Wednesday, October 20, 2010

More on the "V" Word....


I really love fall but the one thing I don't love about it is that it is also "flu shot season". It's no secret that I'm in the "no vaccinating" camp and I try not to shove it down other people's throats so I wish they would give me the same consideration.

Neither of my boys or myself have ever had a single flu shot and none of us have ever had the flu.

Last year I was in shock when our school decided to have a flu shot clinic right in the middle of a school day. Of course, I didn't sign my boys waivers and I soon received a "Dangers of Not Vaccinating" sheet sent home to me. Puh-leeze. I just don't find it's the school position to give me crap about my medical choices. Brian not only has his pediatrician, but an OT, a speech therapist, a nutritionist, a chiropractor, etc., etc. that all don't give me crap, and actually agree with me, so why should I be hearing it from the school?

During the summer I was at the school with Brian just visiting his classroom as a preparatory measure. We were in the office and the school nurse came out to introduce herself. She repeated Brian's name and asked, "Why does that sound familiar?" I looked at her and said, "I'm sure we're red-flagged or something because we don't vaccinate". She stood silent for a minute and then finally said, "Oh yes, that's right, I remember now." And that was that.

The funny (ironic?) thing is Brian really is almost fully vaccinated. I didn't stop vaccinating him until after his third birthday- if I went ahead and had his titers checked I'm willing to bet he's probably immune to most of them anyways. But I don't ever mention it, I kind of like to see them squirm a little bit.

3 comments:

Lynn said...

The one and only flu shot I ever had was when I was pregnant...I picked a great time to start didn't I? I can't even think about it...

Christina said...

That is just crazy how they shove it down your throat like that. I'm having a hard time GETTING Aurora the vaccine. Every year the kids and I get one and Josh doesn't, and every year he gets a nasty case of the flu and we don't. It's weird how people are so different.

Christina said...

That is just crazy how they shove it down your throat like that. I'm having a hard time GETTING Aurora the vaccine. Every year the kids and I get one and Josh doesn't, and every year he gets a nasty case of the flu and we don't. It's weird how people are so different.