Pediatrician Bullies

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There are a lot of wonderful doctors out there, but there are many that

are simply bullies. I'm collecting " doctor bullying

stories " . If you have been bullied for:

questioning vaccines being forced to get vaccines wanting to avoid or delay vaccines for questioning MMR/autism connection for questioning mercury/autism connection ...and others that you think apply.

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" ...So my pediatrician just instated a rule that they are now going

to charge a $20 fee for 'delaying' or opting out of any vaccinations for

" inconvenience. " Neither of my kids have received any their

4-year old shots and some we have passed up completely, so I had to pay

$20 for both kids at each check-up. Of course, insurance would never pick

that up... "

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Upon deciding that vaccines were a contributing factor to our sons

autism, we decided that we were not going to continue his vaccinations,

and that our new born son would not be vaccinated until he was at least 3

years old. As we would take our boys into our pediatrician’s office, our

pediatrician would ask us why we had stopped vaccinating our boys. Afraid

of being turned away if we came out and completely said that we would not

be vaccinating our kids, we told our pediatrician that we just didn't

know if we would be following the schedule exactly as recommended. He

then told us very bluntly that if we decided not to vaccinate our boys

that he would drop our boys as patients and we would have to take them

elsewhere. Since then, we have simply skirted the issue by lying. We

don't want to lie, but if we didn't take our kids there, we would have to

travel a minimum of an hour round trip for any kind of a visit. So now we

tell the pediatrician that we have turned over vaccinations to a

different doctor. Which we have done. Our DAN doctor is now going to help

us vaccinate our younger son when he turns 3 years old, and he will do it

according to what we want not what the state or federal government wants.

ph J., Saratoga Springs, UT

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We did our research, and having had all negative results for venereal

disease, we decided that there was no reason for the eye ointment. We

also had done research that indicated that there was at least one study

(in the UK I think) suggesting that the Vitamin K shot could increase the

risk of childhood leukemia. Since our baby was a girl, we knew the chance

of the brain bleeds that the Vitamin K is suppose to prevent, was fairly

low. My cousin died of Leukemia when he was 19 and it was a horrific

death. We decided we would not allow either the eye ointment or the

Vitamin K shot.

When I advised the nurses when we arrived at the hospital of this, they

were horrified. One advised me that refusing the ointment would trigger a

visit from the social worker. One told me that one of their staff members

refused the Vitamin K shot for her baby and " well, let's just say

the baby didn't make it. " Now, I am a lawyer, but still, the idea of

a visit from a social worker wasn't exactly the image I had of the birth

of my first and now, due to never wanting to be at the mercy of the

medical profession again, last child. So, we went ahead with the eye

drops.

Their scare tactics worked with the Vitamin K, too. They told me I was

crazy if I thought the Vitamin K shot could cause leukemia. However, a

few hours later, when my thriving and alert daughter's white blood cell

count skyrocketed to two and a half times the normal level, they couldn't

do anything, but shrug their shoulders.

K, Kalamazoo, MI

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I brought up the possible link between the MMR shot and autism to

my pediatrician. She just laughed it off as " internet

hype. "

My daughter has had all scheduled vaccines up until the pre-kindergarten

boosters. As a result, she displays symptoms of ADHD. I don't believe

ADHD exists as a disease in and of itself, but rather it is a combination

of symptoms caused by diet and environmental toxins. Anyway, I won't

allow my daughter to have anymore vaccines.

Tonya M. from San , CA

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Fortunately, I haven't been given too much grief about vaccines! Then

again, most know of the problems we've had. However, I can remember the

*BEEP* I got when I told the doctor's at the hospital that my daughter

was admitted to because she stopped breathing TWICE. They got to the

point where they were so nasty that I demanded to have Emma released or

I'd leave anyway. Fortunately, they released her. I'm just glad I knew my

facts and blurted them out to all those interns who thought they knew

more then me! Several days later I had one call me asking for more info.

I then found out she was pregnant. Hmmmmm! Let me just remind

you....YOU ROCK!!! I would love to meet you in person someday! If you're

ever in the Albuquerque, NM (actually I'm in Rio Rancho), please let me

know! Robin

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My child is currently 19 months old and is unvaccinated. We chose

not to vaccinate her because we did extensive research on vaccinations

and I have a 5 year old cousin that has not been vaccinated and he is the

biggest, strongest and smartest five year old I have ever seen. I

have also heard and seen some sad stories of negative reactions to

children in the past few years. Our Daughter has always been a very

healthy little girl and she is very smart and well mannered.

My husband and I did not have insurance through the companies we worked

at so for the first year of her life I took her to her free checkups at

the health department. The ladies there were so nice and did a

wonderful job. They were always so happy to see her and would just

brag and brag about her... when we went in for her nine month checkup and

she was walking down the halls, they just about fell over! They

never hounded me on the vaccinations. We did speak of them on the

first visit but they respected us and our wishes from then on.

Last spring, my husband finally got insurance on us. Our daughter

has bad allergies in the spring and fall. (my husband does too) We

have also found out that she is allergic to Dogs and Cats. Most

recently we realized that she is allergic to nuts and citrus fruit.

In some weird way, I feel like God put all of the information about

vaccinations at my fingertips at the right time so I could make an

educated decision on it all because she could very well have a negative

reaction to something being so sensitive and allergic to things.

This past spring, her eyes got all matted up with green stuff due to her

allergies. I wanted to take her in because I wanted to make sure it

wasn't an infection. I called around and got a reference to a

doctor in Independence. I took her to Doctor Moser (At Cockerel,

Mackintosh in Independence, MO). I payed the 20$ co pay and took my

daughter in the room. The nurses were fast and asked for her shot

record - I told them that we were against vaccinations and they said the

doctor would be in soon. The doctor came in and looked at her a bit

and sat down. He said it was allergies and then prescribed me a 50$

allergy eye drop prescription! he then preceded to lecture me on

vaccinations, assuming that the only reason I was against them was

because of the big " Autism " deal going on in the media. I

tried to get words and sentences in, but this man had me in tears by the

time it was all over. He ended his lecture in " If you are not

going to vaccinate her then she is not welcome back " . I left,

pissed off that I just payed for horrible care and a lecture I didn't

want to hear. I went to the store, got her some all natural eye

drops for 7$ and her eyes cleared up in two days.

I have yet to find a good doctor. The last one we took her to

didn't do anything! he said " We believe in good care, so we

are not going to turn her away for being unvaccinated - but i wont sign

an exemption " He just kept saying she looks fine... she looks

great... he walked out of the door when I was trying to talk to him about

the allergic reactions she has been having... and then left us in the

room for 20 minutes without telling us he wasn't coming back. I had

even brought my husband with us that time so he could be my

" muscle " . I think that is the only reason I didn't get

another " lecture " .

this all just makes me think that, because the Health Department wasn't

being directly paid for all those vaccines that they distribute for free

- they didn't hold it against us and treated us like everyone else.

But with these high-priced-nose-in-the-air-to-busy-for-you doctors - if

you aren't paying them - you aren't worth their time.

I have spoke to other mothers who just don't take their unvaccinated kids

in to doctors because of this. I just wish we could keep going to

the health department. And, I thank GOD that my child isn't ever

sick and needs to go in to the doctor ~ because sadly, I wouldn't know

where to take her!

I also hate that I have to be so aggressive obviously. I need to

make sure - the next doctor we try to really stand up and get pissed off

I guess. Maybe that is the only way these doctors will stop

treating me and my family this way.

Deveri Harvey in Independence, MO

dl_harvey@...

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Hi,

I just read a post on the Autism, Mercury group on Cafemom where you were

looking for stories of doctors who bully people regarding

vacinations. Just recently, I took my son to the pediatrician for

his annual physical.......granted he is 12 years old, but his younger

brother is on the autism spectrum and actually, he has a couple of

sensory type issues himself and can sometimes look alittle

" asperger-ish " . I just didn't want him to get any more

vacines and asked if he could check his titers instead. Oh

my!!!!!!! He started ranting and raving, saying " he's 12

for Gods sake, he isn't going to get autism now! " Also,

he said that is over, they proved there is no relation between

vacines and autism! I am so ashamed to admit that I totally crumbled and

let him do the vacinations but I didn't want to and really felt

forced......why couldn't I fight back with him?!! I feel so

stupid, letting him talk me into it .....I still can't believe I

couldn't stick to my insticts and be strong. What if my son now

gets sick in some way....like an autoimmune disease or something.

So ashamed! Anyway, my name is Rita Gingras and I live in

Boston,Ma and my pediatrician is Dr Delollis in Medford, MA.

Hope this helps.......Rita Gingras

gingras440@...

