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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misskit_fml 5
the blood work is very minimal blood taken and it is to test to see if he has the chcicken pox antibodies if he has the antibodies that means he has immunity and will not catch it again however if someone around him had chicken pox he could still transfer it by touching another child but he would not get sick... he could also get shingles which is even worse then chicken pox is in the same fam as them and causes scarring pain itching and horrible for children.. look shingles up they are painful.. be informed before making a decision
meowmeowmeow7 2
But it's true. Only like stupid religious nuts refuse medical treatment. Or straight up idiots. This shouldn't be an fml. Don't be such a pussy and get the damn shot.
ruby5173 1
What makes you think the chicken pox vaccination is dangerous?
day624 14
And the problem is....?
C0N71NG3NCY 6
'Merica! **** yeah! Shouldn't you be proud to have to pay for minor medical procedures and/or being a religious radical, because that's what being a patriotic, capitalist American is all about?
setsuna9 25
The school wanted you to do this, because if he has the virus, then he has the potential to spread it to the other kids whose parents thought the vaccine was too "dangerous." There is nothing dangerous in that shot. The only danger is parents who refuse to get their kids vaccinated, so that these childhood diseases are becoming a problem again. And yes, chickenpox will kill more adults than kids, but this is because a childhood chickenpox bout will become a deadly shingles problem as an adult. The more you know!~
Sir_Swaggington 6
Dude YDI. The school doesn't want your kid spreading disease. People can die from chicken pox (more common in older people) and even if they dont, it's gross as hell and causes people to miss class. I know OP's kid can't spread chicken pox (or chicken herpes, as I call it), but the school has no proof of that. They're following protocol and OP needs to quit bitching. If there's an outbreak, they'll probably look OP's kid and assume he's carrying it since you signed the religious waiver. Also, if he had just gotten the vaccine in the first place, he probably would've never contracted chicken herpes and this whole thing could've been avoided by showing the school a copy of his immunization records. What's with these anti-vaccination people? The risks are miniscule and there's no evidence that vaccines cause autism.
Bl0ndi3 6
Seriously my mom said my school had to have proof too and she brought pictures in from when I had it. I had it from head to toe it was bad
niggles817 7
its funny you think the shot is dangerous...
pl0xs3rver 45
If they've already had the shot and it hasn't expired yet, would getting another one before the expiration be dangerous? That's the only reason I could think of for hesitation on getting a vaccination.