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| Judity 2005-10-10, 5:58 pm |
| I know if an adult gets a childhood illness, dire consequences can occur
particularly in a male. Mumps come to mind. However, since I plan on
making Walker ill, would a case of the measles be detrimental to his little
swimmers?
In this case, NOT just curious but germane to my story. Thanks in advance
for any knowledge you might have about this as I don't really want to
permanently hurt my hero. Right now he's getting sick, but I just don't
know yet what from.
Judity
http://judity.myblogsite.com/
| |
| DJGordon 2005-10-10, 5:58 pm |
| Everything you ever wanted to know about measles...lol:
FACT:
Measles can be prevented with a safe and effective vaccine.
FACT:
The risk of death from measles is higher for infants and adults than for
children.
FACT:
Of the 56 confirmed cases of measles reported in 2003, nearly 37% occurred
in
people 20 years of age and older.
FACT:
Pregnant women who get measles disease have an increased risk for early
labor,
miscarriage, and low birth weight infants.
FACT:
Measles is contagious from 4 days before until 4 days after the rash
appears.
FACT:
Measles can cause life-threatening pneumonia and brain inflammation,
middle-ear
infection, severe diarrhea and sometimes death.
FACT:
The largest measles outbreak in the U.S., in 1996, primarily affected those
who
had not received a second dose of the MMR vaccine.
FACT:
Twenty-eight states and one district require proof of having received two
doses of
measles vaccine prior to college enrollment.
FACT:
Most cases of measles in the United States now result from infections
acquired in
other countries or are linked to such imported cases.
FACT:
Globally, 30 to 40 million cases of measles occur annually, resulting in
approximately 500,000 deaths.
Nothing I read mentioned sterility. Mumps also is very rare in causing
sterility.
Dani
--
www.menkessyndrome.com
"Judity" <Judity01@aol.com> wrote in message
news:3r06r3Fgmb8kU1@individual.net...
>I know if an adult gets a childhood illness, dire consequences can occur
>particularly in a male. Mumps come to mind. However, since I plan on
>making Walker ill, would a case of the measles be detrimental to his little
>swimmers?
>
> In this case, NOT just curious but germane to my story. Thanks in advance
> for any knowledge you might have about this as I don't really want to
> permanently hurt my hero. Right now he's getting sick, but I just don't
> know yet what from.
>
> Judity
> http://judity.myblogsite.com/
>
>
| |
| RaeMorrill 2005-10-10, 5:58 pm |
| Might try checking out Merck manual on line? Not sure of address or what
all is there, but might get some more ideas. How about malaria? He could
have been involved in foreign travel in past and picked it up. Makes for
high fevers etc if I recall correctly.
DJGordon wrote:
> Everything you ever wanted to know about measles...lol:
>
> FACT:
>
> Measles can be prevented with a safe and effective vaccine.
>
> FACT:
>
> The risk of death from measles is higher for infants and adults than for
> children.
>
> FACT:
>
> Of the 56 confirmed cases of measles reported in 2003, nearly 37% occurred
> in
>
> people 20 years of age and older.
>
> FACT:
>
> Pregnant women who get measles disease have an increased risk for early
> labor,
>
> miscarriage, and low birth weight infants.
>
> FACT:
>
> Measles is contagious from 4 days before until 4 days after the rash
> appears.
>
> FACT:
>
> Measles can cause life-threatening pneumonia and brain inflammation,
> middle-ear
>
> infection, severe diarrhea and sometimes death.
>
> FACT:
>
> The largest measles outbreak in the U.S., in 1996, primarily affected those
> who
>
> had not received a second dose of the MMR vaccine.
>
> FACT:
>
> Twenty-eight states and one district require proof of having received two
> doses of
>
> measles vaccine prior to college enrollment.
>
> FACT:
>
> Most cases of measles in the United States now result from infections
> acquired in
>
> other countries or are linked to such imported cases.
>
> FACT:
>
> Globally, 30 to 40 million cases of measles occur annually, resulting in
>
> approximately 500,000 deaths.
>
>
>
> Nothing I read mentioned sterility. Mumps also is very rare in causing
> sterility.
>
>
>
> Dani
>
>
| |
| Bambi C. 2005-10-10, 5:58 pm |
| Wearing his briefs too tight in hot weather would affect his little
swimmers. Maybe having a high fever would too?
Bambi C.
--
"Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and
stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think."
Christopher Robin to Pooh
"RaeMorrill" <RaeMorrill@aol.com> wrote in message
news:AUB2f.37962$7b6.19175@twister.nyroc.rr.com...[vbcol=seagreen]
> Might try checking out Merck manual on line? Not sure of address or what
> all is there, but might get some more ideas. How about malaria? He could
> have been involved in foreign travel in past and picked it up. Makes for
> high fevers etc if I recall correctly.
>
> DJGordon wrote:
| |
| Judity 2005-10-10, 5:58 pm |
| ((Wearing his briefs too tight in hot weather would affect his little
swimmers. Maybe having a high fever would too? ))
No, Bambi, I don't want to hurt them as I "might" have plans for them later
on. Not sure yet, though.
Rae, malaria is an idea, although I was thinking he caught what he has from
his two wards. Will rethink this as a possibility.