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To whom it may concern:

Upon deciding that vaccines were a contributing factor to our sons

autism, we decided that we were not going to continue his vaccinations,

and that our new born son would not be vaccinated until he was at least 3

years old. As we would take our boys into our pediatrician’s

office, our pediatrician would ask us why we had stopped vaccinating our

boys. Afraid of being turned away if we came out and completely

said that we would not be vaccinating our kids, we told our pediatrician

that we just didn’t know if we would be following the schedule exactly as

recommended. He then told us very bluntly that if we decided not to

vaccinate our boys that he would drop our boys as patients and we would

have to take them elsewhere. Since then, we have simply skirted the

issue by lying. We don’t want to lie, but if we didn’t take our

kids there, we would have to travel a minimum of an hour round trip for

any kind of a visit. So now we tell the pediatrician that we have

turned over vaccinations to a different doctor. Which we have

done. Our DAN doctor is now going to help us vaccinate our younger

son when he turns 3 years old, and he will do it according to what we

want not what the state or federal government wants.

ph , Saratoga Springs, UT

bearcomservices@...

Reply To:

joseph@...

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I am not sure this one counts as a vaccination bullying story, but I want

to share it just the same (although, I do have a vaccination bullying

story that I will send along later).

My midwife knew that my husband and I were not going to vaccinate and as

a show of support to us, she also mentioned that at the hospital, they

would as a matter of procedure, give our baby eye ointment and a Vitamin

K shot. She said we should research those and make sure how we felt ahead

of time. (What a great lady!!)

We did our research, and having had all negative results for venereal

disease, we decided that there was no reason for the eye ointment. We

also had done research that indicated that there was at least one study

(in the UK I think) suggesting that the Vitamin K shot could increase the

risk of childhood leukemia. Since our baby was a girl, we knew the chance

of the brain bleeds that the Vitamin K is suppose to prevent, was fairly

low. My cousin died of Leukemia when he was 19 and it was a horrific

death. We decided we would not allow either the eye ointment or the

Vitamin K shot.

When I advised the nurses when we arrived at the hospital of this, they

were horrified. One advised me that refusing the ointment would trigger a

visit from the social worker. One told me that one of their staff members

refused the Vitamin K shot for her baby and " well, let's just say

the baby didn't make it. " Now, I am a lawyer, but still, the idea of

a visit from a social worker wasn't exactly the image I had of the birth

of my first and now, due to never wanting to be at the mercy of the

medical profession again, last child. So, we went ahead with the eye

drops.

Their scare tactics worked with the Vitamin K, too. They told me I was

crazy if I thought the Vitamin K shot could cause leukemia. However, a

few hours later, when my thriving and alert daughter's white blood cell

count skyrocketed to two and a half times the normal level, they couldn't

do anything, but shrug their shoulders.

A doctor called me and told me that (sight unseen) my daughter MUST have

a 48 hour series of amoxicillin and gentamycin. I asked him why and he

said it was because I was Group B strep positive. However, I advised him

that I had had two negative Group B strep tests (one only a week prior

because I was so worried about it). He said " well, whatever, she

needs the medicine. " I asked him what the side effects were and he

told me that the side effects of the medications outweighed the benefits.

I advised him that he had not answered my question and that I would need

to speak to my midwife first.

My midwife (the same one who warned me about the eye drops and Vitamin K)

was on staff that night and she grabbed some medical textbooks and sat

down with me. After reviewing everything with her (yet knowing that the

blood cultures would not be back for 48 hours, during which, the doctor

advised me, my daughter could grow " sicker " if nothing was

done), we went ahead with it.

The blood cultures came back negative and that was not surprising. I had

a wonderful pregnancy with not a single complication. My daughter was so

very alert from the moment of her birth and had a ferocious appetite.

Now, I will spend the next years wondering if " our decision "

(which was really us knuckling under the bullying of the pediatrician on

staff) to give my daughter gentamycin has forever compromised her immune

system. I am also aware that it can result in deafness and I find myself

worrying regularly about that as well. At nine months, she shows no signs

of such problems. Her health, largely I believe due to breastfeeding and

refusing all vaccinations, has always been tip top. Like I said, not

really a vaccination bullying story, but it is a story of being bullied

into medicating my child by a pediatrician.

But don't work, like pretty much all non-vaccinating parents, I have a

story involving that to share with you as well. Thanks for all you do.

J. in Kalamazoo, MI

The doctor I used with my first daughter was Dr. Kluppel (male)

who practices in Baytown, TX. The second doctor I mentioned whom could

not believe I had not taken my baby to a doctor and questioned me about

no well-baby visits was Dr. Vernicka Porter-Sales at Kidz First

Pedicatrics in Beaumont, TX.

Oh, gosh I have always wanted to do this. So, I will certainly share my

story.

It all started the day I gave birth to my first daughter. I was groggy

from so many drugs and in so much pain when the first major decision to

sign consent to give my daughter a Hep B vaccine was handed to me. I told

the nurse that I did not think we were going to vaccinate and just to

leave the information in my room. I read over the materials and noticed

that people allergic to bakers yeast should not have the vaccine. Well, I

am allergic to bakers yeast! So, I expressed my concerns to the nurse

because I thought my daughter may have the same allergy. But she assured

me that was not so and just told me how dangerous it would be to NOT give

it to her. I just remember being so sleepy and groggy that I finally just

gave in and signed the consent.

We came home and my daughter was a screamer. She could not be set, always

needed to be moving. She would not sleep for more than an hour. Thoughts

ran through my head that I just thought she had too much in her system. I

had failed to have a drug free birth and I had given in to the Hep B

vaccine. But, when I took her into the pediatrician, he said everything

she was doing was normal and to not worry about it. But, I just had that

mommy instinct that something was not right but it was my first baby, so

I thought I was a little overly concerned.

When it came time for her first round of vaccines, I had a long talk with

her doctor about my deep concerns. He ASSURED me 100% that there was not

any mercury or thimersol in vaccines anymore (this was spring 2003) and

that if I did not give her the vaccines, she was at HIGH risk. He told me

that there were NO side effects to the vaccines but if she caught one of

the diseases she could be crippled or even die. I tried to counteract his

comments but he always seemed to come back at me with something to

contradict what I was saying. I was just a new mom, little sleep and

confused. I had read enough to give me doubt about vaccine safety but not

enough to be sure either way. The doctor gave HIS version but NEVER

offered another stance on the issue.

So, when my daughter received her vaccines, she broke out in red hives

and screamed for literally several days. I just KNEW inside that the

vaccines were causing her to act different. But again when I told her

doctor this, he just said she may have been feeling bad and that it was

normal-could be a coincidence. I continued to give her vaccines until she

was 9 months of age. But it was that last time that I finally listened to

my gut. I remember asking the nurse who administered the vaccines that I

thought seven shots in one day seemed a little much but she said it would

be worse to spread them out. That just did not seem right to me. Nobody

would give a child 7 different medications at once I thought to myself.

Why this many vaccines? Again, my daughter broke out in hives and

screamed for days after the vaccines and became sick this last time. Yet

again, this was just dismissed that I was too worried and overreacting.

But I KNEW my happy baby...she was NOT a happy baby after vaccines.

I never went back to give her any vaccines. I started researching the

topic and became confident in my decision. I can't help but firmly

believe all the toxins I put into my daughter in her first year of life

did make her upset when she should not have been and made her hard to

sleep. She would rarely even sleep at 2 hour stretches. I think her

system was overwhelmed.

I went on to have two more daughters and they are not vaccinated. They

have both been 100% breastfed and one of the them has only been sick ONCE

in her 3.5 years of life. My now 16 month old has NEVER been to a

pediatrician and has NEVER been sick! I brought her along to a

pedicatrician when my middle daughter had croup (caught at pre-school)

and was actually scolded by the doctor who was in sheer disbelief that I

had never had my baby seen by a doctor! This was a different doctor than

with my first daughter. At this point in my parenthood though, I just

ignored her comments because I had the happiest healthy baby that any

parent would dream of!

It makes me so angry, sad, hurt and misled that my first doctor did not

listen to my concerns about vaccinations. It upsets me that he thought I

was overreacting to how my daughter screamed in pain after her vaccine

shots. I wish he would have listened to me and pointed me to different

books. I wish all doctors questioned vaccines but at the very least, when

a parent is concerned, they should lead the parents to the research and

help them make a decision for their family.

I have just found that staying away from pediatricians is the surest way

to have healthy kids. I went to all the well baby visits with my first

daughter and the only thing the visits did were to make me anxious and

upset. There is an obsession with heights, weights, vaccines and

medications in infants. I know there are some forward thinking doctors

and thank goodness for them. Sadly, I live in Jefferson county Texas were

natural remedies and non-vaccinating moms are rare. To find a doctor who

agrees is impossible. Thankfully my husband is a chiropractor and we have

his insight to our daughter's health.

H, Jefferson county, TX

Here’s my story:

When my son was born (May 2003), we didn’t think we wanted to vaccinate.

We hesitated on the Hep B in the hospital. On the first day, we just said

we weren’t “ready to do it yet.” I wish I was more comfortable with my

instincts. By the second day, they were handing me the info sheets and

shoving a clipboard in my face to sign so my son could be injected. I

ended up saying “let’s just do it” (something I deeply regret today, 4.5

years later). I guess I was feeling weak after my difficult labor and

emergency c-section.

