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
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I got chickenpox. I'm 28 and having chickenpox as an adult is excruciatingly painful. When I told my boss I wasn't going to be at work today because of chickenpox he replied, "That's the worst excuse I've ever heard. Adults don't get chickenpox." He then fired me. FML
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
Today, just three days into a much-needed vacation, my 5-year-old daughter has come down with chickenpox. FML
Today, I wasn't allowed to fly. Again. Yesterday my flight was overbooked. Today I didn't have the yellow fever vaccine. Not once was this requirement mentioned. Nobody would believe me. Luckily, it turned out that this requirement did not apply to me. They realised this after the plane left. FML
Today, I'm halfway through of packing my stuff as we are moving to another flat. I discovered that I got chickenpox, which means that I should do no hard physical work. I've got a fever and a headache. It started raining in the morning, so loading stuff to truck is going to be so much fun. FML
Today, I thought my face was breaking out with pimples, and I thought it was weird because I never break out. And I noticed all these "bug bites" all over my body. When I got home, I realized those weren't bug bites. I have chicken pox, and my high school graduation is tomorrow. 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, I was denied entry into Hong Kong after flying here from Canada and paying thousands of uncancellable dollars for quarantine hotel and other plans, because the immigration company fucked up. FML
Today, my brother and I got food poisoning because of the shady chicken subs we ate last night. Our mom thinks we're faking it and sent us to school anyway. I'm coming to you live from a school toilet while missing a test. FML
Today, while working as a veterinary assistant, an owner stood extremely close to me and kept accidentally petting me instead of her dog. After her dog was examined, she asked me if I'd ever had the chickenpox because she has shingles and it's contagious to those who haven't. I haven't. FML
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Blind_Ninja 0
I've never had chicken pox and I'm 23. I'm afraid one day I'm going to have a kid, he's going to get it, and he's going to live the rest of his life knowing it was his fault he killed me.
Zic_fml 7
Vaccine?
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drybamboo 0
The vaccine should be okay. I've never had chicken pox either and had the vaccine when I was young and again in college. Took care of my younger siblings when they had chicken pox and I never caught it. It also didn't prevent me from going to other countries either, including the Philippines.
ikkyg 0
i have been to the phillippines and i have never had chicken pox?
528Alice491 3
It was his school prevention him from going, so something like family travel or leisure, there really aren't rules :)
Alice_fml 0
Not every country offers the vaccine so that might not be an option. You can't even guarantee that going to a chicken pox "party" or hanging around someone with it will get you it as a few people have a natural immunity.
michanelle 0
btw how do they know if u have had chicken pox or not they check your body/face for the scar? Love HK!!!
JustOhSoLovely 6
Pretty sure medical records would tell you
girrl 0
they check your medical records or antibodies. ive never had the chicken pox either so i got the vaccination last year
Black_Lord747 0
!! What school you go to? I live in HK but that sounds like the sort of stuff they would be scared of. Even though, if everyone else on the trip had it then I don't get what would be so bad unless you went and visited kids who had it...
WriterChick 0
#13 You're wrong. You get shingles if you've ALREADY HAD chicken pox. It's isn't "the older version." When you get chicken pox you never really loose it. When you are under stressful conditions and exposed to someone with chicken pox, that's when you get shingles... Anyway... I never had chicken pox either, but I did have the vaccination... Perhaps, like others have said you have too?
drtimblin 0
You are correct about shingles except only some people will develop shingles, and shingles doesn't occur from coming into contact with chicken pox after having already had it but shingles actually occurs from stress
vvtumblesbee 0
i concur with everyone else who's saying that hk is pretty damn sweet. but i'm wondering why you can't get the vaccine? it seems a pretty drastic step for a school to kick you out when there's a vaccine readily available now.
kayykatastrophii 0
#5 Except that depending on his age chicken pox is life threatening, as most people know. But that really sucks. I'm sorry. :[
SilverBallet 0
That really sucks, and as much as it's not what you deserve, the caution is certainly warranted.