Re: DIANA- Booster shots- beware...

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In a message dated 7/17/01 9:56:14 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

0567@... writes:

<< hi all..i'm new to this list..i have a hfa soon to be 4..which means he's

due

for his 4-year old mmr vaccine..i plan on asking his ped to split the

vaccines but i already know he's going to give me a hard time based on past

experiences on getting my son tested..can anyone provide me with some points

to argue so to speak..things he can't dismiss so i'm fully prepared..i go in

asking thinking i have valid points but he easily discredits my

opinions..thanks diana

>>

:

The best advice is to get your son's blood titers taken for immunity to

the M, M, and R. Chances are 95% that he will already demonstrate immunity to

these 3 diseases from the first round of the vaccine he already got. If you

have a child with any kind of developmental disability, you are putting your

child at great risk of regression by giving him ANY further vaccines. Several

stories have been posted by parents on other Autism lists who were uneducated

on the vaccine issue and unknowingly gave their autistic/PDD children

" booster " shots, after which these children regressed horribly and years of

hard work and therapies were completely LOST. These parents have shared their

stories in hopes that others would be warned.

**PLEASE proceed VERYcautiously on this.** The risk to your child's

abilties could be very significant, especially since he is high functioning.

My advice would be no more vaccines- not even " split up. " As I said, the

titer tests will probably show your son is already immune. If this is the

case, you can request a letter from the Ped. stating this to give to the

school nurse with his forms.

If you can't get your Ped. to cooperate with you, find one that will.

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You should be able to find a fair amount of info on possible harmful effects

of vaccines at the Autism Research Institute's website www.autism.com/ari

Simply asking your doctor to run blood titers on the diseases he's up for

boosters on isn't asking too much of the doctor. Any doc who would give you

a hard time about that isn't one you'd want to continue seeing. Sometimes

it's hard to change docs but if he/she is intimidating you and not doing what

you feel is best for your child, find one who will.

Gaylen

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In a message dated 7/17/01 11:22:15 AM Eastern Daylight Time, amterry@...

writes:

> :

> The best advice is to get your son's blood titers taken for immunity to

> the M, M, and R. Chances are 95% that he will already demonstrate immunity

> to

> these 3 diseases from the first round of the vaccine he already got. If you

> have a child with any kind of developmental disability, you are putting

> your

> child at great risk of regression by giving him ANY further vaccines.

> Several

> stories have been posted by parents on other Autism lists who were

> uneducated

> on the vaccine issue and unknowingly gave their autistic/PDD children

> " booster " shots, after which these children regressed horribly and years of

> hard work and therapies were completely LOST. These parents have shared

> their

> stories in hopes that others would be warned.

> **PLEASE proceed VERYcautiously on this.** The risk to your child's

> abilties could be very significant, especially since he is high functioning.

> My advice would be no more vaccines- not even " split up. " As I said,

> the

> titer tests will probably show your son is already immune. If this is the

> case, you can request a letter from the Ped. stating this to give to the

> school nurse with his forms.

> If you can't get your Ped. to cooperate with you, find one that will.

>

>

>

hi andrea..i called me son's ped yesterday and asked if i could have his

titers checked for mmr and chicken pox..he ended up approving it. i can tell

by the tone of his voice he wasn't happy about it..

he then said " let me play devils advocate..what happens if the levels come

back ok and your son doesn't need the vaccine..then three years from now

he'll have to be tested again "

i didn't see a problem with having another blood test three years from

now..am i missing something here? also..if his test show that his levels show

immunity..how long does the immunity last? should i have his titers checked

before three years? thanks for your help..diana

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:

I am one of those Moms who witnessed first hand the effects of having the

booster shots given! My son screamed for 6 months and lost over 1 1/2 years

worth of hard-earned ABA skills. The result? He finally leveled out and

began re-learning all those skills...but if I had to do it over again? I

would certainly have thought very hard about those boosters! We are

currently facing losing our in-home intensive ABA after just two more

treatment plans...and I am very regretful of my decision to allow those

boosters! If we hadn't done that...I could safely say he would have been

considered nothing more than delayed right now...but I screwed up...

Now...He remains severly autistic (some would consider him high-functioning,

but since that functioning came from 5 years of ABA...I consider him simply

" blessed " !) The regression from those boosters were harder on our family than

the original diagnosis...because we had poured all our lives out...all our

vacation monies/...not to mention all our hopes and dreams into his

therapies! It was devastating to us to watch it all slip away!

Hope this helps...if not, email me privately and I'll get into the gorey

details if need be!

With all sincerity!