Dani, risk of death for Walker? Oh, that's not a good thing, is it? On the
other hand, maybe it is.
Thanks, ladies, for all your help and ideas. I knew I asked my question in
the right place. I'm rather proud of myself, however, for finding out all
about Jewish weddings all on my very own.
Judity
http://judity.myblogsite.com/
| |
| Bambi C. 2005-10-10, 5:58 pm |
| Ohhhh ... I mis-read what you said. I thought you WANTED something that
would affect his swimmers temporarily.
Bambi C.
--
"Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and
stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think."
Christopher Robin to Pooh
"Judity" <Judity01@aol.com> wrote in message
news:3r08vpFh34d7U1@individual.net...
> ((Wearing his briefs too tight in hot weather would affect his little
> swimmers. Maybe having a high fever would too? ))
>
> No, Bambi, I don't want to hurt them as I "might" have plans for them
> later on. Not sure yet, though.
>
> Rae, malaria is an idea, although I was thinking he caught what he has
> from his two wards. Will rethink this as a possibility.
>
> Dani, risk of death for Walker? Oh, that's not a good thing, is it? On
> the other hand, maybe it is.
>
> Thanks, ladies, for all your help and ideas. I knew I asked my question
> in the right place. I'm rather proud of myself, however, for finding out
> all about Jewish weddings all on my very own.
>
> Judity
> http://judity.myblogsite.com/
>
>
| |
| Blupencl 2005-10-11, 11:07 am |
|
Owww Judity. Not measles. Let's not give him the chits!
"Measles can cause life-threatening pneumonia and brain inflammation,
middle-ear infection, severe diarrhea and sometimes death"
--
Blupencl
| |
| Judity 2005-10-11, 11:07 am |
| ((Owww Judity. Not measles. Let's not give him the chits!
"Measles can cause life-threatening pneumonia and brain inflammation,
middle-ear infection, severe diarrhea and sometimes death" ))
Walker can thank you, Becky, for saving him from this. Whooping cough,
anyone?
Judity
http://judity.myblogsite.com/
| |
| Kathycarp 2005-10-11, 11:07 am |
| Judity,
Just *how* sick do you want him?
Flu season is coming up, and there's that "bird" variety that is supposed to
be most ghastly.
--
Kathy
www.ambergriscaye.com/villadelsol
"Judity" <Judity01@aol.com> wrote in message
news:3r08vpFh34d7U1@individual.net...
> ((Wearing his briefs too tight in hot weather would affect his little
> swimmers. Maybe having a high fever would too? ))
>
> No, Bambi, I don't want to hurt them as I "might" have plans for them
> later on. Not sure yet, though.
>
> Rae, malaria is an idea, although I was thinking he caught what he has
> from his two wards. Will rethink this as a possibility.
>
> Dani, risk of death for Walker? Oh, that's not a good thing, is it? On
> the other hand, maybe it is.
>
> Thanks, ladies, for all your help and ideas. I knew I asked my question
> in the right place. I'm rather proud of myself, however, for finding out
> all about Jewish weddings all on my very own.
>
> Judity
> http://judity.myblogsite.com/
>
>
| |
| Judity 2005-10-11, 11:07 am |
| ((Judity,
Just *how* sick do you want him?
Flu season is coming up, and there's that "bird" variety that is supposed to
be most ghastly.))
I want him very sick but not dying, just enough to worry the females in the
mansion. Poor baby is way overdue for some mothering and smothering. I
imagine he will make a terrible patient. This does have SO many
possibilities. (laughing)
That's another great idea, Kathy, about this flu as I can research its
symptoms right from the news web sites. Can you imagine if I ever did have
a miracle and get this published how many of you I'd have to mention on my
"thank you" page?
Judity
http://judity.myblogsite.com/
| |
| Kathycarp 2005-10-11, 11:07 am |
| Judity,
Oh, yes. I do like the bird flu thing. I think there is a high fatality
rate, which would generate extreme mothering and smothering from the
females, but he can be the one who finally pulls through. heh heh.
--
Kathy
www.ambergriscaye.com/villadelsol
"Judity" <Judity01@aol.com> wrote in message
news:3r0fp1Fh7v7vU1@individual.net...
> ((Judity,
> Just *how* sick do you want him?
> Flu season is coming up, and there's that "bird" variety that is supposed
> to
> be most ghastly.))
>
> I want him very sick but not dying, just enough to worry the females in
> the mansion. Poor baby is way overdue for some mothering and smothering.
> I imagine he will make a terrible patient. This does have SO many
> possibilities. (laughing)
>
> That's another great idea, Kathy, about this flu as I can research its
> symptoms right from the news web sites. Can you imagine if I ever did
> have a miracle and get this published how many of you I'd have to mention
> on my "thank you" page?
>
> Judity
> http://judity.myblogsite.com/
>
>
| |
| Judity 2005-10-11, 11:07 am |
| Kathy, for now I've decided to give him the chickenpox. I do like the idea
of a grown sexy hunk of a man itching and scratching. Can you say, "She has
a mean streak in her a mile wide"? I'm going to LOVE writing the next
chapter.
