Re: What about children of GD parents?

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Both my kids are tested yearly with only a TSH for now...but my kids are now

30 and 19, but testing began the fall after my April '96 diagnosis.

How old are your kids now? Something else to think about with autoimmune on

both sides now is vaccinations...if they are under 3 years of age, you may

want to consider holding off until age 3 for the remainder. Dr. Juddleson a

pediatrician and head of the Erie County Health Department did a vax promo

show last fall where many many people hammered him about removing the

mandatory of vaccines...I asked about my grandsons because there is a

history of 5 different autoimmune diseases in my family should my grandsons

be vaxed, he said " with the history of autoimmune in your family, do not

begin vaccinating before ages 2/3, preferably age 3 so that their immune

systems have a chance to develop. " A friend of mine has this radio show

taped, so something to at least be very aware of.

Take care,

Jody

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[Guest guest]

Jody -

Thank you so much! This is news I did not know or even think about! Mine kids

are 7, 4, and 1. The oldest has already had all his shots, my 4 year old only

has 2 more next year. My 1 year old is the current problem I think. He's up to

date on all his shots for 1 year, except the MMR. I just had this really bad

feeling about getting it (didn't have that feeling with the other 2,

interestingly) so I just declined it this time (their ped. was really fine about

it). So he's still got a lot of shots left. Does this info pertain to all vaxs

or just certain ones? What exactly could happen if they are vaxed with their new

autoimmune histories? I want to be armed with what could happen when I see the

ped. next so I can make my argument. I so appreciate this info...I can't believe

all I have learned from this board. None of the 4 docs I've seen have ever

mentioned anything about this being a possible risk. And they all know I have

young children. I think I've learned more talking to all of you and reading than

from what any of the docs have told me.

Re: What about children of GD parents?

Hi ,

Both my kids are tested yearly with only a TSH for now...but my kids are now

30 and 19, but testing began the fall after my April '96 diagnosis.

How old are your kids now? Something else to think about with autoimmune on

both sides now is vaccinations...if they are under 3 years of age, you may

want to consider holding off until age 3 for the remainder. Dr. Juddleson a

pediatrician and head of the Erie County Health Department did a vax promo

show last fall where many many people hammered him about removing the

mandatory of vaccines...I asked about my grandsons because there is a

history of 5 different autoimmune diseases in my family should my grandsons

be vaxed, he said " with the history of autoimmune in your family, do not

begin vaccinating before ages 2/3, preferably age 3 so that their immune

systems have a chance to develop. " A friend of mine has this radio show

taped, so something to at least be very aware of.

Take care,

Jody

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[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I wouldn't bother having antibody tests since antibodies only last a few

months and are always changing. Teaching your kids healthy eating habits is

probably one of the best things you can do. My husband's family is rife with

autoimmune disease too, but so far our kids (who are probably older than you)

have remained unscathed. Our daughter had subclinical hypoT in college that

resolved on its own. They both exercise a lot, but not fanatically, and I

think that helps.

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Ask your ped. if he/she is a member of the AAPS, if so that will explain why

the ped. is okay with your decision to wait. Across the board all physcians

and surgeons that are members of the AAPS voted to oppose mandatory

vaccination last November. You can read that at

http://www.aapsonline.org/aaps/

Actually you can get quite a bit of information from this site. Just take

of the aaps/ from the addie and you will get their home page. I can send you

some urls regarding vaccine safety if you would like to read some things.

The decision to vax is up to each parent, but parents need to be educated

and to learn how to vax safely. The triple jabs are definately not in my

youngest grandsons future, though my daughter has chosen to vax once he hits

age 3.

Let me know about the urls and I will send them privately. Ironic how you

had that feeling about the MMR...it is always good to trust a mothers

instinct.

TTYL

Jody

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