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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 5:02 pm
2 yr older sis brought the chicken pox home from 1st grade to me & my 15 month younger bro. Bro. & I had them at the same time. Oldest DD brought them home from kindergarden & 2nd DD caught them very lightly at the age of 2. 2nd DD ended up getting them pretty bad a 2nd time in grade school & brought them home the 7 yr younger DS. Wow, I thought you only got this once.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 6:55 pm
You just don't hear about chicken pox as much as you used to. Since the vaccine came out, I don't even know that I know anyone who has had CP in the past 10 or so years.
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 8:05 pm
I got the chicken pox when I was in my 30's...not a good time. My kids got the chicken pox while my husband and I were vacationing in California....driving from San Diego to San Fran. The grandparents were watching the kids. We talked to them daily and they never told us about the chicken pox....I was shocked when we got home. <100> Also looking forward to seeing the 9 lb bundle of joy.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 7:57 am
My son had two spots, my eldest daughter 1 spot. Youngest daughter never seemed to have had them, but before a 5 week trip to Europe after her college graduation we wanted to see if she maybe had had them with no sores, or maybe she needed the shot. Indeed she had CP antibodies in her blood. We are an odd family.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 12:41 pm
So there is a vaccine? Well I would certainly wish I'd had it. As it is if I want a shot to hopefully prevent Shingles that will cost me over $200.. not covered by my insurance. My dad had shingles and no one wants to have that and having had CP makes it more likely. Back when I had them there was no vaccine and it was mostly a nuisance. Still when we got any of the "childhood diseases" my dad was kept far away so he wouldn't be stricken. And mom certainly didn't try to infect one of us from the other.. so my brother never had to deal with measles which hit me twice in one summer. ICK. Julie, with the backlash against vaccinations, unfortunately we are seeing the return of previously banished childhood diseases. I've heard that whooping cough is showing up and they are recommending that anyone who works around children needs to get a booster. Apparantly all of us who were vaccinated as children (pertussis, I think) have lost immunity but adults weren't boostered since the disease had been beaten back. But, no.. it is coming back, unfortunately.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 12:58 pm
Deb, we all went through chicken pox a second time. The way I remember it, one time wasn't that bad (a few spots and a little itching) and the other was horrible. I've got a couple scars from the bad time. Sea, yes there is a vaccine. I can't remember when it came out but I know Caleb at least was young school age when he had the first one (maybe 5 or 6?) He had a couple boosters last year and I think the chicken pox one (varciella? varicella, just checked) was one of them. I think it works pretty well, though maybe I'm wrong. None of my kids or nieces have gotten it (though oldest nephew had chicken pox, none of the other kids got it) yet. We get letters from the school every time something contagious goes around (pink eye, lice, fifths disease, etc) but I've only recieved one letter, about 3-4 years ago, for chicken pox, a little girl in Kota's class and her brother had it.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 1:03 pm
Had chicken pox as a child and got a horrible case of shingles maybe 2 years ago. omg, it was the most painful thing ever...
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 2:38 pm
I had a case of shingles that didn't break out in sores, but it was terrible painful for about a month. And yes you can have shingle that don't break through the skin. This past year my 19 year old grandson had shingles. He was one miserable kids for awhile. He had a few on his face, but there are photos online where almost the whole face is covered with them. I now have the shingle vaccine on board to the tune of about $168, but the piece of mind made it worth the expense. Here is what we usually think of when we think of shingles:

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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 3:12 pm
You can get chicken pox again if your first case was a light case. You can also get chicken pox even if you've been vaccinated, but it should be a very mild case. My brother and I had it at the same time and my mom caught shingles from it. My 19 year old caught it from a preschool classmate. My 16 year old caught it from her older sister. Both had many spots and were miserable, in pain, and feverish. My 16 year old was about 15 mos. old. I was convinced that she also had ear infections, but no, the Dr. said she had pox in her ears. The girls gave it to their 3 cousins. Their parents were not trying to expose them to it..actually, maybe they were exposed to my middle daughter before she broke out...anyway, I can't remember and it doesn't matter...but what I really wanted to say was that we had plenty of friends bring their kids around to catch chicken pox from my girls just to get it out of the way. My youngest is 13, she got the vaccination and has never caught chicken pox. I can't think of any kids her age (at any age she has been) who have had it. So, the vaccine became available probably about 10 yr. ago or so. One of my college roommates had it while we were in college and she was very very sick. It really hits older kids and adults hard. I hope the Duggars that got it were the younger ones. I'm sure we'll see a show about it eventually.
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Landileigh
Member
07-29-2002
| Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 11:02 pm
the vaccine became available in 1995. I know because Holly had it for her 5th birthday and she promptly gave it to her 35 year old father. Hers was mild, he had the CDC on his chicken pox case, because he had them in his lungs. It was an experience neither of us wishes on ANY adult.
