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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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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Sparkl3_fml 1
u have to of had chicken pox in order to get shingles. not everbody gets the chicken box, some don't get it untill older age. luckily I got them when I was 5. unfortunately I was covered in pink lotion for 2 weeks. if u weren't stuck in hong kong because of it, id say you were lucky. being itchy sucks! best of luck to ya!
Bl0ndi3 6
Omg seriously just because you've had chicken pox doesn't mean you're not healthy
Guru_Gal 12
Isn't having chicken pox as an adult meant to be dangerous...? Surely that shows they actually care about their students...? Sorry anyway. :/
ArgentumAurum 24
If you can prevent a disease it is always worth it wth.
ArgentumAurum 24
His immune system is just as strong as anyone else's, catching chicken pox doesn't help you fight other diseases.
ArgentumAurum 24
You have MORE of a chance of getting shingles if you had chicken pox as a kid NOT LESS.
thunderbuddie1 3
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Queemm 13
This is not because you are "healthy". It is because you are vulnerable. Those who have not had chicken pox or the vaccine before adulthood are at risk of severe complications if they contract the virus. You should have had the vaccine before going abroad, which would allow you to travel freely. This would, in most cases, prevent the disease and complications as well as the later disease of shingles. Of course, some immunized get shingles, but it is very rare.
Fiona Ashe 9
Shingles RARELY results in death, and only results in death in people who are already compromised due to old age and weakened immune systems.