Judity
http://judity.myblogsite.com/
| |
| RaeMorrill 2005-10-11, 11:07 am |
| Just make sure all the women have had it so they can't catch it LOL. It
can be serious in adults, of course, but it doesn't have to be
Judity wrote:
> Kathy, for now I've decided to give him the chickenpox. I do like the idea
> of a grown sexy hunk of a man itching and scratching. Can you say, "She has
> a mean streak in her a mile wide"? I'm going to LOVE writing the next
> chapter.
>
> Judity
> http://judity.myblogsite.com/
>
>
| |
| Judity 2005-10-11, 11:07 am |
| ((Just make sure all the women have had it so they can't catch it LOL. It
can be serious in adults, of course, but it doesn't have to be. ))
That's what I've read, Rae, on a couple of web sites. Anyway, I can't
change my mind now. Walker is on the blog, chickenpox and all.
When I started this story, I never knew I'd be doing so much research on so
many subjects. That's what is making it fun, though.
Have to learn something new every day to keep those little gray cells active
and healthy, right?
Judity
http://judity.myblogsite.com/
| |
| Kathycarp 2005-10-11, 11:07 am |
| ooooooo...... maybe some of the "nurses" can help him scratch his itch....
--
Kathy
www.ambergriscaye.com/villadelsol
"Judity" <Judity01@aol.com> wrote in message
news:3r0ilfFh2fdvU1@individual.net...
> Kathy, for now I've decided to give him the chickenpox. I do like the
> idea of a grown sexy hunk of a man itching and scratching. Can you say,
> "She has a mean streak in her a mile wide"? I'm going to LOVE writing the
> next chapter.
>
> Judity
> http://judity.myblogsite.com/
>
>
| |
| DJGordon 2005-10-11, 11:08 am |
| I thought chickenpox was one that could cause sterility in men fairly
commonly??? Not to mention I thought it could be more serious for an adult
to have it than measles too.
Dani
--
www.menkessyndrome.com
"RaeMorrill" <RaeMorrill@aol.com> wrote in message
news:%EE2f.37998$7b6.8694@twister.nyroc.rr.com...[vbcol=seagreen]
> Just make sure all the women have had it so they can't catch it LOL. It
> can be serious in adults, of course, but it doesn't have to be
>
>
> Judity wrote:
| |
| Bambi C. 2005-10-11, 11:08 am |
| > ooooooo...... maybe some of the "nurses" can help him scratch his itch....
>
> --
> Kathy
That reminds me of a joke I heard recently, but I don't think I'd better
tell it here!
Bambi C.
| |
| Bambi C. 2005-10-11, 11:08 am |
| Judity, I think it's so cool that you're doing this! You have a real
talent.
Bambi C.
--
"Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and
stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think."
Christopher Robin to Pooh
"Judity" <Judity01@aol.com> wrote in message
news:3r0k1oFh43g0U1@individual.net...
> ((Just make sure all the women have had it so they can't catch it LOL. It
> can be serious in adults, of course, but it doesn't have to be. ))
>
> That's what I've read, Rae, on a couple of web sites. Anyway, I can't
> change my mind now. Walker is on the blog, chickenpox and all.
>
> When I started this story, I never knew I'd be doing so much research on
> so many subjects. That's what is making it fun, though.
>
> Have to learn something new every day to keep those little gray cells
> active and healthy, right?
>
> Judity
> http://judity.myblogsite.com/
>
>
| |
| Phyllis Nilsson 2005-10-11, 11:08 am |
| My father caught my chickenpox when I was little and he was so sick he
couldn't work for a week.
DJGordon wrote:
> I thought chickenpox was one that could cause sterility in men fairly
> commonly??? Not to mention I thought it could be more serious for an adult
> to have it than measles too.
>
> Dani
>
| |
| Judity 2005-10-11, 11:08 am |
| Thanks, Bambi. I'm not sure of my talent stacked up against real
professional writers, but I'm having a heck of a good time putting my
characters through their paces.
Judity
http://judity.myblogsite.com/
| |
| Judity 2005-10-11, 11:08 am |
| ((I thought chickenpox was one that could cause sterility in men fairly
commonly??? Not to mention I thought it could be more serious for an adult
to have it than measles too. ))
Well, Walker will only get a mild case then, but with lots of itching,
scratching, and manly suffering. One of the remedies I read for this
yesterday was to soak in an oatmeal bath. Opens up an "interesting" story
line, doesn't it? (smiling innocently)
Dani, I remember my father once coming down with a couple childhood
illnesses one after another and being the biggest baby on the face of the
earth. Will my hero behave any better? Who knows!
Judity
http://judity.myblogsite.com/
| |
| Margie 2005-10-11, 11:08 am |
| I got chicken pox (for the first time ever) at age 48, exactly two
weeks after my father's funeral. We checked on all the kids who were
at the funeral and no one had had CP recently. Thus, I concluded that
I contracted it in the ICU, where I spent many many hours in a small
cramped windowless waiting room over a period of a month before my dad
died. Either that or on the plane, because I made three trips in a
month from the Bay Area to Los Angeles. It was distinctly unpleasant,
especially since I didn't have a PCP at the time, my gyn was out of
town, and I couldn't get anyone to see me! (My dermatologist, bless
her heart, agreed to see me. They had me enter through the side
office door, whisked me into an exam room, she was in there within 30
seconds, diagnosed me in another 3 seconds, wrote me two Rxs and sent
me right out of there. Quickest OV I've ever had!)