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Thursday, July 01, 2010 - 8:03 am
Walgreens has the shingle vaccine btw - The shingles vaccine is not 100 percent effective. It is most effective in people aged 60 to 69, and it prevents shingles about 50 percent the time; in patients who do get shingles anyway, the vaccination can prevent post-herpetic neuralgia, the sometimes-debilitating pain that can persist after the shingles rash clears. The CDC has an FAQ about the shingles vaccine. (and the website said $200 - $250 which includes the doctor fee) youch health care is expensive! I also remember getting dd the chicken pox vaccine, I remember debating on it, not knowing how long it would be 'good' for... I still worry if she's still protected (and I dont remember she may have had a booster shot - dh has been taking her to the doctors)
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Thursday, July 01, 2010 - 8:54 am
Landy, 1995 is right because that was the year my DD graduated from college and we had her tested to see if she would need the vaccination before her 'grand' tour.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, July 01, 2010 - 9:20 am
I remember my son's kindergarten teacher having a drawing of a child's face and she had dots with all the kids' names on them and whoever had chicken pox, the dot would go on the face. Justin was one of only 3 who never had it by then. He had it in first grade and then my daughter who was around 2 got it and then all my daycare kids got it. But they went it 2 week intervals. There wasn't any vaccine back then. Now I don't have to worry about it with the daycare kids. They've all been vaccinated.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, July 01, 2010 - 10:15 am
Yep, Walgreen's has the vaccine if you have the over $200. I think it is $220 here including being injected by the pharmacist. Health care is already the biggest chunk of my budget. I've been in Calif High Risk Pool for years and if anyone is gleefully looking forward to the new high risk pools being formed, better save up for the premiums. Still I think about it every time I pass by Walgreen's and they have their little "Shingles Shots Today" sign..
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Thursday, July 01, 2010 - 10:47 am
I wonder if the CP has now run its course at the Dugger house?
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Landileigh
Member
07-29-2002
| Thursday, July 01, 2010 - 11:56 am
i meant to say that Holly and Chuck HAD the chicken pox, because the vaccine didn't come out until the week after Chuck was diagnosed. We knew he was at risk to get them, as he had never had them as a child. Was hoping he'd make it in time to get the vaccine, but he was just a bit short. Instead he was VERY VERY Sick with them.
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Alisons
Member
01-10-2003
| Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 6:50 pm
I had chicken pox and had mumps. I gave the mumps to my grandfather, who was in a lot of pain from it.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 4:42 am
My husband caught chicken pox from my daughter when she was little. She barely had spots. It went intenal with him and attacked his organs. It's very dangerous for adults to get it. This was when the new cp vaccine had just come out. We thought Em was up to date with her vaccines!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 9:40 am
I remember that when we had those diseases (chicken pox, measles, etc.. mom would keep my dad far away from us since he didn't think he'd had any of those things. His mother I guess didn't keep records (probably too busy dealing with her alcoholic husband). Years later, Dad had shingles, so he was carrying that virus.
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Monday, August 02, 2010 - 12:45 pm
TLC is showing the show returns 9pm 8/3 (and somewhere else tlc shows it returns on 8/9...so it must be soon, whenever it actually does start.) I found this interesting: "Are any of the kids talking about college? 05/18/2010 Jill-duggar-blog [From the TLC Editors: Click here to for video clips featuring baby Josie.] TLC: Are any of the kids talking about college? Michelle: One of our daughters, ironically not the one that we thought would be pursuing it, Jill is actually checking into that now. Probably because she’s been in the hospital a lot. She’s been checking into nursing. I can see her doing that. She just literally loves people. It takes a special person to be a nurse and to be in that realm. She’s definitely interested in that, so we’ll see. She’s doing more language study, too. She’s really wanting to get Spanish down. She’s also been teaching our little 2-year-old, Jennifer, how to speak it. Jill and Jenny are inseparable. Jenny just absolutely adores Jill, and Jill loves her. It’s so cute -- Jennifer will say “por favor” and “Si, gracias!” "
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Tuesday, August 03, 2010 - 10:21 am
The family was on the Today show today. Josie looks wonderful. She's filled out in her face and around her eyes. http://www.kidglue.com/2010/08/03/josie-brooklyn-duggar-doing-remarkable-watch/
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Tuesday, August 03, 2010 - 10:23 am
Darn, wish I had seen it. Was if from their home? I don't imagine they went to NYC.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Tuesday, August 03, 2010 - 10:24 am
It was from their home. I posted the link up there. (in edit)

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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Tuesday, August 03, 2010 - 12:20 pm
There looks to be two new shows on tonight.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, August 04, 2010 - 10:54 am
On last night's show little Jordan was so cute loving on her doll.
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