After we got home and re-grouped, I got more comfortable with my decision

and decided I wasn’t going to allow any further vaccinations. Our

pediatrician was the same practice that most people in my white-collar

town used, so I didn’t even think twice about selecting them. When we

went to the first few “well visits,” I would say that I wanted to “delay”

(even though I wasn’t planning to vaccinate at all). I thought they would

be easier on me if I was just “delaying.” But still, they were

condescending and took a very authoritative stance. They didn’t threaten

me, but put me in a position where I felt I needed to defend myself –

which I just couldn’t do very well. I ended up sounding like a babbling

idiot (which I’m usually not). I would come home upset and feeling

bullied.

The different doctors and nurses clearly had different “favorite

vaccines.” I remember one doctor specifically saying that he was ok with

delaying most of them, but I really should get the Hib one. He had seen,

firsthand, what meningitis could do to babies and we wouldn’t want to

take that kind of a risk. Apparently, the Hib was his personal

“favorite.”

Anyway, after the first two or three visits, I just stopped going for

check-ups. I hated how I felt after each appointment and my baby was

totally healthy. I could certainly weigh him and measure him myself, and

track his growth on the charts (if I cared to do it). I began searching

for a more “accepting” pediatrician.

I finally got the name of a new doctor when my son was about 14 months

old. I was much more comfortable with my stance by this time, and knew

that I didn’t need to defend myself. When I called the new doctor’s

office, I was told she was not accepting new patients, but her colleague

would accept us. I immediately stated to the receptionist that I was not

planning to vaccinate my son, and that I didn’t want to waste anyone’s

time. If the doctor was going to have a problem with it, we would find

someone else. She put me on hold and then came back to say it was no

problem. I was relieved.

At our first appointment, my husband wanted to come along and I was glad.

If they started giving me a hard time, I thought I would feel less

intimidated with him there. We ended up having a nice discussion with the

doctor, during which we “agreed to disagree” on the topic – but he was

never condescending or dismissive. Since then, we go to annual check-ups

and I do not feel like I have to defend myself each time.

However, on my most recent visit (October 2007), he presented me with a

form that he wants me to sign. You know the form – the one where I say

(paraphrasing) that my all-knowing doctor told me that I’m putting my

child at risk, and I’ve chosen to ignore him. I didn’t sign it. He

wants me to review the form and think about it for next time. Then we’ll

talk about it again, and if I still don’t want to sign it, it’ll be the

end of the discussion. I tend to doubt that it will be the end of the

discussion, but we’ll see. So that’s where we stand today.

Thanks for all the great work you’re doing. Your work has been

instrumental in my research and I applaud you for putting yourself out

there for the good of children everywhere.

H. Massachusetts

My terrible experience with a pediatrician took place a long time ago but

I take every opportunity I can to tell my story since it ruined my son's

life. I am in New Jersey and the Dr.'s name was Brown. He was a highly

recommended Pediatrician in our area, this was in 1985, he is probably

gone now.

I had a terrible feeling about getting my beautiful baby's DPT shot, call

it mother's intuition or whatever, but I did not want him to get it. I

had 2 other sons much older and they handled the shots ok with no

noticable adverse reactions so I don't know why I had such a dread with

the last one but I did. I tried to discuss it with the Dr. and told him

about my fears and he proceeded to make me feel like a horrible parent.

He told me that first of all it was the law and my son would not be able

to attend school without the vaccines and that I was risking my child's

life by not protecting him from whooping cough. He badgered me until I

finally gave in. Shame on me! I took my poor innocent little baby home

and listened to him scream for hours.

I called the Dr. twice and was told to give him Tylenol. He continued to

scream like he never had before. I called the Dr. again and he was angry

that I was bothering him and accused me of being a fanatical,

overreacting mother. Finally after many hours of terrible crying, my son

seemed to fall asleep and I laid him in his cradle and just sat there and

watched him. His little body kept jumping while he was sleeping and I

called the Dr. again. He hung up on me. Little did I know back

then that my infant was having seizures.

He was never the same after that night and it would take a full book to

tell all his problems. ADD, OCD, Social problems, learning problems, ear

infections, and much much more. He had been already sleeping through the

night before he got his first shots and he didn't sleep through the night

again for 3 months. This is just a very small part of our story but you

get the idea. Stand up for your rights and the rights of your children to

be healthy!

Sharon in New Jersey

I recently took my 13 year old son to a check up at our pediatrician's

office in Charlotte, NC. Up to this point, my son has had all childhood

vaccines as suggested by the pediatrician and/or required by state

schooling regulations. Until recently, I was unaware of the dangers of

vaccines but I have been reading more and more about this controversial

issue.

After the check-up was completed, the doctor noticed that I had declined

both the chicken pox booster vaccine and the meningitis vaccine which

were due at this visit. She questioned me as to my reasons. I explained I

did not think they were necessary and the potential side affects

outweighed the benefits as far as my research could tell. She appeared to

suddenly become defensive and proceeded to tell me that chicken pox can

be deadly and that my son would not be able to go to college until he had

both of these vaccines. I couldn't help but let out a small chuckle

before replying that he had five years before going to college and we

would cross that bridge when we came to it. I added " right now I am

not interested " .

She continued to tell me that it was her place, as the pediatrician, to

tell me how quickly someone can die from meningitis and that there had

been two cases she knew of in the past few years which involved high

schoolers. My first thought was... Ok...in a school system of one hundred

thirty-three thousand children, two cases in the past few years is a

negligible percentage. My second thought was...why is she so insistent on

my agreeing to these vaccines? It only made me more apt to NOT get them.

She continued for a couple of more minutes telling me about the dangers

of these two illnesses and how we needed to have the vaccines. I abruptly

ended the conversation by stating " I'll let you know if I change my

mind " . Her demeanor was far less pleasant when she left the room as

it was when she initially entered.

I left the office feeling like I had been harrassed and was very annoyed

that she had used her position to try to intimidate me into vaccinating

my son with two unnecessary vaccines. I hope other parents will research

vaccines and arm themselves with information prior to going to the

doctor's office. I only wish I had studied all the facts and prepared

some figures prior to our appointment with the pediatrician. On second

thought, I'm not sure it would have made a difference...she was not the

least bit interested in the " details " of why I didn't want the

vaccines. I will, however, be more prepared next visit...

W, Charlotte, NC

In our small community our only pediatric clinic is owned by the

hospital. As more and more parents who attended our autism support

group would tell the ped that they did not want their children to have

any more vaccines, things started to really heat up around here.

The ped informed these parents that if they do not FULLY vaccinate (to

include the FLU SHOT), then they were not welcome to come there

anymore. Some gave in, some got into very heated arguments. So the

ped clinic brought this issue to the hospital, and they decided to bring

in an out-of-town developmental pediatrician to give a talk to the

community about autism; what it is, what it is not, and where IT DOES NOT

COME FROM (vaccines).

This guy's message was basically this:

If your child has autism, they will always have autism and nothing

is going to change that. It did not come from vaccines, and anyone

blaming vaccines or thimerosal is on a witch hunt. Any and all of

the non-medical autism interventions, such as ABA, diet, supplements,

etc., do not work, and you are silly to think that they might. But

if you bring your child to me, I can put him (and you, if you would like)

on medication so that your whole family can live a better life.

I have the whole thing on audio tape. Parents were

reduced to tears. Professionals left there like they were leaving a

funeral. There is a lot more to the story, but the main point is

the fact that our only pediatric clinic is DEMANDING that every child be

vaccinated 100% including the flu shot every year.

Joanne Antonetti, Iron Mountain, MI (In the beautiful U.P.)

As a mom to four kiddos, I wanted to share my bullying story.

When I had my first, as most first time moms do, I listened to everything

everyone told me about how to care for my newborn. In my eyes doctors

were gods, and noone knew better than them how to keep my baby healthy. I

submitted to all the tests without question, and watched with a sick

feeling in my heart as they stuck my poor baby too many times for me to

count. I even smilingly agreed to the circumcision, because after

all...HE wasnt going to feel a thing, and he'd probably sleep right

through it..he had to look like daddy after all, right? They brought my

screaming baby back to me..not the same baby I had birthed the day

before. They told me it was normal for babies to be fussy like that after

being circed, and having their shots. Again I agreed..not so smilingly

this time.

Time for the first well baby visit, and the first round of shots. At that

time the polio was oral drops. They gave me the hand-outs of the risks,

and side effects of the shots..and just by glancing at this

information..I started to get this awful feeling of dread..like I KNEW I

shouldnt be doing this to my infant. I asked TONS of questions, even went

so far as to ask the Dr. if HER child took the oral polio, or the shot.

(the shot, at that time, wasnt covered by insurance)

well, she basically blew off my questions about her children..and was

getting a bit upset at me for questioning vaccines at all.

The months went by, and every well baby visit brought a sense of dread

that I cant even put into words. I was going against my instincts in

every way, allowing them to inject my baby, but I allowed it because they

told me it was the LAW, that I HAD to vax my child. Every visit was the

same..me questioning , and them telling me I had to. I asked about

delaying even, because the stress of the worrying AFTER the shots was

phenomenal. I would even wait in the parking lot and nurse my son to calm

him for about 1/2 hour so I could be sure he wasnt going to go into

anaphalictic shock after...

