Today, four days before Christmas, I discovered a rash on my daughter's shoulder. The doctor took one look and said, "It's chicken pox. Merry Christmas." FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, just three days into a much-needed vacation, my 5-year-old daughter has come down with chickenpox. 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, at Church, the little boy sitting behind me asked his mother if I had the chicken pox, because there were red dots all over my face. I've had bad acne since I was twelve. FML
Today, my period has given to me 4 giant zits, 3 screaming shits, 2 stomach ulcers, and a fever blister on my lips. A few days until Christmas and the gifts keep coming. FML
Today, the heat rash that has been devouring my side for the last week was revealed to be something much worse: shingles. FML
Today, after 4 days of using anti-itch cream for what pharmacists and nurses have called “an allergic reaction”, I was diagnosed with shingles. FML
Today, my 16 year-old daughter thought it would be a great idea to announce at our Christmas dinner that she’s expecting twins, and that she wants to keep them. She doesn’t know who the dad is. Merry Christmas to me, I guess. FML
Today, while preparing to celebrate my daughter's second birthday, we all discovered we got a present: COVID. We're all vaccinated, but still feel like shit. FML
Today, I found out I have dandruff when a chick passed by and said out loud to her friends: "That dude's hair is having an early Xmas!" FML
Today, I finally went to the doctor's office to have a small patch of acne on my stomach looked at. Since it was in an almost perfect circle and abnormally sensitive, I was worried it could be ringworm or some other sort of skin infection. It turned out to be an infection alright. Herpes. FML
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Tarlachia 33
Merry Christmas to your daughter! Once she's healed, she'll have the best gift ever! Immunity from chicken pox!
Adamjohn82 19
Merry Christmas indeed
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Comments (129)
petert71 10
Merry Christmas. Chicken pox can be eradicated through vaccines.
teacupofsunshine 29
Keep her away from me :p I'm 28 still never bad chicken pox. I'm scared. Hope she recovers quickly.
militarybrat 21
Get the vaccine... Buying the vaccine will be a lot cheaper than when (not if, when) you get chicken pox.
DoomedGemini 38
Adults that get it are apparently a lot more at risk
militarybrat 21
Do people not read? Op is in the uk. They don't vaccinate for it there.
WPL 10
lol
carrissa3 13
Doesn't the vaccine stop you from getting chicken pox
kendalbear 16
In most cases. Plus if you get it after getting the vaccine, the effects are considerably lessened for most.
mswim 27
Was she never vaccinated? I know the vaccine isn't 100%, but it's pretty damn close. Or are you one of those anti-vaccine people?
Alexandria79 22
YDI. they make vaccinations for a reason but chicken pox does NOT start with a RASH. blisters. not a rash. might be roseola. time for a new doc. merry Christmas
Muttley9 13
YDI for not getting her vaccinated. The vaccine was available a year after my son got chicken pox some twenty odd years ago. In other words, you could have spared your child this with a vaccine that's been available for 2 DECADES.
kendalbear 16
The U.K. doesn't offer the vaccine.
randomgirl79 4
In the UK, they don't usually use the vaccine as part of the children's vaccine program, so it's not OP's fault. I had chicken pox as a child and it didn't ruin my life, I have a few scars but nothing awful. They usually only give the vaccine to people when they are having chemotherapy. Hope your Christmas is still great OP!
kendalbear 16
However you are now able to get singles which can kill or blind you.
grumblebum 16
Sorry to hear that Chicken Pox is putting a damper on your holidays, my son came down with it on Christmas Day.