Guest guest Posted May 6, 2008 Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 No titer for these? That's a bunch of @%$%YU$U%##YH%Y%#$Y$%!!!!! After my son had very serious adverse reactions to his first and third DPTs as an infant (He was born in late 1980), and Febrile Convulsions 10 days after receiving his MMR, at just under 5 years; I took him to a Pediatric Neurologist and he did test for BOTH Pertussis (Whooping Cough) AND Tetanus. Turns out he was extremely forutunate not to have been affected by them. I was told he should never every have either the Pertussis or Tetanus, again. I requested and read through the records and findings of the Pediatric Neurologist, however, when I requested copies, I was told they "couldn't find the records." The rest of this, including the doctor's willingness to write a note to the effect that parents have a choice not to vaccinate; that's awesome!!! ~~REU vaccine avoidance i had to share this experience with you. i took an 11 yr old into the clinic for a newly required t-dap? vaccine--this is another dpt vaccine for older children that nys has required--this according to the school nurse. first, i spoke with the nurse and the guidance counselor. now, this is a very conservative school district and not known for progressive thinking. imagine my surprise when both of them agreed with me about the dangers of vaccines. but the nurse said it was her job so she was doing it and if this child wasnt revaccinated then she would be thrown out of school. second, we went to the medical facility and i was tooling up for a situation. trying to keep it cool, i spoke with this man about taking a blood test to check for immunity. he said he couldn't because there was no known titer for whooping cough. ???? then i questioned why she needed all 3 vaccines if they were going after pertussis? he couldn't say anything except that all 3 foreign proteins produced a greater impact when given together --'for some reason.' and they didn't carry separate vaccines and i would have to go to the county health clinic (but there was no time do this). so when he finally realized i was very opposed to this he actually acknowledged that parents need to have a choice and cannot be forced to vaccinate. i explained the schools bullying behavior and lo and behold, he offerred to write a note saying this vaccine was inappropriate for this child. WOW!!!!! now we will see what the school does to her. tanya NYS Marquette Tamarqueearthlink (DOT) net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 6, 2008 Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 No titer for these? That's a bunch of @%$%YU$U%##YH%Y%#$Y$%!!!!! After my son had very serious adverse reactions to his first and third DPTs as an infant (He was born in late 1980), and Febrile Convulsions 10 days after receiving his MMR, at just under 5 years; I took him to a Pediatric Neurologist and he did test for BOTH Pertussis (Whooping Cough) AND Tetanus. Turns out he was extremely forutunate not to have been affected by them. I was told he should never every have either the Pertussis or Tetanus, again. I requested and read through the records and findings of the Pediatric Neurologist, however, when I requested copies, I was told they "couldn't find the records." The rest of this, including the doctor's willingness to write a note to the effect that parents have a choice not to vaccinate; that's awesome!!! ~~REU vaccine avoidance i had to share this experience with you. i took an 11 yr old into the clinic for a newly required t-dap? vaccine--this is another dpt vaccine for older children that nys has required--this according to the school nurse. first, i spoke with the nurse and the guidance counselor. now, this is a very conservative school district and not known for progressive thinking. imagine my surprise when both of them agreed with me about the dangers of vaccines. but the nurse said it was her job so she was doing it and if this child wasnt revaccinated then she would be thrown out of school. second, we went to the medical facility and i was tooling up for a situation. trying to keep it cool, i spoke with this man about taking a blood test to check for immunity. he said he couldn't because there was no known titer for whooping cough. ???? then i questioned why she needed all 3 vaccines if they were going after pertussis? he couldn't say anything except that all 3 foreign proteins produced a greater impact when given together --'for some reason.' and they didn't carry separate vaccines and i would have to go to the county health clinic (but there was no time do this). so when he finally realized i was very opposed to this he actually acknowledged that parents need to have a choice and cannot be forced to vaccinate. i explained the schools bullying behavior and lo and behold, he offerred to write a note saying this vaccine was inappropriate for this child. WOW!!!!! now we will see what the school does to her. tanya NYS Marquette Tamarqueearthlink (DOT) net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 7, 2008 Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 just to clarify--the md didn't write that parents had a choice--he said that to me. what he wrote was that after a discussion with the family, he recommended that the vaccine not be given. it was a bit weak, but still a recommendation on letterhead. Marquette Tamarque@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 7, 2008 Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 just to clarify--the md didn't write that parents had a choice--he said that to me. what he wrote was that after a discussion with the family, he recommended that the vaccine not be given. it was a bit weak, but still a recommendation on letterhead. Marquette Tamarque@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 7, 2008 Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 Oh. Okay. I guess that in this case something, even though weak, is better than nothing or a very adversarial stand-off. ~~REU vaccine avoidance just to clarify--the md didn't write that parents had a choice--he said that to me. what he wrote was that after a discussion with the family, he recommended that the vaccine not be given. it was a bit weak, but still a recommendation on letterhead. Marquette Tamarqueearthlink (DOT) net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 7, 2008 Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 Oh. Okay. I guess that in this case something, even though weak, is better than nothing or a very adversarial stand-off. ~~REU vaccine avoidance just to clarify--the md didn't write that parents had a choice--he said that to me. what he wrote was that after a discussion with the family, he recommended that the vaccine not be given. it was a bit weak, but still a recommendation on letterhead. Marquette Tamarqueearthlink (DOT) net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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