Along comes my 2nd child..a baby girl 2 years later...the thought of

going through the torture of well baby visits and shots with her ripped

my heart out.

By this time, I was extremely angry..with myself, my husband, and

ESPECIALLY the doctors who insisted that it was the law. THEN came the

rotoshield recall..shortly after my daughter had had the shot. The sheer

PANIC, and HORROR..I decided right then and here, that my kids were not

going to get anymore shots..ever. I even told my husband I would divorce

him if he tried to cross me..and I actually did, by the way! I was kicked

out of the pedi's practice. they told me they could no longer see my

children if I refused to vax them.

Along comes the internet into my home, and thats what REALLY changed my

life. OH the information I found about vaccines..and SURPRISE

SURPRISE..they were NOT mandated by law!! After years of scare tactics by

the doctors I had " TRIED " to trust. I was STEAMING, I was

hurt, I felt betrayed, but most of all...I felt like I let my children

down. I was supposed to protect them, and I didn't do it.

Five years go by..I get divorced, and re-married in that time. My third

pregnancy, and I KNOW I'll not have to worry about the vaccine issue any

longer. My husband was in complete agreement with me, and we chose to go

to a pedi. over an hour away that shared the same beliefs as us. My

fourth pregnancy..no worries about vaccines. Its amazing how much easier

the pregnancies were when I wasnt consumed with worry about things that I

" Thought " I had no control over. My two youngest children are

completely vaccine free, and they are by far the healthiest of my four

kids, they've never so much as had a fever!

I still do worry a LITTLE now. My oldest, whose complete shot history is

in the records at school, will be due for some shot when he enters the

seventh grade next year. Of course, he will not be getting it, but I'm

worried they will not accept my exemption form because he has previously

had all his shots.

My oldest daughter, even though she was partially vaxed, has the

exemption on file as she has had NO shots, and the school gave me no

hassle about that.

Anyways.if it ever gets to the point that the school starts hasselling

me..I will just homeschool them

So..in closing, I'd just like to say THANK YOU..for letting me tell my

story, writing this over the past few days, and re-living the horror of

forced vaccinations, has actually helped to heal my heart. It has been

hard over the years to forgive myself for what I allowed to be done to my

sweet innocent babies. Especially since my oldest suffered with adhd for

years, and I'm sure it was caused by the vaccines.

Happily, now, at age 11, he no longer needs any special help, or therapy

at school, and he's a happy, healthy, beautiful boy. No meds either!!

EVER!! They actaully tried to FORCE the Ritalin when he was in

kindergarten...but thats a different story altogether!!

G, from Massachusetts

A young neighbor mom who lives about a mile down our country road, called

early last Wednesday (Halloween) morning, hysterical. She said her

baby has not been the same since her 12 month vaccines the past Friday,

and she is at her wits end. It had been five days since, tiny, 21

pound Hope had gotten her vaccines. I asked the mom which ones she

got. She told me that she did not know what was in the three

childhood vaccines that Hope received, but she knew that Hope got a flu

shot on top of that because the doctor insisted on it. The mom said

she told the doctor that she did not like that idea at all, but he pushed

and pushed until she relented.

Now, five days later we have a precious baby exhibiting weird

neurological symptoms and just flat out miserable. The mom said her

baby had screamed through the whole first night, and has been up crying

through the nights since.

There is more to this story that is absolute insanity (like when the mom

called the doctor's office to confirm my statement that the flu shot

contains mercury, and the nurse scolded her and told her that

" vaccine mercury " is perfectly safe).

The baby got so bad that the mom ended up that evening in the ER with

her. They refused to listen to her in regards to her concerns about

the mercury in the flu shot and what affect she believed it was having on

Hope. They did not draw a heavy metal tox screen. When I

found out about it on Saturday, I took the mom and Hope back to the

hospital, stacks of scientific studies in hand, an audio tape recorder

and a camera man. They now shudder when they see me walk in that

place as anyone's advocate, but hey, we got our heavy metal tox screen

done, although three additional days had been lost.

So the tox screen is eight days post flu vax instead of five days post

(grrrrr). We will see what we get. I also got my hands on a urine

porphyrin test kit to send to France. I just need a doc to sign it

and somehow scrape some money together to pay for it. Most parents

whose children become damaged by vaccines do not have the money it takes

to put these kids back together again.

This is so sad..........

Joanne

Mom to Luke, NT - eight years old and Tony, ASD - 6 1/2 years old

I am a 25 year old unvaccinated mother of two girls. Bettie is 2 years

and Siouxsie is 9 months. When Bettie was born we refused all vaccines or

injections, including Vit K. The Pediatrician at the time Dr.

Lubin (if it matters) who is based in Burbank, Ca, didn't say a whole lot

at the hospital she waited till our first WBC. At Bettie's 2 month

appointment she sat down to talk to me about vaccines (knowing I am 100%

against them) I told her I was unvaccinated she said I was

" lucky " to have never been seriously ill and even alive. She

told me that these diseases are coming back because of people like me,

she said there was a mass out-break of mumps in Iowa (which I later

looked up, 80% of the affected where vaccinated) and that mumps can be

deadly. I held my ground and did not budge, I am NOT VACCINATING my

children.

She was not done, she kept pretty quiet about it over the next few

appointments but asking me every time if I was sure. Then at my daughters

9 month WBC she asked me about the vaccinations, I said no again. She

then knelt down looked at my daughter and said " I am just trying to

protect you but your Mommy wont let me. " I was in shock, I couldn't

say anything I was frozen, like my voice had run out on me. I had to

leave the office and really think " did she really just say that to

my daughter. " I went home and called her office leaving a message

with her receptionist to have her call me when she had the chance.

When she did call back I told her how shocked and appalled I was by her

comment to my baby. She apologized for me having taken offense to her

comment, and told me that she could not promise she wouldn't say anything

like that again because that is how she felt. I told her " You may

want to protect her from the diseases out there, but I want to protect

her from the toxins and chemicals in vaccines. " Needless to say we

have found another Doctor, he doesn't agree with our decision but he does

not fight us or even talk to us about it.

Thank you for letting me tell my story!

Candy L. from Valencia, Ca

My children age 4 and 2 were both born at home, all natural, no drugs or

medications. They have never had a single drug, medication, or

vaccination. They only Dr they have ever been to is our

chiropractor.. in fact both were checked within minutes of being

born. I have incredibly healthy children.

However, we had to move to Ft. Hood Texas last yr for 9 months while my

husbands National Guard Unit was doing some training. And my

healthy kids were suddenly sick ALL THE TIME! They would have cold,

fever, stuffy nose for about a week.. be good for 4 days.. then it woudl

start all over again. I used every trick in my book to help them

heal.. But each cycle of sickness just got worse and worse.. There was a

point one night where my son stopped breathing and we had to call the

ambulance (they said it was just a virus).. and we all got to the point

where we would only sleep about 45 mins at a time. It was

horrilbe.

I was finally at my wits end, and finally made an appt with a medical DR

for my daughter who was currently ill. She had a fever the night b4

of 105, which I got to come down to 101 after giving her a gental

enima.

Anyways.. onto the Dr.s.... The ladies at the front desk were

apalled that I didnt have her vaccination record with us ( Do people

actually carry this around with them?) They asked me 8 different

times if her " shots " were current.. I didnt want to fight

so I just said yes. THey asked me 3 different times if they coudl

call our regular DR in Arizona for a copy of her immunization

records. I told them I didnt have that info with me. Not a

single person in the office even touched my daughter. I had to put

her on the scale.. they had her open her mouth to stick a thermomiter

in. Then we waited for the Dr.

When he came in, he also did not touch her. He did not even look at

her. He asked me all the same questions I had spent the last hour

filling out. " Is the family under stress, any

allergies.... " After answering this, he told me that this was

just a virus going around, he also lectured me on giving her an enema the

night b4.. he said I could " give her an electrolyte imbalance and

that a medication is much safer alternative " .... I then pointed out

that it was cycling every week, and just getting worse. The DR

again asked if thier vaccines were current. I told him that we dont

vaccinate, and the Dr was so shocked.. he didnt know what to say.

" Um, you um are putting your kids at um ,risk for many deathly

illness, and those uh vaccines will give your sick kids great

health! I will have the nurse come in now to start both of

them. And your kids will feel better " I told him that he

would have to sign my Dr form stating that he takes all responsibilities

for the harm caused now and in the future.

One of his staff came in after that and asked us to leave. I found out

three weeks later ( 2 weeks b4 moving back home) that our Apartment were

horrilbe invested with black mold. We moved back to AZ and it took

us about 6 months b4 our immune systems were back to normal.

Oh and the Dr in TX? He billed our insurance $269. For what I

dont know. They did not even touch her. I am still so angry that I

broke my bragging rights of being able to say " My child has never

been to a medical Dr " for such a ridiculous experience.