Fortunately, no complications. She told me that pneumonia is the most
important possible complication in adults.
Margie
On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 05:48:20 -0700, "Judity" <Judity01@aol.com> wrote:
>((I thought chickenpox was one that could cause sterility in men fairly
>commonly??? Not to mention I thought it could be more serious for an adult
>to have it than measles too. ))
>
>Well, Walker will only get a mild case then, but with lots of itching,
>scratching, and manly suffering. One of the remedies I read for this
>yesterday was to soak in an oatmeal bath. Opens up an "interesting" story
>line, doesn't it? (smiling innocently)
>
>Dani, I remember my father once coming down with a couple childhood
>illnesses one after another and being the biggest baby on the face of the
>earth. Will my hero behave any better? Who knows!
>
>Judity
>http://judity.myblogsite.com/
>
| |
| Judity 2005-10-11, 11:08 am |
| ((She told me that pneumonia is the most
important possible complication in adults.))
Thanks, Margie, that's a good one to use.
Judity
http://judity.myblogsite.com/
| |
| Anne Vasquez 2005-10-11, 12:54 pm |
| Am I the only one who caught chickenpox as an adult and then gave it to
my kids? <G> I thought we were going to be in quarantine for life,
since we had it one at a time!
Anne
Phyllis Nilsson wrote:
> My father caught my chickenpox when I was little and he was so sick he
> couldn't work for a week.
| |
| Anne Vasquez 2005-10-11, 12:54 pm |
| My doc told me the major concern was meningitis. When he told me that
and instructed me to stay in bed (no, I absolutely was not, repeat NOT
allowed to sit at the computer and work), he made a believer out of me!
Anne
Margie wrote:
> I got chicken pox (for the first time ever) at age 48, exactly two
> weeks after my father's funeral. We checked on all the kids who were
> at the funeral and no one had had CP recently. Thus, I concluded that
> I contracted it in the ICU, where I spent many many hours in a small
> cramped windowless waiting room over a period of a month before my dad
> died. Either that or on the plane, because I made three trips in a
> month from the Bay Area to Los Angeles. It was distinctly unpleasant,
> especially since I didn't have a PCP at the time, my gyn was out of
> town, and I couldn't get anyone to see me! (My dermatologist, bless
> her heart, agreed to see me. They had me enter through the side
> office door, whisked me into an exam room, she was in there within 30
> seconds, diagnosed me in another 3 seconds, wrote me two Rxs and sent
> me right out of there. Quickest OV I've ever had!)
>
> Fortunately, no complications. She told me that pneumonia is the most
> important possible complication in adults.
>
> Margie
| |
| VickieHerndonCMT 2005-10-11, 12:54 pm |
| I **thought** I never had chickenpox at all. My mother threw me in the bed
with my brothers when I was a kid and I did have just **one** blister on my
arm, but they had it bad. I had that one blister so we **assumed** I did
not have it. Well, just a few years back, I contracted the shingles, the
worst case almost known to man and the doctor said it was because I had such
a mild case of chickenpox as a child. I told him I did not have the
chickenpox at all except for one blister and he said that was a mild case of
the pox and that people that did not have a normal case as a child normally
get a very bad bout of shingles. He also said to expect to get the shingles
back so I keep a prescription for Valtrex because I honestly never want to
go through that again. That was absolutely the most miserable time I
remember having and some of the worst pain. I still cringe when I get that
burning pain residual thinking it's back.
V.
"Margie" <nomoremargiesjunk@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:3gmnk1dacjf6fob3iu02cr2j8q99dp5fpm@4ax.com...
>I got chicken pox (for the first time ever) at age 48, exactly two
> weeks after my father's funeral. We checked on all the kids who were
> at the funeral and no one had had CP recently. Thus, I concluded that
> I contracted it in the ICU, where I spent many many hours in a small
> cramped windowless waiting room over a period of a month before my dad
> died. Either that or on the plane, because I made three trips in a
> month from the Bay Area to Los Angeles. It was distinctly unpleasant,
> especially since I didn't have a PCP at the time, my gyn was out of
> town, and I couldn't get anyone to see me! (My dermatologist, bless
> her heart, agreed to see me. They had me enter through the side
> office door, whisked me into an exam room, she was in there within 30
> seconds, diagnosed me in another 3 seconds, wrote me two Rxs and sent
> me right out of there. Quickest OV I've ever had!)
>
> Fortunately, no complications. She told me that pneumonia is the most
> important possible complication in adults.
>
> Margie
>
> On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 05:48:20 -0700, "Judity" <Judity01@aol.com> wrote:
>
>
| |
| RaeMorrill 2005-10-11, 12:54 pm |
| Doesn't take much of an illness to make a man suffer <VBG>
Judity wrote:
> ((I thought chickenpox was one that could cause sterility in men fairly
> commonly??? Not to mention I thought it could be more serious for an adult
> to have it than measles too. ))
>
> Well, Walker will only get a mild case then, but with lots of itching,
> scratching, and manly suffering. One of the remedies I read for this
> yesterday was to soak in an oatmeal bath. Opens up an "interesting" story
> line, doesn't it? (smiling innocently)
>
> Dani, I remember my father once coming down with a couple childhood
> illnesses one after another and being the biggest baby on the face of the
> earth. Will my hero behave any better? Who knows!
