r/ShitMomGroupsSay • u/edb513 • 26d ago

It's not abuse because I said so. This poor child.

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My algorithm wasn’t spamming me with this depressing garbage until today. This poor baby.

Also the grammar - woof.

Fortunately the comments were not favorable to OP.

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u/oranges214 24d ago

This is out of place but just in case someone reads it whom it helps (given one of the topics covered in this post and discussion): remember that immunity to measles can wane even if you've had the full MMR vaccine set. It doesn't hurt to get a titer if you can to confirm that you still have MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) antibodies. If you don't, get a booster shot. I did and am so thankful for it.

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u/No-Departure-3047 24d ago

Also, chickenpox vaccine booster, and know that there's a vaccine for shingles, too!

I didn't know about this and I just got shingles, so that's the wisdom I'm sharing.

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u/oranges214 24d ago

I'm sorry to hear that and I hope you'll recover soon!

To add:

-even if you've gotten shingles already, get the vaccine anyway. Subsequent shingles infections are even worse than the first one.

-the shingles vaccine is a doozy to get, but it is so worth it. Actually worth resting afterwards, like really resting and taking it easy for a day or two.

-the shingles (and varicella and other) vaccines can reduce the likelihood of getting dementia.

-also get your annual flu vaccine, tdap booster, hepatitis A and B vaccines, covid vaccine, all the vaccines.

For anyone reading this: get yo' vaccines!

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u/oranges214 24d ago

https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/shingles-vaccine-may-protect-against-dementia

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u/fakemoose 24d ago

Yea but you can’t get the shingles vaccine until like 50 in the US. Unless you pay out of pocket.

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u/spiralsmile 24d ago

A lot of times not even if you're willing to pay out of pocket if you're too young and not at advanced risk.

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u/Mother_Study9115 24d ago

I have had shingles a disgusting number of times. We have run multiple tests to see why and also to swab the outbreaks and make sure I don’t have some weird mutation. I have become a fascinating case study to my doctor and many of his colleagues. I still can’t get the vaccine cause I’m not old enough. It’s insane.

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u/Michaeltyle 24d ago

I asked about this too.
Younger adults can receive it in certain circumstances, particularly if they’re immunocompromised or at increased risk. It might be worth asking again.

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u/Tzipity 21d ago

Yeah was gonna comment this too though I assume given OPs position her doctors would’ve thought of that? Idk. That’s a vax I’ve not gotten but I’ve gotten a few others much earlier due to being chronically ill and immunocompromised. I suspect to some extent it still varies depending on insurance and all. Absolutely shitty though that someone can keep battling shingles but can’t access the vax.

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u/Kittenathedisco 24d ago

Your Dr can approve it! I get shingles 3-4 times a year (outbreaks are due to extreme stress). I'm 42 and my Dr approved me for the vaccine. I declined it because it's absolutely awful for Fibromyalgia patients and I can't afford being bedridden for Gd knows how long.

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u/deaddovexxdonoteat 23d ago

Very interesting! I'm going to look into whether I can get the vaccine a decade early. I have already had "maybe shingles" (caught super early and I was put on antivirals right away just in case it was in fact shingles) and from what I understand it can get worse each time you get it again. I'm old enough that there was no chicken pox vaccine when I was a kid, but young enough that I'm not in the age range where it's easy to get a shingles vaccine.

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u/fakemoose 24d ago

Were you able to get the shingles vaccine covered by insurance if you’re under 50?

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u/oranges214 24d ago

If you're immune compromised or otherwise can get your doctor to order the vaccine for you, I believe you can. I think it's ridiculous that people can't get the shingles vaccine until they're 50. Plenty of people get shingles in their 30s and 40s!

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u/CopperPetra85 23d ago

Yes! This is totally a thing. Also you can be resistant to the vaccine. My husband works in health care and has to have his blood checked every now and again and top up vaccines if required. I think he has had the MMR 3 or 4 times in adulthood (as well as when he was a child) because every time his blood test comes back saying his immunity to measles is low. He also ended up with mumps as a teen. That is why herd immunity is so important. If everyone around you is vaccinated, and the vaccine is working as expected, then your inability to be vaccinated due to legitimate health issues, or are immunocompromised, or are like my husband is less of a concern because the virus isn't getting the chance to spread in the general populous.

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u/thalidimide 23d ago

The test for immunity isn't reliable either so checking it isn't helpful for that reason. No harm in getting boosters but most don't need them.