H. Peck, Experience in Ft. Hood TX

Sheri Nakken, former R.N., MA, Hahnemannian

Homeopath

Vaccination Information & Choice Network, Washington State, USA

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" ...So my pediatrician just instated a rule that they are now going

to charge a $20 fee for 'delaying' or opting out of any vaccinations for

" inconvenience. " Neither of my kids have received any their

4-year old shots and some we have passed up completely, so I had to pay

$20 for both kids at each check-up. Of course, insurance would never pick

that up... "

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Upon deciding that vaccines were a contributing factor to our sons

autism, we decided that we were not going to continue his vaccinations,

and that our new born son would not be vaccinated until he was at least 3

years old. As we would take our boys into our pediatrician’s office, our

pediatrician would ask us why we had stopped vaccinating our boys. Afraid

of being turned away if we came out and completely said that we would not

be vaccinating our kids, we told our pediatrician that we just didn't

know if we would be following the schedule exactly as recommended. He

then told us very bluntly that if we decided not to vaccinate our boys

that he would drop our boys as patients and we would have to take them

elsewhere. Since then, we have simply skirted the issue by lying. We

don't want to lie, but if we didn't take our kids there, we would have to

travel a minimum of an hour round trip for any kind of a visit. So now we

tell the pediatrician that we have turned over vaccinations to a

different doctor. Which we have done. Our DAN doctor is now going to help

us vaccinate our younger son when he turns 3 years old, and he will do it

according to what we want not what the state or federal government wants.

ph J., Saratoga Springs, UT

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We did our research, and having had all negative results for venereal

disease, we decided that there was no reason for the eye ointment. We

also had done research that indicated that there was at least one study

(in the UK I think) suggesting that the Vitamin K shot could increase the

risk of childhood leukemia. Since our baby was a girl, we knew the chance

of the brain bleeds that the Vitamin K is suppose to prevent, was fairly

low. My cousin died of Leukemia when he was 19 and it was a horrific

death. We decided we would not allow either the eye ointment or the

Vitamin K shot.

When I advised the nurses when we arrived at the hospital of this, they

were horrified. One advised me that refusing the ointment would trigger a

visit from the social worker. One told me that one of their staff members

refused the Vitamin K shot for her baby and " well, let's just say

the baby didn't make it. " Now, I am a lawyer, but still, the idea of

a visit from a social worker wasn't exactly the image I had of the birth

of my first and now, due to never wanting to be at the mercy of the

medical profession again, last child. So, we went ahead with the eye

drops.

Their scare tactics worked with the Vitamin K, too. They told me I was

crazy if I thought the Vitamin K shot could cause leukemia. However, a

few hours later, when my thriving and alert daughter's white blood cell

count skyrocketed to two and a half times the normal level, they couldn't

do anything, but shrug their shoulders.

K, Kalamazoo, MI

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I brought up the possible link between the MMR shot and autism to

my pediatrician. She just laughed it off as " internet

hype. "

My daughter has had all scheduled vaccines up until the pre-kindergarten

boosters. As a result, she displays symptoms of ADHD. I don't believe

ADHD exists as a disease in and of itself, but rather it is a combination

of symptoms caused by diet and environmental toxins. Anyway, I won't

allow my daughter to have anymore vaccines.

Tonya M. from San , CA

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Fortunately, I haven't been given too much grief about vaccines! Then

again, most know of the problems we've had. However, I can remember the

*BEEP* I got when I told the doctor's at the hospital that my daughter

was admitted to because she stopped breathing TWICE. They got to the

point where they were so nasty that I demanded to have Emma released or

I'd leave anyway. Fortunately, they released her. I'm just glad I knew my

facts and blurted them out to all those interns who thought they knew

more then me! Several days later I had one call me asking for more info.

I then found out she was pregnant. Hmmmmm! Let me just remind

you....YOU ROCK!!! I would love to meet you in person someday! If you're

ever in the Albuquerque, NM (actually I'm in Rio Rancho), please let me

know! Robin

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My child is currently 19 months old and is unvaccinated. We chose

not to vaccinate her because we did extensive research on vaccinations

and I have a 5 year old cousin that has not been vaccinated and he is the

biggest, strongest and smartest five year old I have ever seen. I

have also heard and seen some sad stories of negative reactions to

children in the past few years. Our Daughter has always been a very

healthy little girl and she is very smart and well mannered.

My husband and I did not have insurance through the companies we worked

at so for the first year of her life I took her to her free checkups at

the health department. The ladies there were so nice and did a

wonderful job. They were always so happy to see her and would just

brag and brag about her... when we went in for her nine month checkup and

she was walking down the halls, they just about fell over! They

never hounded me on the vaccinations. We did speak of them on the

first visit but they respected us and our wishes from then on.

Last spring, my husband finally got insurance on us. Our daughter

has bad allergies in the spring and fall. (my husband does too) We

have also found out that she is allergic to Dogs and Cats. Most

recently we realized that she is allergic to nuts and citrus fruit.

In some weird way, I feel like God put all of the information about

vaccinations at my fingertips at the right time so I could make an

educated decision on it all because she could very well have a negative

reaction to something being so sensitive and allergic to things.

This past spring, her eyes got all matted up with green stuff due to her

allergies. I wanted to take her in because I wanted to make sure it

wasn't an infection. I called around and got a reference to a

doctor in Independence. I took her to Doctor Moser (At Cockerel,

Mackintosh in Independence, MO). I payed the 20$ co pay and took my

daughter in the room. The nurses were fast and asked for her shot

record - I told them that we were against vaccinations and they said the

doctor would be in soon. The doctor came in and looked at her a bit

and sat down. He said it was allergies and then prescribed me a 50$

allergy eye drop prescription! he then preceded to lecture me on

vaccinations, assuming that the only reason I was against them was

because of the big " Autism " deal going on in the media. I

tried to get words and sentences in, but this man had me in tears by the

time it was all over. He ended his lecture in " If you are not

going to vaccinate her then she is not welcome back " . I left,

pissed off that I just payed for horrible care and a lecture I didn't

want to hear. I went to the store, got her some all natural eye

drops for 7$ and her eyes cleared up in two days.

I have yet to find a good doctor. The last one we took her to

didn't do anything! he said " We believe in good care, so we

are not going to turn her away for being unvaccinated - but i wont sign

an exemption " He just kept saying she looks fine... she looks

great... he walked out of the door when I was trying to talk to him about

the allergic reactions she has been having... and then left us in the

room for 20 minutes without telling us he wasn't coming back. I had

even brought my husband with us that time so he could be my

" muscle " . I think that is the only reason I didn't get

another " lecture " .

this all just makes me think that, because the Health Department wasn't

being directly paid for all those vaccines that they distribute for free

- they didn't hold it against us and treated us like everyone else.

But with these high-priced-nose-in-the-air-to-busy-for-you doctors - if

you aren't paying them - you aren't worth their time.

I have spoke to other mothers who just don't take their unvaccinated kids

in to doctors because of this. I just wish we could keep going to

the health department. And, I thank GOD that my child isn't ever

sick and needs to go in to the doctor ~ because sadly, I wouldn't know

where to take her!

I also hate that I have to be so aggressive obviously. I need to

make sure - the next doctor we try to really stand up and get pissed off

I guess. Maybe that is the only way these doctors will stop

treating me and my family this way.

Deveri Harvey in Independence, MO

dl_harvey@...

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Hi,

I just read a post on the Autism, Mercury group on Cafemom where you were

looking for stories of doctors who bully people regarding

vacinations. Just recently, I took my son to the pediatrician for

his annual physical.......granted he is 12 years old, but his younger

brother is on the autism spectrum and actually, he has a couple of

sensory type issues himself and can sometimes look alittle

" asperger-ish " . I just didn't want him to get any more

vacines and asked if he could check his titers instead. Oh

my!!!!!!! He started ranting and raving, saying " he's 12

for Gods sake, he isn't going to get autism now! " Also,

he said that is over, they proved there is no relation between

vacines and autism! I am so ashamed to admit that I totally crumbled and

let him do the vacinations but I didn't want to and really felt

forced......why couldn't I fight back with him?!! I feel so

stupid, letting him talk me into it .....I still can't believe I

couldn't stick to my insticts and be strong. What if my son now

gets sick in some way....like an autoimmune disease or something.

So ashamed! Anyway, my name is Rita Gingras and I live in

Boston,Ma and my pediatrician is Dr Delollis in Medford, MA.

Hope this helps.......Rita Gingras

gingras440@...