>
> Judity
> http://judity.myblogsite.com/
>
>
| |
| RaeMorrill 2005-10-11, 12:54 pm |
| Can't one catch chicken pox from shingles if one has never had chicken pox?
Margie wrote:
> I got chicken pox (for the first time ever) at age 48, exactly two
> weeks after my father's funeral. We checked on all the kids who were
> at the funeral and no one had had CP recently. Thus, I concluded that
> I contracted it in the ICU, where I spent many many hours in a small
> cramped windowless waiting room over a period of a month before my dad
> died. Either that or on the plane, because I made three trips in a
> month from the Bay Area to Los Angeles. It was distinctly unpleasant,
> especially since I didn't have a PCP at the time, my gyn was out of
> town, and I couldn't get anyone to see me! (My dermatologist, bless
> her heart, agreed to see me. They had me enter through the side
> office door, whisked me into an exam room, she was in there within 30
> seconds, diagnosed me in another 3 seconds, wrote me two Rxs and sent
> me right out of there. Quickest OV I've ever had!)
>
> Fortunately, no complications. She told me that pneumonia is the most
> important possible complication in adults.
>
> Margie
>
> On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 05:48:20 -0700, "Judity" <Judity01@aol.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
| |
| RaeMorrill 2005-10-11, 12:54 pm |
| I believe there are pictures of me covered in chicken pox as a child.
Hope that helps protect against shingles
VickieHerndonCMT wrote:
> I **thought** I never had chickenpox at all. My mother threw me in the bed
> with my brothers when I was a kid and I did have just **one** blister on my
> arm, but they had it bad. I had that one blister so we **assumed** I did
> not have it. Well, just a few years back, I contracted the shingles, the
> worst case almost known to man and the doctor said it was because I had such
> a mild case of chickenpox as a child. I told him I did not have the
> chickenpox at all except for one blister and he said that was a mild case of
> the pox and that people that did not have a normal case as a child normally
> get a very bad bout of shingles. He also said to expect to get the shingles
> back so I keep a prescription for Valtrex because I honestly never want to
> go through that again. That was absolutely the most miserable time I
> remember having and some of the worst pain. I still cringe when I get that
> burning pain residual thinking it's back.
>
> V.
>
> "Margie" <nomoremargiesjunk@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:3gmnk1dacjf6fob3iu02cr2j8q99dp5fpm@4ax.com...
>
>
>
| |
| Judity 2005-10-11, 5:56 pm |
| ((I believe there are pictures of me covered in chicken pox as a child.
Hope that helps protect against shingles ))
I don't remember getting any of those childhood illnesses, although I must
have had them. What I do remember too clearly was since the age of two
having wicked migraines, two or three days at a time every few weeks. I
also can almost taste the tiny brown bitter pills the doctor prescribed when
he diagnosed it as possible epilepsy instead. Dumb doc!
Judity
http://judity.myblogsite.com/
| |
| Anne Vasquez 2005-10-11, 5:56 pm |
| I'm fairly certain that's how I got them, since I was around people with
shingles and not anyone that I was aware of with chickenpox.
RaeMorrill wrote:
> Can't one catch chicken pox from shingles if one has never had chicken pox?
| |
| Kathycarp 2005-10-11, 5:56 pm |
| Doesn't take much of an illness to make a man suffer <VBG>
>
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"RaeMorrill" <RaeMorrill@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Doesn't take much of an illness to make a man suffer <VBG>
>
>
> Judity wrote:
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| Bambi C. 2005-10-11, 5:56 pm |
| >> Doesn't take much of an illness to make a man suffer <VBG> (Rae) <<
Boy, isn't THAT the truth!!!
Bambi C.
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| VickieHerndonCMT 2005-10-11, 5:56 pm |
| yes, someone who has not had the chickenpox can catch the pox from shingles
"RaeMorrill" <RaeMorrill@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Can't one catch chicken pox from shingles if one has never had chicken
> pox?
>
> Margie wrote:
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| VickieHerndonCMT 2005-10-11, 5:56 pm |
| speak for yourself! My pain tolerance is HIGH LEVEL.
"RaeMorrill" <RaeMorrill@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Doesn't take much of an illness to make a man suffer <VBG>
>
>
> Judity wrote:
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| VickieHerndonCMT 2005-10-11, 5:56 pm |
| well my son had the worst case of chickenpox I had seen and he had the
shingles (though mild) at age 22 on his back.
