Guest guest Posted October 5, 2000 Report Share Posted October 5, 2000 Can't help with the request, but would like to point out that just because you have received your summons, does not mean that you have to answer it! Take as long as you like to decide what you want to do and don't let the HPs hurry you into making a decision against your inclinations. All mine have had their jabs, but following *my* time schedule, not the HPs'. They didn't particularly like it, but there was not much they could do about it. It's your baby, your decision. Alison Anyone know of any clinics doing single jabs in Hampshire? I know someone (angela G?) has posted details of one in Chiswick but if there's anywhere closer it would be good. I thought I had longer to think about this but have just had our summons for the triple jab - Tim will only be 13 months old. My closest friend has an autistic child and is a doctor of a long line of doctors and her considered advice (which matches my own deductions) is have the measles jab and maybe think about the others later. She said that a paediatric neurologist friend of hers has seen so many cases of measles-complication-induced neuroloical disorders in the last few years (problems that hadn't been seen for years and years in this country) that she would not advise anyone to avoid the measles inoculation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 5, 2000 Report Share Posted October 5, 2000 Hear hear, Alison. Even if you have to resort to seemingly underhand tactics, for example, child feeling a bit under the weather etc, as Alison said 'it is your baby/child. Good luck with you search for a single measles jab H >and don't let the HPs hurry you into making a decision against your inclinations. All mine have had their jabs, but following *my* time schedule, not the HPs'. They didn't particularly like it, but there was not much they could do about it. > > It's your baby, your decision. > > Alison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 5, 2000 Report Share Posted October 5, 2000 don't forget you can just postpone....i have Susys on hold atm. but agree about the measles thingy, my DBS were very ill with it, no long term efects but its burnt on my memory. MMR >Anyone know of any clinics doing single jabs in Hampshire? I know someone (angela G?) has posted details of one in Chiswick but if there's anywhere closer it would be good. I thought I had longer to think about this but have just had our summons for the triple jab - Tim will only be 13 months old. My closest friend has an autistic child and is a doctor of a long line of doctors and her considered advice (which matches my own deductions) is have the measles jab and maybe think about the others later. She said that a paediatric neurologist friend of hers has seen so many cases of measles-complication-induced neuroloical disorders in the last few years (problems that hadn't been seen for years and years in this country) that she would not advise anyone to avoid the measles inoculation. > >One more worry. > >Anneliese (part-time) SAHM to Baby Tim (18/9/99), member, Alton, Bordon and district branch > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 5, 2000 Report Share Posted October 5, 2000 I'm agonising over what to do when the MMR summons comes too, and going private for the single measles jab is a possibilty for us too. > She said that a paediatric neurologist friend of hers has seen so many cases of > measles-complication-induced neuroloical disorders in the last few years (problems that hadn't been > seen for years and years in this country) that she would not advise anyone to avoid the measles > inoculation. Now this statement intrigues me... why has the rate of measles-complication- induced neuroloical disorders suddenly gone up recently? In the 'bad old days' i.e. when I was a child, almost all children caught the wild disease at some point and lived to tell the tale. So why is there an increase in complications now, when most children get MMR? What percentage of these damaged children had received MMR or the single measles jab but caught measles anyway? As you can tell, I'm spooked by the possibility of 'atypical measles' : measles caught after (incomplete/ineffective?) measles vaccination in which the illness follows an altered course and seems to have a higher rate of complications than the 'normal' wild disease. Liz Mama to Anne-Marie 29/10/99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 6, 2000 Report Share Posted October 6, 2000 I found the following There is a private GP in Edinburgh who gives the single measles vaccine: Dr Copp, Private Practice GP Plus, No 1 Wemyss Place, Ediniburgh EH3 6DH. http://www.mugsy.org/resource.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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