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Drew Richards

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26. I wish all these parents would get shingles so they can know what they have potentially

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Thu Feb 20, 2014, 10:31 PM

Feb 2014

Sentenced their children to possibly experience as adults.

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Chickenpox Nostalgia Is Real�And Really Dangerous [View all] HuckleB Feb 2014 OP

I remember being really sick DiverDave Feb 2014 #1

I missed seeing my littel sister for a week Scootaloo Feb 2014 #4

I guess these people don't remember what an ugly disease it was Warpy Feb 2014 #2

I still have a scar on my forehead from my bout Skidmore Feb 2014 #5

I do too. Smack dab in the middle of my forehead. Arugula Latte Feb 2014 #13

I consider that scar to be my third eye. Skidmore Feb 2014 #18

Some children have extremely mild cases. I heard a theory that older children often have the pnwmom Feb 2014 #22

It was opposite with my kids laundry_queen Feb 2014 #29

That's funny because I heard the opposite theory -- that oldest kids have been exposed the most, pnwmom Feb 2014 #33

I mentioned downthread laundry_queen Feb 2014 #35

I was about 6 or 7, and my case was pretty mild. A lot of itching and not much else. nomorenomore08 Feb 2014 #40

I know I had chicken pox as a kid. Luckily, I don't remember it. HuckleB Feb 2014 #24

Same here. I had it when I was 17 and it was BAD. I got mononucleosis at the same time. stevenleser Feb 2014 #20

Ouch! HuckleB Feb 2014 #23

Totally, so do I. Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #38

No mittens, but... pipi_k Feb 2014 #15

A grammar school friend of mine lost three months to encephalitis MineralMan Feb 2014 #3

I too got encephalitis. Messed up my sense of broiles Feb 2014 #62

You're just a shill for the vaccine industry Pretzel_Warrior Feb 2014 #6

+1 HuckleB Feb 2014 #7

Huh CFLDem Feb 2014 #8

I had it, but we can get it again. KitSileya Feb 2014 #9

I remember that when I had chicken pox, Curmudgeoness Feb 2014 #28

I think a big part of those 'parties' laundry_queen Feb 2014 #32

Three cheers for your daughter's immune system! Curmudgeoness Feb 2014 #65

Then there's the shingles! longship Feb 2014 #10

Recovering from Shingles as we speak. FLyellowdog Feb 2014 #12

Awww.... pipi_k Feb 2014 #16

You and Keith Olbermann davidpdx Feb 2014 #69

Poor man. Thanks. FLyellowdog Feb 2014 #74

I doubt their children will thank them for the adult onset of shingles. 11 Bravo Feb 2014 #11

If you get the vaccine are you at risk for shingles later in life? Downwinder Feb 2014 #14

Not any more than otherwise. HuckleB Feb 2014 #17

No. But if the vaccine also precludes shingles it makes Downwinder Feb 2014 #19

It doesn't alas. Older people should get the shingles vaccine no matter whether they had chicken pox pnwmom Feb 2014 #21

I'm on infection #3 JesterCS Feb 2014 #42

I don't know why that isn't covered by the ACA, like the other vaccines. pnwmom Feb 2014 #44

I'm alright JesterCS Feb 2014 #46

It might be. nt msanthrope Feb 2014 #52

Here's the list of covered vaccines. It's not on it. pnwmom Feb 2014 #56

Varicella is the last one listed under ones for adults. Yeah...you can get it. nt msanthrope Feb 2014 #57

That not the shingles vaccine. The shingles vaccine is called Zostavax or the Zoster vaccine. pnwmom Feb 2014 #59

Oh..shingles..I thought chickenpox! Shingles is covered under part D...and the msanthrope Feb 2014 #60

The recommended age is 50 and up. pnwmom Feb 2014 #61

Ah...well, I hope that's something that can be added to the ACA to cover people who msanthrope Feb 2014 #63

I got chicken pox when I was about 8 and was out of school for a week... madinmaryland Feb 2014 #25

My family was like that except I missed most of the second half of kindergarten. pnwmom Feb 2014 #45

I wish all these parents would get shingles so they can know what they have potentially Drew Richards Feb 2014 #26

People who receive the chicken pox vaccine may still be susceptible to getting shingles. pnwmom Feb 2014 #36

Chicken pox damn near cost me my leg...... Historic NY Feb 2014 #27

How old were you when that happened? davidpdx Feb 2014 #70

I was about 10 or 11 at the time a scabbed area developed an Historic NY Feb 2014 #75

I nearly died from the chickenpox... this is a REALLY REALLY REALLY bad idea JCMach1 Feb 2014 #30

My six kids had it before the vaccine came along - hedgehog Feb 2014 #31

In the 1970s, it was considered a good thing to actually come down with it, bullwinkle428 Feb 2014 #34

Makes me glad that I was born after the vaccination became available davidpdx Feb 2014 #71

And the virus can go dormant and re-emerge later as shingles, tblue37 Feb 2014 #37

Keith Olbermann is recovering from shingles right now davidpdx Feb 2014 #72

Can one request the vaccine as an adult? BrotherIvan Feb 2014 #39

The Mayo Clinic says: Heidi Feb 2014 #43

Thanks for the info! BrotherIvan Feb 2014 #47

I was at ER Yesterday JesterCS Feb 2014 #41

Ouch. HuckleB Feb 2014 #48

thanks JesterCS Feb 2014 #67

Varicella zoster is what you're really protecting against mainer Feb 2014 #49

I wish I had never had chicken pox MissMillie Feb 2014 #50

Got it when I was 23. Frank Cannon Feb 2014 #53

OUCH!!!! MissMillie Feb 2014 #54

I was the last kid with chicken pox in my family. bravenak Feb 2014 #51

24 years ago daughters doctor said let them catch chicken pox HockeyMom Feb 2014 #55

I had it when I was about 12, RebelOne Feb 2014 #58

Chickenpox fucked me up, I still have scars. In my mouth, on my face, everywhere. hunter Feb 2014 #64

I had the chicken pox in 1975. Aristus Feb 2014 #66

du rec. xchrom Feb 2014 #68

Thanks! HuckleB Feb 2014 #78

you bet! xchrom Feb 2014 #79

I have two words to describe that davidpdx Feb 2014 #73

Several years ago my favorite uncle died of chickenpox encephalitis kestrel91316 Feb 2014 #76

How many ways can this country go backwards at the same time? Paladin Feb 2014 #77

got chicken pox in my mid to late 30's dembotoz Feb 2014 #80