Now, you get them on your buttocks and inside your bladder and the L5-S1
distribution, and that kills, high level blisters, vomiting, high fever. I
lost a ton of weight and was sick for 4 months
Every time I went to the ER the docs tried to give me heavy painkilling
morphine, which I would not take, but settled for Percocet 7.5 two at a time
and I was on that off and on for months from the wrenching burning pain to
zee butt!! and bladder
Vickie (shaking thinking about it)
"RaeMorrill" <RaeMorrill@aol.com> wrote in message
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>I believe there are pictures of me covered in chicken pox as a child. Hope
>that helps protect against shingles
>
> VickieHerndonCMT wrote:
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| Phyllis Nilsson 2005-10-11, 5:56 pm |
| I think I was about 8 when it happened, and I can still remember the red
quarantine sign nailed to the house,
Anne Vasquez wrote:
> Am I the only one who caught chickenpox as an adult and then gave it to
> my kids? <G> I thought we were going to be in quarantine for life,
> since we had it one at a time!
>
> Anne
>
>
> Phyllis Nilsson wrote:
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| Phyllis Nilsson 2005-10-11, 5:56 pm |
| My middle son had chickenpox when he was just a few weeks old, but he
got shingles at age 5. Still has the scars.
VickieHerndonCMT wrote:
> I **thought** I never had chickenpox at all. My mother threw me in the bed
> with my brothers when I was a kid and I did have just **one** blister on my
> arm, but they had it bad. I had that one blister so we **assumed** I did
> not have it. Well, just a few years back, I contracted the shingles, the
> worst case almost known to man and the doctor said it was because I had such
> a mild case of chickenpox as a child. I told him I did not have the
> chickenpox at all except for one blister and he said that was a mild case of
> the pox and that people that did not have a normal case as a child normally
> get a very bad bout of shingles. He also said to expect to get the shingles
> back so I keep a prescription for Valtrex because I honestly never want to
> go through that again. That was absolutely the most miserable time I
> remember having and some of the worst pain. I still cringe when I get that
> burning pain residual thinking it's back.
>
> V.
>
> "Margie" <nomoremargiesjunk@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:3gmnk1dacjf6fob3iu02cr2j8q99dp5fpm@4ax.com...
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>
>
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| Anne Vasquez 2005-10-11, 5:56 pm |
| And all this time I thought you were a female, Vickie... ;-)
VickieHerndonCMT wrote:
> speak for yourself! My pain tolerance is HIGH LEVEL.
>
>
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> "RaeMorrill" <RaeMorrill@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:DVS2f.34708$Xl2.4342@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
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| RaeMorrill 2005-10-11, 5:56 pm |
| LOL. Mee too. Victor/Victoria?
Anne Vasquez wrote:[vbcol=seagreen]
> And all this time I thought you were a female, Vickie... ;-)
>
>
> VickieHerndonCMT wrote:
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| Judity 2005-10-11, 5:56 pm |
| ((LOL. Mee too. Victor/Victoria? ))
Now, aren't you all glad I started this thread? I guess we DO learn
something new every day. (laughing)
Judity
http://judity.myblogsite.com/
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| VickieHerndonCMT 2005-10-11, 5:56 pm |
| I totally missed the small word *a* in front of that. Comes from being old.
;)
"Anne Vasquez" <annevasquez@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in message
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> And all this time I thought you were a female, Vickie... ;-)
>
>
> VickieHerndonCMT wrote:
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| VickieHerndonCMT 2005-10-11, 5:56 pm |
| You never know nowadays with me anyhow!
;)
"Judity" <Judity01@aol.com> wrote in message
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> ((LOL. Mee too. Victor/Victoria? ))
>
> Now, aren't you all glad I started this thread? I guess we DO learn
> something new every day. (laughing)
>
> Judity
> http://judity.myblogsite.com/
>
>
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| VickieHerndonCMT 2005-10-11, 5:56 pm |
| oh my...well they say the virus lives in your spine and in time of stress
comes out at the weakest part of your body (I sure did not know that until I
got it). Anyway, I have never heard of a child having shingles but I
suppose it can happen. Those scars stay and they hurt from time to time and
I keep fearing they will reap another outbreak!
If they do, you might hear of my jumping off a bridge.
"Phyllis Nilsson" <phyllisnilsson@buckeye-express.com> wrote in message
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> My middle son had chickenpox when he was just a few weeks old, but he got
> shingles at age 5. Still has the scars.
>
> VickieHerndonCMT wrote:
>
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"Phyllis Nilsson" <phyllisnilsson@buckeye-express.com> wrote in message
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> My father caught my chickenpox when I was little and he was so sick he
> couldn't work for a week.
>
What a timely discussion! I'm just now arguing for the second year in a row
with student health at the law school because they want to put a hold on my
account (meaning I can't register for next semester - or graduate!) until I
get a chicken pox vaccine. It ain't happenin'. I haven't had them yet,
don't want them now, and don't live on campus.
Sandi
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"VickieHerndonCMT" <vickieboinkherndon@comcast.nospamnet> wrote in message
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> yes, someone who has not had the chickenpox can catch the pox from
> shingles
>
Fabulous. Now I'll worry about the shingles (because Lord knows I'm
stressed to the max right now) AND chicken pox!
Sandi
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| VickieHerndonCMT 2005-10-11, 5:56 pm |
| I don't know if anyone has noticed, but you can even see in medical reports
that shingles sort of break out at the same time along with the chickenpox.