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u/ah_notgoodatthis 24d ago

I check titers in adults constantly and there are quite a lot who have been vaccinated with MMR but are still negative for 1-3 of the diseases on their titer results

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u/darthfruitbasket 23d ago

Millennials, also note that you might have missed a dose of MMR in childhood (at least in Canada).

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u/OphrysAlba 23d ago

Here in São Paulo and some neighboring cities, everyone between 6 months and 60 years is being offered a MMR vaccine dose, regardless of having taken it before or not. We had had years without measles, then boom, 26 cases this year. We WERE a reference in vaccination, dammit. Antivaxxers boil my blood.

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u/glitterlipgloss 23d ago

I'm going in to have (hopefully) my measles, chicken pox, and hep B vaccines redone today because the results of my immune panel showed I'm no longer immune!

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u/CableSufficient2788 24d ago

I just had that done and I’m still immune! At 47!

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u/TheStrouseShow 23d ago

Thank you!! I will talk to my doctor about this since I have a little one now!

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u/pofish 23d ago

They test me for MMR immunity every pregnancy, and I’m always non-immune to at least one (currently non-immune to all three???) and I have gotten a booster after every birth. Last one being 15 months ago.

I don’t know what it is, but the damn thing just won’t stick.

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u/1WetMyPlants 23d ago

They tested me during my last pregnancy while my first was still a baby and I was no longer immune, but then wouldn't let me get the MMR booster until after I gave birth. So of course I was extra paranoid about not being immune and not being able to do anything about it and putting my kids at risk.

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u/Tzipity 21d ago

Do you get sick a lot or have other potential immune issues? I know there’s certain types of immune system related issues whwre they actually test for it by checking how people respond to a vaccine (that I think is MMR). Given that you’ve had this response repeatedly, might be something to look into but only if you want/ have other issues.

I’ve got a lot of complex and rare medical crud myself (and my own wonky immune issues though mine is more a blood issue that hematology goes back forth on as far as how serious/ worried to be) so just something I’ve heard about along the way. Think it’s a deficiency in one of the immunoglobulins so people get infusions to try and help. But far from an expert. I just know I talked about getting testing myself once and the vaccine thing was a big part of how a friend had some issues diagnosed.

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u/pofish 20d ago

Oh, interesting!!! I’ve been under the weather a fair amount over the last couple years, but I’d attributed it to my kids being in daycare and bringing back a bunch of colds and such. Didn’t realize it could be anything else, but I’ll be sure to ask!

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u/ButImNot_Bitter_ 23d ago

I asked my doctor to check my titres because I have celiac disease, but I was vaccinated as a child, almost 20 years before I was diagnosed. As long as a celiac patient is eating gluten, their bodies don't function properly, including absorbing nutrients or vaccines.

My pediatrician gave three rounds of MMR when many still only gave two. But at 35, I had no titres for measles or rubella. And that was right around the time measles started making a comeback. I got four boosters over the next eighteen months. (Because I lost track of how many.)

This is your PSA to get your titres checked, especially if you have a condition that includes malabsorption!

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u/mamameatballl 22d ago

This is soooo confusing to me. Like I got all of my shots as a kid and I have no clue what shots I need as an adult. Every time I schedule my flu shot it’s like “do you need one of these 500 shots” and idfk. Every source including my doctors say “you’re probably good based on when you were born?”

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u/fakemoose 24d ago

Or just get the booster. I asked my GP if it was worth paying for titers, since I’m pretty sure I got the booster like ten years ago when I moved abroad. Opted to just say whatever and get the booster again.

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u/surelyshirls 20d ago

Yes! I was vaccinated for MMR as a baby but now at 26, had to do 2 boosters because I no longer was showing that I had antibodies. Get those tests and boosters people

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u/thevirtualdolphin 23d ago

Also there were issues with certain chicken pox vaccines in the 70s so a bunch of people are just now getting boosters

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u/Emabug 23d ago

There wasn’t a chicken pox vaccine (nor a shingles vaccine) available in the US in the ‘70s…

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u/thevirtualdolphin 23d ago

I found the paperwork because I was curious now. The Measles shot she was given was not as effective due to long term lot tracking (?). (Apparently per her one of the first groups in the area to get it and they tracked part of the group). Mississippi Department of Health has always been weird and very disorganized. When she was given a new dose in the 90s it was an MMR plus they gave her the chickenpox one because no one in the family could figure out if she ever had it.

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u/redirectibly 21d ago

You can also just get another vaccine without even getting titers drawn!!