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To whom it may concern:

Upon deciding that vaccines were a contributing factor to our sons

autism, we decided that we were not going to continue his vaccinations,

and that our new born son would not be vaccinated until he was at least 3

years old. As we would take our boys into our pediatrician’s

office, our pediatrician would ask us why we had stopped vaccinating our

boys. Afraid of being turned away if we came out and completely

said that we would not be vaccinating our kids, we told our pediatrician

that we just didn’t know if we would be following the schedule exactly as

recommended. He then told us very bluntly that if we decided not to

vaccinate our boys that he would drop our boys as patients and we would

have to take them elsewhere. Since then, we have simply skirted the

issue by lying. We don’t want to lie, but if we didn’t take our

kids there, we would have to travel a minimum of an hour round trip for

any kind of a visit. So now we tell the pediatrician that we have

turned over vaccinations to a different doctor. Which we have

done. Our DAN doctor is now going to help us vaccinate our younger

son when he turns 3 years old, and he will do it according to what we

want not what the state or federal government wants.

ph , Saratoga Springs, UT

bearcomservices@...

Reply To:

joseph@...

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I am not sure this one counts as a vaccination bullying story, but I want

to share it just the same (although, I do have a vaccination bullying

story that I will send along later).

My midwife knew that my husband and I were not going to vaccinate and as

a show of support to us, she also mentioned that at the hospital, they

would as a matter of procedure, give our baby eye ointment and a Vitamin

K shot. She said we should research those and make sure how we felt ahead

of time. (What a great lady!!)

We did our research, and having had all negative results for venereal

disease, we decided that there was no reason for the eye ointment. We

also had done research that indicated that there was at least one study

(in the UK I think) suggesting that the Vitamin K shot could increase the

risk of childhood leukemia. Since our baby was a girl, we knew the chance

of the brain bleeds that the Vitamin K is suppose to prevent, was fairly

low. My cousin died of Leukemia when he was 19 and it was a horrific

death. We decided we would not allow either the eye ointment or the

Vitamin K shot.

When I advised the nurses when we arrived at the hospital of this, they

were horrified. One advised me that refusing the ointment would trigger a

visit from the social worker. One told me that one of their staff members

refused the Vitamin K shot for her baby and " well, let's just say

the baby didn't make it. " Now, I am a lawyer, but still, the idea of

a visit from a social worker wasn't exactly the image I had of the birth

of my first and now, due to never wanting to be at the mercy of the

medical profession again, last child. So, we went ahead with the eye

drops.

Their scare tactics worked with the Vitamin K, too. They told me I was

crazy if I thought the Vitamin K shot could cause leukemia. However, a

few hours later, when my thriving and alert daughter's white blood cell

count skyrocketed to two and a half times the normal level, they couldn't

do anything, but shrug their shoulders.

A doctor called me and told me that (sight unseen) my daughter MUST have

a 48 hour series of amoxicillin and gentamycin. I asked him why and he

said it was because I was Group B strep positive. However, I advised him

that I had had two negative Group B strep tests (one only a week prior

because I was so worried about it). He said " well, whatever, she

needs the medicine. " I asked him what the side effects were and he

told me that the side effects of the medications outweighed the benefits.

I advised him that he had not answered my question and that I would need

to speak to my midwife first.

My midwife (the same one who warned me about the eye drops and Vitamin K)

was on staff that night and she grabbed some medical textbooks and sat

down with me. After reviewing everything with her (yet knowing that the

blood cultures would not be back for 48 hours, during which, the doctor

advised me, my daughter could grow " sicker " if nothing was

done), we went ahead with it.

The blood cultures came back negative and that was not surprising. I had

a wonderful pregnancy with not a single complication. My daughter was so

very alert from the moment of her birth and had a ferocious appetite.

Now, I will spend the next years wondering if " our decision "

(which was really us knuckling under the bullying of the pediatrician on

staff) to give my daughter gentamycin has forever compromised her immune

system. I am also aware that it can result in deafness and I find myself

worrying regularly about that as well. At nine months, she shows no signs

of such problems. Her health, largely I believe due to breastfeeding and

refusing all vaccinations, has always been tip top. Like I said, not

really a vaccination bullying story, but it is a story of being bullied

into medicating my child by a pediatrician.

But don't work, like pretty much all non-vaccinating parents, I have a

story involving that to share with you as well. Thanks for all you do.

J. in Kalamazoo, MI

The doctor I used with my first daughter was Dr. Kluppel (male)

who practices in Baytown, TX. The second doctor I mentioned whom could

not believe I had not taken my baby to a doctor and questioned me about

no well-baby visits was Dr. Vernicka Porter-Sales at Kidz First

Pedicatrics in Beaumont, TX.

Oh, gosh I have always wanted to do this. So, I will certainly share my

story.

It all started the day I gave birth to my first daughter. I was groggy

from so many drugs and in so much pain when the first major decision to

sign consent to give my daughter a Hep B vaccine was handed to me. I told

the nurse that I did not think we were going to vaccinate and just to

leave the information in my room. I read over the materials and noticed

that people allergic to bakers yeast should not have the vaccine. Well, I

am allergic to bakers yeast! So, I expressed my concerns to the nurse

because I thought my daughter may have the same allergy. But she assured

me that was not so and just told me how dangerous it would be to NOT give

it to her. I just remember being so sleepy and groggy that I finally just

gave in and signed the consent.

We came home and my daughter was a screamer. She could not be set, always

needed to be moving. She would not sleep for more than an hour. Thoughts

ran through my head that I just thought she had too much in her system. I

had failed to have a drug free birth and I had given in to the Hep B

vaccine. But, when I took her into the pediatrician, he said everything

she was doing was normal and to not worry about it. But, I just had that

mommy instinct that something was not right but it was my first baby, so

I thought I was a little overly concerned.

When it came time for her first round of vaccines, I had a long talk with

her doctor about my deep concerns. He ASSURED me 100% that there was not

any mercury or thimersol in vaccines anymore (this was spring 2003) and

that if I did not give her the vaccines, she was at HIGH risk. He told me

that there were NO side effects to the vaccines but if she caught one of

the diseases she could be crippled or even die. I tried to counteract his

comments but he always seemed to come back at me with something to

contradict what I was saying. I was just a new mom, little sleep and

confused. I had read enough to give me doubt about vaccine safety but not

enough to be sure either way. The doctor gave HIS version but NEVER

offered another stance on the issue.

So, when my daughter received her vaccines, she broke out in red hives

and screamed for literally several days. I just KNEW inside that the

vaccines were causing her to act different. But again when I told her

doctor this, he just said she may have been feeling bad and that it was

normal-could be a coincidence. I continued to give her vaccines until she

was 9 months of age. But it was that last time that I finally listened to

my gut. I remember asking the nurse who administered the vaccines that I

thought seven shots in one day seemed a little much but she said it would

be worse to spread them out. That just did not seem right to me. Nobody

would give a child 7 different medications at once I thought to myself.

Why this many vaccines? Again, my daughter broke out in hives and

screamed for days after the vaccines and became sick this last time. Yet

again, this was just dismissed that I was too worried and overreacting.

But I KNEW my happy baby...she was NOT a happy baby after vaccines.

I never went back to give her any vaccines. I started researching the

topic and became confident in my decision. I can't help but firmly

believe all the toxins I put into my daughter in her first year of life

did make her upset when she should not have been and made her hard to

sleep. She would rarely even sleep at 2 hour stretches. I think her

system was overwhelmed.

I went on to have two more daughters and they are not vaccinated. They

have both been 100% breastfed and one of the them has only been sick ONCE

in her 3.5 years of life. My now 16 month old has NEVER been to a

pediatrician and has NEVER been sick! I brought her along to a

pedicatrician when my middle daughter had croup (caught at pre-school)

and was actually scolded by the doctor who was in sheer disbelief that I

had never had my baby seen by a doctor! This was a different doctor than

with my first daughter. At this point in my parenthood though, I just

ignored her comments because I had the happiest healthy baby that any

parent would dream of!

It makes me so angry, sad, hurt and misled that my first doctor did not

listen to my concerns about vaccinations. It upsets me that he thought I

was overreacting to how my daughter screamed in pain after her vaccine

shots. I wish he would have listened to me and pointed me to different

books. I wish all doctors questioned vaccines but at the very least, when

a parent is concerned, they should lead the parents to the research and

help them make a decision for their family.

I have just found that staying away from pediatricians is the surest way

to have healthy kids. I went to all the well baby visits with my first

daughter and the only thing the visits did were to make me anxious and

upset. There is an obsession with heights, weights, vaccines and

medications in infants. I know there are some forward thinking doctors

and thank goodness for them. Sadly, I live in Jefferson county Texas were

natural remedies and non-vaccinating moms are rare. To find a doctor who

agrees is impossible. Thankfully my husband is a chiropractor and we have

his insight to our daughter's health.

H, Jefferson county, TX

Here’s my story:

When my son was born (May 2003), we didn’t think we wanted to vaccinate.

We hesitated on the Hep B in the hospital. On the first day, we just said

we weren’t “ready to do it yet.” I wish I was more comfortable with my

instincts. By the second day, they were handing me the info sheets and

shoving a clipboard in my face to sign so my son could be injected. I

ended up saying “let’s just do it” (something I deeply regret today, 4.5

years later). I guess I was feeling weak after my difficult labor and

emergency c-section.

