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Showing Original Post only (View all)None of my children had measles, mumps or rubella - [View all]
I have six kids, ages 22 to 33. I was reading about vaccinations, and tried to recall when my kids had had the mumps - only to realize that they never did! I had all three and recall how sick I was with mumps and measles. In one generation, a childhood rite of passage is gone and forgotten!
Good! Thank you Mr. Hilleman !
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Hilleman
I just wish the chicken pox vaccine had come along soon enough for them.
I'm expecting my first grandchild soon. My daughter has informed everyone that no one gets near the baby without a Tdap booster. My daughter is pretty smart!
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Congrats on your coming grandchild, and YAY for your very smart daughter!
CaliforniaPeggy
Aug 2013
#2
I was just talking about how lucking my kids are they don't have to experience chicken pox
kcr
Aug 2013
#3
I'll be getting the shingles vaccine, but my sister's had shingles twice (that can happen!)
pnwmom
Aug 2013
#15
My husband got shingles before age 60; the doc had him come in for the vax when he got better
Hekate
Aug 2013
#51
You can get shingles more than once, so the vaccine is probably a good idea for you, too.
pnwmom
Aug 2013
#62
My sister had it as a teen and again in middle age. So we know it can happen. n/t
pnwmom
Aug 2013
#66
Same here. I managed to get it at the same time I got Mono. I was pretty sick.
stevenleser
Aug 2013
#31
One of my kids got the chicken pox vaccine, but the other one came down with chicken pox the day
Brickbat
Aug 2013
#4
I'm 48 and got the MMR vaccine - my pediatrician was ahead of the curve on vaccinations
REP
Aug 2013
#47
I am 40 and I had it too -- plus boosters for overseas travel in my late 20s -- vaccines are good!
anneboleyn
Aug 2013
#52
Chicken pox in adults can be extremely dangerous. I lost a beloved uncle at age 72
kestrel91316
Aug 2013
#20
I believe you can and should. I will look it up and edit this post with info.
kestrel91316
Aug 2013
#45
My oldest son has never had the chicken pox...he is 43 yrs. old. When his wife was pregnant he..
Tikki
Aug 2013
#18
The benefit of getting these life long immunity to these diseases is received at the cost
hedgehog
Aug 2013
#29
Your discussion of a trigger is informative. I wonder if the prevalence of colonoscopies
mnhtnbb
Aug 2013
#41
This argument sounds like the medical version of "I got mine, fuck you"...
Humanist_Activist
Aug 2013
#39
You are lucky, and living in a magic bubble that doesn't apply to everyone...
Humanist_Activist
Aug 2013
#84
Well, lucky you. My baby sis's health was compromised the rest of her childhood after our bro & I...
Hekate
Aug 2013
#80