Ah yes today was my turn

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Took my son (13 no vacs since 5) for his sports physical today to the

pediatrician. We did not see his normal ped because he wanted a male doc for his

physical. The usual doc always recommends the vaccines that he is " behind " on

but when I say no, she says OK and we agree to disagree. Not the pediatrician

that we saw today. He is the high pressure guy. How could I put those babies at

risk for pertussis he says? The ones that he is sure are getting it from

adolescents like my sons age that are not vaccinated for it. Then he said " what

about tetanus? These are real ya know? " (my son was last vaccinated 8 years ago

when he had a tetanus shot??? By their standards he does not need another for 3

years right, yet I am suppose to be terrified of tetanus.......if the vaccine

actually worked we are all set right??? (LOL again)

He then told me about the young man that came home form college to my town that

went to bed feeling ill and never woke up because he had meningitis and died.

Funny all colleges now require the meningitis vaccine..........and there are

many strains of meningitis that are not not covered by the vaccine. He did not

volunteer what strain this young many had nor would he answer my direct question

as to whether he was vaccinated or not just that he died.

The next big gun was that parents of " our generation " are victims of vaccines

that have worked to well(LOL). We have not lived through polio, measles, mumps

or rubella outbreaks so we don't see the need for the vaccine. If we had lived

when those disease were prevalent I would be singing a different tune (LOL).

Just like I am suppose to freak out about H1N1 right (LOL again)

They then told me that I had to sign the " waiver " that they gave to me saying

that I was incompetent and potentially killing my child because I am so stupid.

The waiver listed may possible side effects of getting the disease:

encephalitis, seizures, deafness, blindness, even death. Interesting that they

do not ask me to sign a waiver with the same possible side effects should I

choose to vaccinate my child.

My final statement to him was " I have done 100's of hours of research on

vaccines on both sides of the fence and I am 100% certain that not continuing to

vaccinating my son is the right decision for us. "

The waiver also stated that I was " REQUIRED " to tell the nurse EVERY TIME that I

called the office (for anything) or came into the office that my son is not

fully vaccinated so that she may give me " appropriate " information based on his

symptoms and unvaccinated status. I am sure that you all know that I signed that

right away!! (insert sarcasm). I politely said, " I am not trying to be

confrontation (LOL) but I will need my lawyer to look this over before I decide

whether or not to sign it. (Nope not signing it no matter way never no way not

gonna happen).

My favorite part of the day was when we got in the car and my son said " wow Mom

you really sood your ground and you did not get mad " Yeah I showed my son how

to stand up to a " Doctor " today for what I believe in. What a great lesson for

him to learn.

I normally have a great working relationship with his regular doctor, so we

shall see if this gets me thrown out of the practice or not. No bid deal of it

does, we can get a sports physical at school and we rarely go to the

pediatrician anyway. Time to look into other practices in the area to see who

is easier to work with.