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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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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monnanon 14
Would it not be in you sons records somewhere OP? Surely the vaccine would not do him any harm it would just top up the anti bodies. I have full immunity to german measles (ruebella) and so does my son but he will still get the full MMR and he will get the chicken pox vaccine if he can but i've never heard of it over here (UK). I have never had chicken pox myself but I still believe prevention is better than cure. I would say take the vaccine, its not like the vaccine could kick off the virus again in his system and if you are worried about that just check with a nurse or doctor. Its still kind of shitty that they dont believe you.
Ugi 27
You can get the chickenpox vaccine in the UK but it's not one you can get free on the NHS. Having a jab when you already have immunity can cause problems - that's why they always did a skin-test for TB before giving you the BCG. If you already had immunity and took the jab then the reaction could be very severe. That said the BCG provokes a nasty reaction anyway so scaling that up could be nasty. I think if there was any danger in having the chickenpox vaccine when you were already immune (beyond a little added discomfort) then they would do a test for immunity routinely anyway.
monnanon 14
See that causes problems for me because having had my mmr as a kid and not finding out about my immunity til the bloodwork when I was pregnant I dont know if I have always been immune, I always assumed that it would top up anti bodies. I only mentioned the shingles thing because I know people that get flu like symptoms after the flu vaccine but I think getting measles after the MMR or chicken pox after that vaccine is rare. I just thought I would mention it as it might be OP's worry.
ReynshineCutting 10
I honestly don't understand why parents give their kids the chicken pox vaccine. I really don't. By preventing your kids from getting chicken pox when they're young, you're making it so if they end up getting it as an adult, it will be 1000x worse with severe complications and a higher chance of dying from it. I plan to send my kids home with their friends when their friends get it so that they will too. A week in be as a kid is nothing compared to how bad it can be as an adult.
eatmyshortssss1 8
The vaccine doesn't "put off" getting varicella. Where are you getting this information?
BariumDeep 0
Check the stats, moron. The shot isn't as dangerous as the car ride to school was.
Kurochrome 17
I say YDI for not having his medical records in order :I
pinkspaceboundro 0
um- did you not take your son to the doctor, for surely they keep a record of that. if not, be the religious nut- who cares
jennt89 10
Religious nut it is!
KaitlynKat 0
that's crazy.
wishingstars 3
go with religious nut you can get away with more later on
evilhobbitofdoom 4
Vaccination after having the chicken pox is actually not harmful. It's like getting a flu vaccine after the flu. I got all of my childhood vaccines and boosters. Now, unfortunately, I'm allergic to pretty much any vaccine. Oh, and autism, unless raised in a high lead or mercury area, is usually from birth or EARLY developmental stages. If he's old enough to go to school, he's not going to magically develop it because of a vaccine. The childhood vaccines are generally only dangerous to kids if they're allergic to the ingredients. Or, there's always the 1-15,000 chance of Guillian-Barre
Leadamp 7
If he's had it before then he won't get it again so why would you need to get him a vaccine that could harm him. It has happened that Kids have gotten vaccines and developed mental disabilities or even die
stpbn1 0
Sure some people die because they don't read the information packet before getting a vaccine, but that can be prevented just by reading & knowing allergies. as for autism the writer of the report admitted to making the whole thing up. There's no evidence MMR causes autism.
monnanon 14
I will use my favourite piece of info for this reply. To person who thinks vaccines cause autism here is a real life example. My year group and I were the first age group in the UK to recieve the MMR. If I know 100 people of my age (which i have through my life) then for there to be a problem with the MMR at least 30 of the people I know should be autistic. You need a certain number out of 100 for a good case study and even 30 is low to prove a corelation. Im not a medical researcher tho, how many do you need to prove a danger in a medication? The only person I know who has anything close has Aspergus (sp?) and is four years older than me. The supposed rise in autism has carried on in countries where the vaccine was banned. I had a big fight about this not so long ago that how I ended up looking up loads of info on it.
spaija 8
That's what happens when you live in a talbian state :) FYL
harbqll 0
The blood test is HOW you prove he had the virus, the VZV vaccine is NOT dangerous, and you're an idiot for not having your children properly vaccinated in the first place.
ReynshineCutting 10
Not getting the chicken pox vaccine does not mean you're not having your child properly vaccinated. Most people don't give their kids that one, and honestly it's beyond me why anybody would give it.
Quiet_one 22
I agree that the chicken pox vaccine shouldn't be a requirement for schools, but I'm not against giving it either. Chicken pox can make you miss several days of school, so I can see why a school would want to avoid an outbreak...