After we got home and re-grouped, I got more comfortable with my decision

and decided I wasn’t going to allow any further vaccinations. Our

pediatrician was the same practice that most people in my white-collar

town used, so I didn’t even think twice about selecting them. When we

went to the first few “well visits,” I would say that I wanted to “delay”

(even though I wasn’t planning to vaccinate at all). I thought they would

be easier on me if I was just “delaying.” But still, they were

condescending and took a very authoritative stance. They didn’t threaten

me, but put me in a position where I felt I needed to defend myself –

which I just couldn’t do very well. I ended up sounding like a babbling

idiot (which I’m usually not). I would come home upset and feeling

bullied.

The different doctors and nurses clearly had different “favorite

vaccines.” I remember one doctor specifically saying that he was ok with

delaying most of them, but I really should get the Hib one. He had seen,

firsthand, what meningitis could do to babies and we wouldn’t want to

take that kind of a risk. Apparently, the Hib was his personal

“favorite.”

Anyway, after the first two or three visits, I just stopped going for

check-ups. I hated how I felt after each appointment and my baby was

totally healthy. I could certainly weigh him and measure him myself, and

track his growth on the charts (if I cared to do it). I began searching

for a more “accepting” pediatrician.

I finally got the name of a new doctor when my son was about 14 months

old. I was much more comfortable with my stance by this time, and knew

that I didn’t need to defend myself. When I called the new doctor’s

office, I was told she was not accepting new patients, but her colleague

would accept us. I immediately stated to the receptionist that I was not

planning to vaccinate my son, and that I didn’t want to waste anyone’s

time. If the doctor was going to have a problem with it, we would find

someone else. She put me on hold and then came back to say it was no

problem. I was relieved.

At our first appointment, my husband wanted to come along and I was glad.

If they started giving me a hard time, I thought I would feel less

intimidated with him there. We ended up having a nice discussion with the

doctor, during which we “agreed to disagree” on the topic – but he was

never condescending or dismissive. Since then, we go to annual check-ups

and I do not feel like I have to defend myself each time.

However, on my most recent visit (October 2007), he presented me with a

form that he wants me to sign. You know the form – the one where I say

(paraphrasing) that my all-knowing doctor told me that I’m putting my

child at risk, and I’ve chosen to ignore him. I didn’t sign it. He

wants me to review the form and think about it for next time. Then we’ll

talk about it again, and if I still don’t want to sign it, it’ll be the

end of the discussion. I tend to doubt that it will be the end of the

discussion, but we’ll see. So that’s where we stand today.

Thanks for all the great work you’re doing. Your work has been

instrumental in my research and I applaud you for putting yourself out

there for the good of children everywhere.

H. Massachusetts

My terrible experience with a pediatrician took place a long time ago but

I take every opportunity I can to tell my story since it ruined my son's

life. I am in New Jersey and the Dr.'s name was Brown. He was a highly

recommended Pediatrician in our area, this was in 1985, he is probably

gone now.

I had a terrible feeling about getting my beautiful baby's DPT shot, call

it mother's intuition or whatever, but I did not want him to get it. I

had 2 other sons much older and they handled the shots ok with no

noticable adverse reactions so I don't know why I had such a dread with

the last one but I did. I tried to discuss it with the Dr. and told him

about my fears and he proceeded to make me feel like a horrible parent.

He told me that first of all it was the law and my son would not be able

to attend school without the vaccines and that I was risking my child's

life by not protecting him from whooping cough. He badgered me until I

finally gave in. Shame on me! I took my poor innocent little baby home

and listened to him scream for hours.

I called the Dr. twice and was told to give him Tylenol. He continued to

scream like he never had before. I called the Dr. again and he was angry

that I was bothering him and accused me of being a fanatical,

overreacting mother. Finally after many hours of terrible crying, my son

seemed to fall asleep and I laid him in his cradle and just sat there and

watched him. His little body kept jumping while he was sleeping and I

called the Dr. again. He hung up on me. Little did I know back

then that my infant was having seizures.

He was never the same after that night and it would take a full book to

tell all his problems. ADD, OCD, Social problems, learning problems, ear

infections, and much much more. He had been already sleeping through the

night before he got his first shots and he didn't sleep through the night

again for 3 months. This is just a very small part of our story but you

get the idea. Stand up for your rights and the rights of your children to

be healthy!

Sharon in New Jersey

I recently took my 13 year old son to a check up at our pediatrician's

office in Charlotte, NC. Up to this point, my son has had all childhood

vaccines as suggested by the pediatrician and/or required by state

schooling regulations. Until recently, I was unaware of the dangers of

vaccines but I have been reading more and more about this controversial

issue.

After the check-up was completed, the doctor noticed that I had declined

both the chicken pox booster vaccine and the meningitis vaccine which

were due at this visit. She questioned me as to my reasons. I explained I

did not think they were necessary and the potential side affects

outweighed the benefits as far as my research could tell. She appeared to

suddenly become defensive and proceeded to tell me that chicken pox can

be deadly and that my son would not be able to go to college until he had

both of these vaccines. I couldn't help but let out a small chuckle

before replying that he had five years before going to college and we

would cross that bridge when we came to it. I added " right now I am

not interested " .

She continued to tell me that it was her place, as the pediatrician, to

tell me how quickly someone can die from meningitis and that there had

been two cases she knew of in the past few years which involved high

schoolers. My first thought was... Ok...in a school system of one hundred

thirty-three thousand children, two cases in the past few years is a

negligible percentage. My second thought was...why is she so insistent on

my agreeing to these vaccines? It only made me more apt to NOT get them.

She continued for a couple of more minutes telling me about the dangers

of these two illnesses and how we needed to have the vaccines. I abruptly

ended the conversation by stating " I'll let you know if I change my

mind " . Her demeanor was far less pleasant when she left the room as

it was when she initially entered.

I left the office feeling like I had been harrassed and was very annoyed

that she had used her position to try to intimidate me into vaccinating

my son with two unnecessary vaccines. I hope other parents will research

vaccines and arm themselves with information prior to going to the

doctor's office. I only wish I had studied all the facts and prepared

some figures prior to our appointment with the pediatrician. On second

thought, I'm not sure it would have made a difference...she was not the

least bit interested in the " details " of why I didn't want the

vaccines. I will, however, be more prepared next visit...

W, Charlotte, NC

In our small community our only pediatric clinic is owned by the

hospital. As more and more parents who attended our autism support

group would tell the ped that they did not want their children to have

any more vaccines, things started to really heat up around here.

The ped informed these parents that if they do not FULLY vaccinate (to

include the FLU SHOT), then they were not welcome to come there

anymore. Some gave in, some got into very heated arguments. So the

ped clinic brought this issue to the hospital, and they decided to bring

in an out-of-town developmental pediatrician to give a talk to the

community about autism; what it is, what it is not, and where IT DOES NOT

COME FROM (vaccines).

This guy's message was basically this:

If your child has autism, they will always have autism and nothing

is going to change that. It did not come from vaccines, and anyone

blaming vaccines or thimerosal is on a witch hunt. Any and all of

the non-medical autism interventions, such as ABA, diet, supplements,

etc., do not work, and you are silly to think that they might. But

if you bring your child to me, I can put him (and you, if you would like)

on medication so that your whole family can live a better life.

I have the whole thing on audio tape. Parents were

reduced to tears. Professionals left there like they were leaving a

funeral. There is a lot more to the story, but the main point is

the fact that our only pediatric clinic is DEMANDING that every child be

vaccinated 100% including the flu shot every year.

Joanne Antonetti, Iron Mountain, MI (In the beautiful U.P.)

As a mom to four kiddos, I wanted to share my bullying story.

When I had my first, as most first time moms do, I listened to everything

everyone told me about how to care for my newborn. In my eyes doctors

were gods, and noone knew better than them how to keep my baby healthy. I

submitted to all the tests without question, and watched with a sick

feeling in my heart as they stuck my poor baby too many times for me to

count. I even smilingly agreed to the circumcision, because after

all...HE wasnt going to feel a thing, and he'd probably sleep right

through it..he had to look like daddy after all, right? They brought my

screaming baby back to me..not the same baby I had birthed the day

before. They told me it was normal for babies to be fussy like that after

being circed, and having their shots. Again I agreed..not so smilingly

this time.

Time for the first well baby visit, and the first round of shots. At that

time the polio was oral drops. They gave me the hand-outs of the risks,

and side effects of the shots..and just by glancing at this

information..I started to get this awful feeling of dread..like I KNEW I

shouldnt be doing this to my infant. I asked TONS of questions, even went

so far as to ask the Dr. if HER child took the oral polio, or the shot.

(the shot, at that time, wasnt covered by insurance)

well, she basically blew off my questions about her children..and was

getting a bit upset at me for questioning vaccines at all.

The months went by, and every well baby visit brought a sense of dread

that I cant even put into words. I was going against my instincts in

every way, allowing them to inject my baby, but I allowed it because they

told me it was the LAW, that I HAD to vax my child. Every visit was the

same..me questioning , and them telling me I had to. I asked about

delaying even, because the stress of the worrying AFTER the shots was

phenomenal. I would even wait in the parking lot and nurse my son to calm

him for about 1/2 hour so I could be sure he wasnt going to go into

anaphalictic shock after...

