Measles Outbreak.

[Jenne]

I'm pretty sure I got both mumps and measles when I was young too, btw. Isn't that the point, as long as you get them while you're young it's not as bad? And I guess that's what the vaccine is for, so you can get it without really getting totally ill.

Though I really can't remember how crappy it was because I was really young.

As long as you wanna risk encephalitis, pneumonia and thrombocytopenia...that's with measles alone.  Again, 000, you were one of the lucky ones.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

I'm pretty sure I got both mumps and measles when I was young too, btw. Isn't that the point, as long as you get them while you're young it's not as bad? And I guess that's what the vaccine is for, so you can get it without really getting totally ill.

Though I really can't remember how crappy it was because I was really young.

As long as you wanna risk encephalitis, pneumonia and thrombocytopenia...that's with measles alone.  Again, 000, you were one of the lucky ones.

Worst I ever got was chicken pox.

Twid,
happy about that.

[Suu]

I have to admit I'm not a huge fan of the chickenpox vaccine, though. It seems less effective than contracting the disease and you have to get regular boosters. Granted, I had an epic case of the pox when I was 5, and when the nurse last year saw my titer test, she was like...damn, you had the disease, huh?

I know that it's not so much as as the chickenpox that's scary, but the side effects. Obviously you'll be susceptible to getting shingles when you're older since, because varicella is a form of herp-a-derp, it never leaves your body, but contracting true chickenpox as an adult is fucking scary once the shots wear off. I wasn't thrilled with having to get that fucking DTaP and the Hep B series, myself, but I still did it. I'd much rather get chickenpox again than Hep B.  

[Jenne]

I'm pretty sure I got both mumps and measles when I was young too, btw. Isn't that the point, as long as you get them while you're young it's not as bad? And I guess that's what the vaccine is for, so you can get it without really getting totally ill.

Though I really can't remember how crappy it was because I was really young.

As long as you wanna risk encephalitis, pneumonia and thrombocytopenia...that's with measles alone.  Again, 000, you were one of the lucky ones.

Worst I ever got was chicken pox.

Twid,
happy about that.

I got it too--that was before the vaccination, though.  My kids are vaccinated against it.  Though I know folks who were vacc'd against it and still got it, or those who HAD it and got it again, and now they get shingles every once in a while.  Shingles outbreaks suck, they're like herpes outbreaks.

Side effects of chicken pox, btw, can be skin infections (from scratching), pnemonia, encephalitis and ataxia.

[Jenne]

Suu and I--posting SS at the ST. (same time)

[Nephew Twiddleton]

I'm pretty sure I got both mumps and measles when I was young too, btw. Isn't that the point, as long as you get them while you're young it's not as bad? And I guess that's what the vaccine is for, so you can get it without really getting totally ill.

Though I really can't remember how crappy it was because I was really young.

As long as you wanna risk encephalitis, pneumonia and thrombocytopenia...that's with measles alone.  Again, 000, you were one of the lucky ones.

Worst I ever got was chicken pox.

Twid,
happy about that.

I got it too--that was before the vaccination, though.  My kids are vaccinated against it.  Though I know folks who were vacc'd against it and still got it, or those who HAD it and got it again, and now they get shingles every once in a while.  Shingles outbreaks suck, they're like herpes outbreaks.

Side effects of chicken pox, btw, can be skin infections (from scratching), pnemonia, encephalitis and ataxia.

I'm 30, so I didn't get the vaccine either. Sounded like a dream at first. No school for a week or two, but goddamn, the itching. And the smell. I'll never forget that smell.

[Jenne]

I was 6...and don't remember a smell.  What SMELL you talkin' about?

Never mind.    Some things should probably be left undescribed!

[Nephew Twiddleton]

I was 6...and don't remember a smell.  What SMELL you talkin' about?

Never mind.    Some things should probably be left undescribed!

How your skin smells after day 3 or 4. There is a noticeable change.

[Don Coyote]

I don't want to ride a fucking dinosaur.

Speak for yourself 

Twid,
needs a specialized saddle for a Stegosaurus.

Also, Coyote needs to womp me riding a Stegosaurus now.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

 

[Nephew Twiddleton]

I like how you keep putting me in a stillsuit.

[Jenne]

   

[Don Coyote]

I like how you keep putting me in a stillsuit.

You owe me for NOT giving her boobies.

And you are wearing a kilt.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

I like how you keep putting me in a stillsuit.

You owe me for NOT giving her boobies.

And you are wearing a kilt.

Well, yeah, Stegosauruses can hear a zipper a mile away....

[Suu]

I just remember how my parents were THRILLED. It was like...an important rite of passage! I have an epic scar on my nose too. I woke up and my mom saw something on my face and scratched it off. I went to school and I just remember feeling kinda blah and dizzy all day...Then I got off the bus and went. "Mom, I'm not feeling good."

She pulled my shirt off of me, I looked down, saw 2-3 blisters and I screamed as I was carried off to the bathroom and thrown in a warm bath. I watched the blisters spread...it was scary as hell for a 5 year old. I swear my parents were high-fiving behind my back and put my brother in every room I was in, but my sister caught them first...she was 6 months old. My brother had the worst rash on his back. The kid was COVERED. My mom has pictures of us. I have no idea WHY, but there's pictures of us in our pox glory in an album somewhere. Then when we scabbed over, my parents took us to the beach and told us to get in the water. The saltwater pulled them right off and we healed clean.

We did that a lot, come to think of it. Every time one of us had poison ivy, or when we all got scarlet fever (THAT WAS A FUN CHRISTMAS), or when I had hives...go to the beach, get in the water. The Gulf of Mexico cures all skin funk.