I know I have noticed it. When I had mine, I was on vacation on the west
coast, but a friend of mine up in Oregon (who I did not know was sick), also
had the shingles at the same time. She was quite ill too. Sooooo....if
chickenpox is in the air and if you have had it and you are stressed, watch
out!
"Sandi" <sanditypes@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "VickieHerndonCMT" <vickieboinkherndon@comcast.nospamnet> wrote in message
> news:rdydnbDHsfT2ldHeRVn-hA@comcast.com...
> Fabulous. Now I'll worry about the shingles (because Lord knows I'm
> stressed to the max right now) AND chicken pox!
>
> Sandi
>
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| RaeMorrill 2005-10-11, 5:56 pm |
| If you say you've had the CP do they make you get a titer to prove it? I
believe I was born in a year early enough I wouldn't be required to get
measles - and I had the measles as a child. Vaccine came in time for my
sister. I had rubella vaccine around time I became sexually active if I
recall correctly, as it wasn't clear I'd had that. I do have my
pediatric record around here somewhere - with handwritten index cards
starting from day 1 in the hospital, but I can also get a doctor's
statement that I had them (my mother LOL).
Sandi wrote:
> "Phyllis Nilsson" <phyllisnilsson@buckeye-express.com> wrote in message
> news:434BA845.4050107@buckeye-express.com...
>
>
> What a timely discussion! I'm just now arguing for the second year in a row
> with student health at the law school because they want to put a hold on my
> account (meaning I can't register for next semester - or graduate!) until I
> get a chicken pox vaccine. It ain't happenin'. I haven't had them yet,
> don't want them now, and don't live on campus.
>
> Sandi
>
>
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| DJGordon 2005-10-11, 5:56 pm |
| Well, I'll tell another thing. I don't care what anybody says you can have
it more than once. My mom said I had it as a child, a pretty major case of
it also.
When Dionna was 6 or 7 she got her case of it and three days later I came
down with a mild case of it from head to toe, not too bad. Mine cleared up
before she did and I felt fine.
Then about the last 3-4 days of her outbreak I got it again and I have never
been so miserable. They were in my hair, on the soles of my feet and other
terrible places to itch and I was swollen and it was just awful.
Doctors said it was chicken pox but that I must never have had it as a child
and then that it was a continuation of the first case. Imagine that, my mom
has pictures of me with it as a child and I was completely sore free in
between the two bouts with Dionna, but I only had it once?!? Sheesh, why is
it so hard to believe that some people can have medical phenomena?
Dani
--
www.menkessyndrome.com
"VickieHerndonCMT" <vickieboinkherndon@comcast.nospamnet> wrote in message
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>I don't know if anyone has noticed, but you can even see in medical reports
>that shingles sort of break out at the same time along with the chickenpox.
>I know I have noticed it. When I had mine, I was on vacation on the west
>coast, but a friend of mine up in Oregon (who I did not know was sick),
>also had the shingles at the same time. She was quite ill too.
>Sooooo....if chickenpox is in the air and if you have had it and you are
>stressed, watch out!
>
>
> "Sandi" <sanditypes@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:3r2qt4Fhjj7eU1@individual.net...
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| Blupencl 2005-10-12, 12:55 am |
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My 10-year-old niece had shingles at the same time I had it. She got
over it very quickly, however, and I inherited her lidocaine mix, what
her pediatrician had made at one of those pharmacies that mixes stuff
up. Why can I not think of that word? Com____ pharmacy.
[vbcol=seagreen]
suppose it can happen<<
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Blupencl
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| Karen C. 2005-10-12, 12:55 am |
| Blupencl wrote:
> My 10-year-old niece had shingles at the same time I had it. She got
> over it very quickly, however, and I inherited her lidocaine mix, what
> her pediatrician had made at one of those pharmacies that mixes stuff
> up. Why can I not think of that word? Com____ pharmacy.
Compund pharmacy, maybe?
Karen C.
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| DJGordon 2005-10-12, 12:55 am |
| compounding pharmacy....I'm very familiar with those. I have a list of every
one in the U.S. because they're the only ones who can make the copper that
boys with Menkes syndrome need and I direct parents to ones in their states.
Dani
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www.menkessyndrome.com
"Blupencl" <Blupencl.1wrh30@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>
> My 10-year-old niece had shingles at the same time I had it. She got
> over it very quickly, however, and I inherited her lidocaine mix, what
> her pediatrician had made at one of those pharmacies that mixes stuff
> up. Why can I not think of that word? Com____ pharmacy.
>
> suppose it can happen<<
>
>
> --
> Blupencl
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| VickieHerndonCMT 2005-10-12, 12:55 am |
| I remember my daughter got the measles shot and absolutely got the worst
case of measles I have ever seen from the shot!
"RaeMorrill" <RaeMorrill@aol.com> wrote in message
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> If you say you've had the CP do they make you get a titer to prove it? I
> believe I was born in a year early enough I wouldn't be required to get
> measles - and I had the measles as a child. Vaccine came in time for my
> sister. I had rubella vaccine around time I became sexually active if I
> recall correctly, as it wasn't clear I'd had that. I do have my pediatric
> record around here somewhere - with handwritten index cards starting from
> day 1 in the hospital, but I can also get a doctor's statement that I had
> them (my mother LOL).
