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KarenK122
The Journey is the Destination
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Have you had chicken pox?
I never got the chicken pox but everyone around me did. My sister had it really bad. I also, like the previous poster had no antibodies to it. I needed to get tested for it when we adopted. I got the vaccine about 13 years ago but got tested again 2 years ago for another adoption and had no antibodies. Who knows. I did get the measles and scarlett fever when I was younger.
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klingklang77
kraftwerk!
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Re: Have you had chicken pox?
Posted by Mill188
Posted by klingklang77
Posted by alli3131
Yes I did. I grew up in the 70s when if a neighborhood kid had it you would go play with them to also get it.
Yeah, same thing. Didn’t work for me.
Didn't work for me either. All my siblings had it (at different times) - I never caught it. Was sent over to play with every kid in the neighborhood who had it, never caught it. Finally got tested for antibodies (which I did not have), got the vaccine, and went about my life. Then a few years later while testing for a genetic thing, they did a chicken pox antibody test - NO antibodies even though I had the vaccine. Got tested for antibodies again about 6 months later - NO antibodies! So the doctor has determined that I have some strange immunity thing going on. I also have never had a fever sore in my entire life (it's the same type of virus).
Wow! I haven’t had a cold sore either. I’ve been around tons of people that had it, too. I am convinced I have some sort of strange immunity going on as well.
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| Posted 5/7/20 11:03 AM |
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MarathonKnitter
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Re: Have you had chicken pox?
i should have gotten it as a small kid. like others have said, when i was growing up parents would have "chicken pox parties." i never got it as a little kid. i ended up getting it as a teen in high school... i then gave it to a classmate and a cousin.
although the vaccine had already come out when my son was born, he ended up getting it at about 2.5 years.
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| Posted 5/7/20 11:18 AM |
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PhyllisNJoe
My Box Is Broken
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Re: Have you had chicken pox?
Posted by GoldenRod
Posted by klingklang77
... I know I should get the vaccine, but I’m terrified of needles. Like really terrified to the point I need a ton of Xanax to just get the doctors to take a blood test or give other vaccinations. I need Xanax to just go to the doctor.  Luckily, doctors are very patient with me.
I'm the opposite. I always watch needles going into me at the doctor's office, donating blood, etc. As a diabetic for 26+ years, I estimate I've had well over 30,000 needle injections. It's a good thing I don't need Xanax for shots!
That’s funny. I used to watch them
Going into me because it thought it was so cool but then I once had 18+ vilas drawn at once and at like vial 8 or so I could hear it pouring into the vial and began humming so I couldn’t hear it. Now I look away and talk the entire time to cover the sound 
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| Posted 5/7/20 11:26 AM |
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jerrysgirl
I love my hot dog!!
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Re: Have you had chicken pox?
Yes twice. A mild case of 10 or so pox when I was around 4 and then a much worse case where most of my skin was covered when I was 11.
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| Posted 5/7/20 12:15 PM |
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MyBabyG
LIF Adolescent
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Have you had chicken pox?
Yes--I had it back in 1984 I remember that day well!! Ugh!
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| Posted 5/7/20 1:09 PM |
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pnbplus1
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Re: Have you had chicken pox?
Never got it as a kid even though I was exposed many times. Eventually got it as a freshman in college along with other peeople at school and it was horrible!!! I got it just as the vaccine was coming out.
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| Posted 5/7/20 1:47 PM |
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Sash
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Member since 6/08 10312 total posts
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fka LIW Smara
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Re: Have you had chicken pox?
At age 15, got it from my little cousin. Not only did it suck, but I had to be put on steroids and several me nebulizer treatments for my asthma.
I was itchy like a mother effa and I couldn’t breath. Lol.
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LuckyStar
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Have you had chicken pox?
I had it when I was in kindergarten and remember realizing when my dad let me sit in the front seat (wtf?!) and the seatbelt scratched one of the pox on my neck. 1990 was a wild time.
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| Posted 5/7/20 1:59 PM |
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phoenix913
LIF Adult
Member since 5/05 3034 total posts
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Have you had chicken pox?
Never had it even though my siblings and friends did. Got the vaccine when I was pregnant with my first. Or maybe just before I was pregnant.
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| Posted 5/7/20 2:06 PM |
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longislemom
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Have you had chicken pox?
Ugh it was the worst.it was everywhere, even on my scalp. I thought i would die not being able to itch. The oatmeal and the calamine did not help.
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| Posted 5/7/20 4:11 PM |
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queensgal
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Re: Have you had chicken pox?
I had it twice. I guess it was a relapse or something. Good old 80s!
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| Posted 5/7/20 5:09 PM |
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Sparrow
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Re: Have you had chicken pox?
Posted by alli3131
Yes I did. I grew up in the 70s when if a neighborhood kid had it you would go play with them to also get it.
Same but it was the 80's. I had such a high fever that I hallucinated and it was very scary!
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| Posted 5/7/20 5:21 PM |
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drpepper318
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Re: Have you had chicken pox?
I had it when I was 9 and then had shingles when I was 24.
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| Posted 5/7/20 5:51 PM |
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klingklang77
kraftwerk!
Member since 7/06 11487 total posts
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Re: Have you had chicken pox?
Posted by LuckyStar
I had it when I was in kindergarten and remember realizing when my dad let me sit in the front seat (wtf?!) and the seatbelt scratched one of the pox on my neck. 1990 was a wild time.
Wait you were in kindergarten in 1990? Damn I feel old.
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| Posted 5/8/20 1:49 AM |
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beachbabe
LIF Adolescent
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Have you had chicken pox?
Nope! I was vaccinated!
Thank goodness bc my sister has scars on her face from them.
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