tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post5086763702474401196..comments2024-03-11T11:13:12.066-05:00Comments on Homeschool and Etc.: Honesty, Please.Happy Elf Mom (Christine)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15047347624037697311noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-70233846872965765082008-06-07T01:55:00.000-05:002008-06-07T01:55:00.000-05:00My kids are vaccinated but I know they are looking...My kids are vaccinated but I know they are looking to study if there is any connection to Aspergers Syndrome and vaccinations.Virginia Revoirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12426979985073932937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-57161497994859992262008-06-07T01:01:00.000-05:002008-06-07T01:01:00.000-05:00Dear Mrs. C.,I see you have brought up a lot of di...Dear Mrs. C.,<BR/><BR/>I see you have brought up a lot of different concerns here about vaccination. I'm sorry to hear about the trouble with your pediatrician. <BR/><BR/>Did you know that there is a place in every large city where you can go to get vaccinations at a pretty reasonable price? It might take some investigating.<BR/><BR/>I used to live in Denver, and I found out about this place. I wish I could tell you what it was called, but perhaps even my travel agent told me about it before I took a one-year, around-the-world trip and had to get about every vaccination possible over a period of two months or so. <BR/><BR/>In fact, that's my best suggestion--if your doctor won't tell you, call a reputable travel agent who specializes in tours to remote places like central Africa, the jungles of southeast Asia, and South America. This place will also give you a little booklet called "Carnet de Sante," (health book detailing your vaccinations) which is used internationally. <BR/><BR/>You can get ANY vaccination at these places. When I went there, I found poor people also getting vaccinations there, because they don't have to pay the doctor's office fee on top of the vaccination price. It's like they charge you the price of the vaccination, plus ten dollars (or only a minimal fee).<BR/><BR/>I hope this helps.<BR/><BR/>Best regards,<BR/>Eileen<BR/>Dedicated Elementary Teacher Overseas (in the Middle East)<BR/>elementaryteacher.wordpress.comUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04327828667049795484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-68724379797837231822008-06-06T21:18:00.000-05:002008-06-06T21:18:00.000-05:00OH THANK YOU FOR THIS POST!! And I never would hav...OH THANK YOU FOR THIS POST!! And I never would have read it if you hadn't visited my blog!<BR/><BR/>My daughter was vaccinated up to the age of 2. I always had a bad feeling and started to read about vaccines. I read A LOT. I found out a lot of things the general practitioner doesn't want you to know. I watched her for 2 years, fearing I'd see the change from vibrant child to the child adversely affected by vaccines. <BR/><BR/>One book I read made me open my eyes. It stated that there is a growing connection between the Hep B vaccine and autoimmune diseases. I got out my realized that exactly 6 months after I finished a Hep B series (of 3) when I was 24, I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis. I realized that for whatever reason, genetically speaking, my genetic makeup could predispose me to an autoimmune disease from that vaccine. That translated to my children's genetic makeup. <BR/><BR/>My son, now 22 months has had ZERO vaccines. My pediatrician is a 60 year old man, who has allowed me the freedom to choose that. I still don't know if I will vaccinate him at all. Luckily, I live in Colorado where I'm allowed to choose. AND I am going to have to go check out Claire who has done the same as I have.<BR/><BR/>My nephew has had all vaccines, including chicken pox. He had chicken pox last winter. I don't know that the risk involved with pumping chemicals (including the DNA of the specimen the vaccine virus was grown in) into our bodies is any less harmful than any of the diseases they are supposed to prevent. <BR/><BR/>I cannot thank you enough for talking about this touchy topic.Hyphen Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10129843526632243730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-21702953939424055042008-06-06T16:37:00.000-05:002008-06-06T16:37:00.000-05:00I was fully vaccinated and yet I had a medically d...I was fully vaccinated and yet I had a medically documented case of the measles. Had to be under quarantine and everything. So there ya go.Happy Elf Mom (Christine)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15047347624037697311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-69365859891889234412008-06-06T11:50:00.000-05:002008-06-06T11:50:00.000-05:00I have never been vaccinated - and I'm a college s...I have never been vaccinated - and I'm a college student. My mother read the small print when I was a baby and said "no, I don't want to risk this with my kid, thanks." Thankfully, TX has "exemption for religious or philosophical reasons," otherwise I would've had to be vaccinated when I went to public school in 10th grade. Now I haven't gotten any shots because I don't think it would be good for my immune system to get 18 years' worth of shots done in a much shorter time period.<BR/><BR/>I did have chicken pox and pertussis when I was about 4. I don't remember either, which is probably a good thing. I have heard some scary stories about my experiences with pertussis. Lingering effects? I'm immune to chicken pox and susceptible to coughs. I'm fine with that. <BR/><BR/>Considering the news stories about vaccinated people getting measles, I don't know how effective vaccines really are, either...Hannah C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11913287520205642535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-26746488233687823582008-06-06T05:36:00.000-05:002008-06-06T05:36:00.000-05:00I feel so very lucky that my doctor (and all that ...I feel so very lucky that my doctor (and all that I have seen so far) is fine with doing things on MY schedule.<BR/><BR/>Yes, Amy will be completely vaccinated at the end of it, but I would prefer to space them so she has her final needle at 2, rrather than at 12 months. Luckily my doctor is good with that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-83341561739339452732008-06-05T18:19:00.000-05:002008-06-05T18:19:00.000-05:00We don't vaccinate. I did a bunch of research whe...We don't vaccinate. I did a bunch of research when my oldest was a baby, and my husband and I decided that we would not. So, dd has had the first round (before we knew better), and that's all. Ds has had none. Zero. Zilch. <BR/><BR/>All parents should make that decision for their own children. Just as we should make decisions on education for our own families.<BR/><BR/>Our first pediatrician was very accepting of our decision; he said he didn't give his own daughter all the vacs that were "recommended." Our current pediatrician is just as accepting. We're in Southern California (if that makes any difference).Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11073494749323285769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-66815257141692074422008-06-05T15:38:00.000-05:002008-06-05T15:38:00.000-05:00My mother never vaccinated us and we were fine but...My mother never vaccinated us and we were fine but my sisters children got shots and one got very sick. They dont think thats unusual though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-74869088867504312142008-06-05T15:22:00.000-05:002008-06-05T15:22:00.000-05:00Last week I had to take my 6 yob to the Children's...Last week I had to take my 6 yob to the Children's Urgent Care because he stepped on a nail in our backyard. He'd had his first 3 DTaps, so he needed another one as a 'booster'. Two nurses and a doc told me that because my kids were homeschooled, they were so much healthier and safer than kids in PS, and they made no big deal at all about the fact that I space my kids' shots months apart (ok- sometimes years). I have only had one doc in 20 years give me grief about spacing shots, so I fired him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com