>
> Sandi wrote:
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| Sandi 2005-10-12, 12:55 am |
|
"RaeMorrill" <RaeMorrill@aol.com> wrote in message
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> If you say you've had the CP do they make you get a titer to prove it? I
> believe I was born in a year early enough I wouldn't be required to get
> measles - and I had the measles as a child. Vaccine came in time for my
> sister. I had rubella vaccine around time I became sexually active if I
> recall correctly, as it wasn't clear I'd had that. I do have my pediatric
> record around here somewhere - with handwritten index cards starting from
> day 1 in the hospital, but I can also get a doctor's statement that I had
> them (my mother LOL).
>
Yep, that's what they want, first a titer and then a vaccination if the
titer reveals I haven't had it. I told them the titer was pointless because
I wouldn't have the vaccination either way. Stay tuned.
Sandi
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| Kathycarp 2005-10-12, 12:55 am |
| Oh! Do you have Broadway Apothecary in Eugene, Oregon? :-) Cool place. I
think NW Compounding is another one here.
--
Kathy
www.ambergriscaye.com/villadelsol
"DJGordon" <danigordon@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> compounding pharmacy....I'm very familiar with those. I have a list of
> every one in the U.S. because they're the only ones who can make the
> copper that boys with Menkes syndrome need and I direct parents to ones in
> their states.
>
> Dani
>
> --
> www.menkessyndrome.com
> "Blupencl" <Blupencl.1wrh30@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:Blupencl.1wrh30@nospam.com...
>
>
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| DJGordon 2005-10-12, 12:55 am |
| Sure do. There are actually quite a few families (or quite a few for how
rare it is anyway) in Oregon with boys with Menkes and I have given them
numerous pharmacies there.
Dani
--
www.menkessyndrome.com
"Kathycarp" <kathycarp@comcast.com> wrote in message
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> Oh! Do you have Broadway Apothecary in Eugene, Oregon? :-) Cool place. I
> think NW Compounding is another one here.
>
> --
> Kathy
> www.ambergriscaye.com/villadelsol
> "DJGordon" <danigordon@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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>
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| RaeMorrill 2005-10-12, 12:55 am |
| I'll be interested to see what happens here. When my DH was taking
classes to finish his degree a few years ago now, I thought the rule
applied to only full-time students or something. Of course, he had been
in the military and had had all kinds of vaccines.
Sandi wrote:
> "RaeMorrill" <RaeMorrill@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:H5X2f.35055$Xl2.1178@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
>
>
> Yep, that's what they want, first a titer and then a vaccination if the
> titer reveals I haven't had it. I told them the titer was pointless because
> I wouldn't have the vaccination either way. Stay tuned.
>
> Sandi
>
>
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| Sandi 2005-10-12, 10:55 am |
|
"RaeMorrill" <RaeMorrill@aol.com> wrote in message
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> I'll be interested to see what happens here. When my DH was taking classes
> to finish his degree a few years ago now, I thought the rule applied to
> only full-time students or something. Of course, he had been in the
> military and had had all kinds of vaccines.
>
Well, I am a full time student! And then some.
Sandi
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| Anne Carle 2005-10-12, 10:55 am |
| On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 16:37:57 GMT, Anne Vasquez
<annevasquez@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote:
>My doc told me the major concern was meningitis. When he told me that
>and instructed me to stay in bed (no, I absolutely was not, repeat NOT
>allowed to sit at the computer and work), he made a believer out of me!
>
>Anne
>
>
I have a friend who is a retired phys. ed teacher. She contracted
meningitis and encephalitis in her 40s and nearly died. After a period
of uncertaintly as to her illness, a spinal tap showed chicken pox as
the culprit. She had had a typical case of it as a child. To this day
she uses a cane, has odd neurological symptoms and has flares of
shingles.
Scary, huh?!
Anne/OH
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| Anne Vasquez 2005-10-12, 10:55 am |
| No kidding!! Geez, now I'm doubly glad that I followed my doc's advice
and stayed in bed even when I didn't think I could stand it anymore when
I had chicken pox! That's so sad for your friend, although it sounds
like she's lucky to have lived through it at all.
Anne
Anne Carle wrote:
>
>
> I have a friend who is a retired phys. ed teacher. She contracted
> meningitis and encephalitis in her 40s and nearly died. After a period
> of uncertaintly as to her illness, a spinal tap showed chicken pox as
> the culprit. She had had a typical case of it as a child. To this day
> she uses a cane, has odd neurological symptoms and has flares of
> shingles.
>
> Scary, huh?!
>
> Anne/OH
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| Anne Carle 2005-10-12, 5:54 pm |
| On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 15:57:24 GMT, Anne Vasquez
<annevasquez@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote:
>No kidding!! Geez, now I'm doubly glad that I followed my doc's advice
>and stayed in bed even when I didn't think I could stand it anymore when
>I had chicken pox! That's so sad for your friend, although it sounds
>like she's lucky to have lived through it at all.
>
>Anne
My friend really is lucky to have survived! She was in a coma for
several weeks, and the doctors told her that if she hadn't been in
excellent physical condition before the meningitis/encephalitis, she
probably would not have made it.
Anne/OH
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