Along comes my 2nd child..a baby girl 2 years later...the thought of

going through the torture of well baby visits and shots with her ripped

my heart out.

By this time, I was extremely angry..with myself, my husband, and

ESPECIALLY the doctors who insisted that it was the law. THEN came the

rotoshield recall..shortly after my daughter had had the shot. The sheer

PANIC, and HORROR..I decided right then and here, that my kids were not

going to get anymore shots..ever. I even told my husband I would divorce

him if he tried to cross me..and I actually did, by the way! I was kicked

out of the pedi's practice. they told me they could no longer see my

children if I refused to vax them.

Along comes the internet into my home, and thats what REALLY changed my

life. OH the information I found about vaccines..and SURPRISE

SURPRISE..they were NOT mandated by law!! After years of scare tactics by

the doctors I had " TRIED " to trust. I was STEAMING, I was

hurt, I felt betrayed, but most of all...I felt like I let my children

down. I was supposed to protect them, and I didn't do it.

Five years go by..I get divorced, and re-married in that time. My third

pregnancy, and I KNOW I'll not have to worry about the vaccine issue any

longer. My husband was in complete agreement with me, and we chose to go

to a pedi. over an hour away that shared the same beliefs as us. My

fourth pregnancy..no worries about vaccines. Its amazing how much easier

the pregnancies were when I wasnt consumed with worry about things that I

" Thought " I had no control over. My two youngest children are

completely vaccine free, and they are by far the healthiest of my four

kids, they've never so much as had a fever!

I still do worry a LITTLE now. My oldest, whose complete shot history is

in the records at school, will be due for some shot when he enters the

seventh grade next year. Of course, he will not be getting it, but I'm

worried they will not accept my exemption form because he has previously

had all his shots.

My oldest daughter, even though she was partially vaxed, has the

exemption on file as she has had NO shots, and the school gave me no

hassle about that.

Anyways.if it ever gets to the point that the school starts hasselling

me..I will just homeschool them

So..in closing, I'd just like to say THANK YOU..for letting me tell my

story, writing this over the past few days, and re-living the horror of

forced vaccinations, has actually helped to heal my heart. It has been

hard over the years to forgive myself for what I allowed to be done to my

sweet innocent babies. Especially since my oldest suffered with adhd for

years, and I'm sure it was caused by the vaccines.

Happily, now, at age 11, he no longer needs any special help, or therapy

at school, and he's a happy, healthy, beautiful boy. No meds either!!

EVER!! They actaully tried to FORCE the Ritalin when he was in

kindergarten...but thats a different story altogether!!

G, from Massachusetts

A young neighbor mom who lives about a mile down our country road, called

early last Wednesday (Halloween) morning, hysterical. She said her

baby has not been the same since her 12 month vaccines the past Friday,

and she is at her wits end. It had been five days since, tiny, 21

pound Hope had gotten her vaccines. I asked the mom which ones she

got. She told me that she did not know what was in the three

childhood vaccines that Hope received, but she knew that Hope got a flu

shot on top of that because the doctor insisted on it. The mom said

she told the doctor that she did not like that idea at all, but he pushed

and pushed until she relented.

Now, five days later we have a precious baby exhibiting weird

neurological symptoms and just flat out miserable. The mom said her

baby had screamed through the whole first night, and has been up crying

through the nights since.

There is more to this story that is absolute insanity (like when the mom

called the doctor's office to confirm my statement that the flu shot

contains mercury, and the nurse scolded her and told her that

" vaccine mercury " is perfectly safe).

The baby got so bad that the mom ended up that evening in the ER with

her. They refused to listen to her in regards to her concerns about

the mercury in the flu shot and what affect she believed it was having on

Hope. They did not draw a heavy metal tox screen. When I

found out about it on Saturday, I took the mom and Hope back to the

hospital, stacks of scientific studies in hand, an audio tape recorder

and a camera man. They now shudder when they see me walk in that

place as anyone's advocate, but hey, we got our heavy metal tox screen

done, although three additional days had been lost.

So the tox screen is eight days post flu vax instead of five days post

(grrrrr). We will see what we get. I also got my hands on a urine

porphyrin test kit to send to France. I just need a doc to sign it

and somehow scrape some money together to pay for it. Most parents

whose children become damaged by vaccines do not have the money it takes

to put these kids back together again.

This is so sad..........

Joanne

Mom to Luke, NT - eight years old and Tony, ASD - 6 1/2 years old

I am a 25 year old unvaccinated mother of two girls. Bettie is 2 years

and Siouxsie is 9 months. When Bettie was born we refused all vaccines or

injections, including Vit K. The Pediatrician at the time Dr.

Lubin (if it matters) who is based in Burbank, Ca, didn't say a whole lot

at the hospital she waited till our first WBC. At Bettie's 2 month

appointment she sat down to talk to me about vaccines (knowing I am 100%

against them) I told her I was unvaccinated she said I was

" lucky " to have never been seriously ill and even alive. She

told me that these diseases are coming back because of people like me,

she said there was a mass out-break of mumps in Iowa (which I later

looked up, 80% of the affected where vaccinated) and that mumps can be

deadly. I held my ground and did not budge, I am NOT VACCINATING my

children.

She was not done, she kept pretty quiet about it over the next few

appointments but asking me every time if I was sure. Then at my daughters

9 month WBC she asked me about the vaccinations, I said no again. She

then knelt down looked at my daughter and said " I am just trying to

protect you but your Mommy wont let me. " I was in shock, I couldn't

say anything I was frozen, like my voice had run out on me. I had to

leave the office and really think " did she really just say that to

my daughter. " I went home and called her office leaving a message

with her receptionist to have her call me when she had the chance.

When she did call back I told her how shocked and appalled I was by her

comment to my baby. She apologized for me having taken offense to her

comment, and told me that she could not promise she wouldn't say anything

like that again because that is how she felt. I told her " You may

want to protect her from the diseases out there, but I want to protect

her from the toxins and chemicals in vaccines. " Needless to say we

have found another Doctor, he doesn't agree with our decision but he does

not fight us or even talk to us about it.

Thank you for letting me tell my story!

Candy L. from Valencia, Ca

My children age 4 and 2 were both born at home, all natural, no drugs or

medications. They have never had a single drug, medication, or

vaccination. They only Dr they have ever been to is our

chiropractor.. in fact both were checked within minutes of being

born. I have incredibly healthy children.

However, we had to move to Ft. Hood Texas last yr for 9 months while my

husbands National Guard Unit was doing some training. And my

healthy kids were suddenly sick ALL THE TIME! They would have cold,

fever, stuffy nose for about a week.. be good for 4 days.. then it woudl

start all over again. I used every trick in my book to help them

heal.. But each cycle of sickness just got worse and worse.. There was a

point one night where my son stopped breathing and we had to call the

ambulance (they said it was just a virus).. and we all got to the point

where we would only sleep about 45 mins at a time. It was

horrilbe.

I was finally at my wits end, and finally made an appt with a medical DR

for my daughter who was currently ill. She had a fever the night b4

of 105, which I got to come down to 101 after giving her a gental

enima.

Anyways.. onto the Dr.s.... The ladies at the front desk were

apalled that I didnt have her vaccination record with us ( Do people

actually carry this around with them?) They asked me 8 different

times if her " shots " were current.. I didnt want to fight

so I just said yes. THey asked me 3 different times if they coudl

call our regular DR in Arizona for a copy of her immunization

records. I told them I didnt have that info with me. Not a

single person in the office even touched my daughter. I had to put

her on the scale.. they had her open her mouth to stick a thermomiter

in. Then we waited for the Dr.

When he came in, he also did not touch her. He did not even look at

her. He asked me all the same questions I had spent the last hour

filling out. " Is the family under stress, any

allergies.... " After answering this, he told me that this was

just a virus going around, he also lectured me on giving her an enema the

night b4.. he said I could " give her an electrolyte imbalance and

that a medication is much safer alternative " .... I then pointed out

that it was cycling every week, and just getting worse. The DR

again asked if thier vaccines were current. I told him that we dont

vaccinate, and the Dr was so shocked.. he didnt know what to say.

" Um, you um are putting your kids at um ,risk for many deathly

illness, and those uh vaccines will give your sick kids great

health! I will have the nurse come in now to start both of

them. And your kids will feel better " I told him that he

would have to sign my Dr form stating that he takes all responsibilities

for the harm caused now and in the future.

One of his staff came in after that and asked us to leave. I found out

three weeks later ( 2 weeks b4 moving back home) that our Apartment were

horrilbe invested with black mold. We moved back to AZ and it took

us about 6 months b4 our immune systems were back to normal.

Oh and the Dr in TX? He billed our insurance $269. For what I

dont know. They did not even touch her. I am still so angry that I

broke my bragging rights of being able to say " My child has never

been to a medical Dr " for such a ridiculous experience.

H. Peck, Experience in Ft. Hood TX

Sheri Nakken, former R.N., MA, Hahnemannian

Homeopath

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