think??
Gabi135 3
just go with the third one