tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post1932697632760590914..comments2024-01-01T20:33:52.554-08:00Comments on a moon, worn as if it had been a shell: Dispatch from the Cannabis Revolution: An Update from the Mermaid FilesElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-20059805319932592842015-02-06T23:04:52.842-08:002015-02-06T23:04:52.842-08:00Sweet Jo -- thank you for your impassioned respons...Sweet Jo -- thank you for your impassioned response. I just want to clarify with you, though, that Sophie never received the MMR vaccine. She was vaccinated with the old DPT shot, and we believe the whole-cell Pertussis was what she reacted to.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-64230852327060933862015-02-04T19:06:30.323-08:002015-02-04T19:06:30.323-08:00So since I've been educated by you and done a ...So since I've been educated by you and done a lot more research on my own, I've entered into some social media "conversations." Telling your story and trying to turn the tables on the vehement people asking them, "what would you do if this was your story?" It is amazing how they so easily can ignore the lesser percentages for the "greater good." They say they are empathetic but it's as if they are talking about statistics for a marketing campaign instead of real people. I usually stay out of such heated discussions and friends are getting angry at me and when I don't back down they insist that it is ME who doesn't understand. So I send them to the CDC website to show that I am using Sophie as an example of one in a million and that infantile spasms is a proven side effect of the MMR vax. And then I think how appalling it is that people have the audacity to NOT understand that there are exceptions here that make this issue less black and white then it would seem and say this to YOUR face. But I don't believe in things like war, etc and have been called ignorant so in other ways this doesn't surprise me. I am just so sorry this war is so personal. Sweet JoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-29808502275921359042015-02-04T17:26:10.276-08:002015-02-04T17:26:10.276-08:00Elizabeth - I was totally clueless! In which case...Elizabeth - I was totally clueless! In which case my flippant comment was rude. But I didn't mean to be. Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06671446238805535547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-8498372066661265712015-02-04T14:25:10.435-08:002015-02-04T14:25:10.435-08:00I'm with Ms. Moon, respect is necessary and it...I'm with Ms. Moon, respect is necessary and it is the way it should be but it's not and it won't be, except by those of us who get it and I think the numbers are increasing.<br /><br />You are a tiger woman, Elizabeth, albeit with soft paws ... and sometimes not so soft, but only when the situation demands it.<br /><br />My philosophy is try to keep your eyes on your own page and do what you can to inform others when you think it is right for you.<br /><br />So glad to hear of a calm period for Sophie, my heart adds a beat when something is working for her.<br /><br />Sending love and hoping there's time for a nap and a book soon.livhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00091094639074377780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-43793833331687425492015-02-04T13:11:06.838-08:002015-02-04T13:11:06.838-08:00So glad to hear of Sophie's continued improvem...So glad to hear of Sophie's continued improvement. I am knocking on wood with you--and feeling your PTSD. Sending love and courage.Denise Emanuel Clemenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10982725113569943337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-8786566455609391252015-02-04T09:25:49.353-08:002015-02-04T09:25:49.353-08:00Apparently as a child..something strange happened ...Apparently as a child..something strange happened to me after getting a shot. I was a silent protesting child I made no sound but kicked and thrashed and it took 3 nurses to hold me down. After that my protest was taken seriously and I was no longer given shots.<br /><br />I don't know exactly what happened.. my parents just tell me it changed me.<br /><br />I personally think some shots are crap anyway...I actually caught one of the things I was supposed to be vaccinated against.<br /><br />Now that I am older there is a really big push for HPV vaccine...the endocrinologist said never give that to her Ever! The other doctor that was trying to get puberty going said I was not doing my duty as an American Citizen! Well Poo Poo to her .<br />I is my right to REFUSE shots ...thank you United States of America! <br /><br />From Helmet Girl...having trouble logging in on this computer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-28384285171868214902015-02-04T09:22:34.093-08:002015-02-04T09:22:34.093-08:00Tara Crowley -- Thank you for your comment. You pr...Tara Crowley -- Thank you for your comment. You probably haven't read that I am vaccinating my boys on a different schedule. Henry recently got the MMR vaccine and had a mild reaction of a constant headache for four days.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-27506316220931358252015-02-04T09:15:24.807-08:002015-02-04T09:15:24.807-08:00I am both weary and oddly (angrily, defiantly) ene...I am both weary and oddly (angrily, defiantly) energized by the ongoing debate. I am finding vaccination fights in the strangest corners of my social media life and several times a day toy with walking away from Facebook and Twitter and the like. But then I find myself walking the dog and having imaginary conversations (calm, rational conversations where my opponent is struck dumb by my rational, compassionate arguments) that border on obsession. <br /><br />I wish you much luck in the ongoing wean and I hope that the CBD oil continues to work. May you find pockets of joy in today.kariohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10150537989886423212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-5502546399811168482015-02-04T09:14:50.784-08:002015-02-04T09:14:50.784-08:00I'm with Ms. Moon. And I'm married to a p...I'm with Ms. Moon. And I'm married to a pediatric infectious disease doc. When I vaccinated my infant daughter, I was wary because I knew there were risks, albeit low. But if it happens to your child.....she did develop high fevers after shots, and that caused concern, but I kept up with the schedule and - luckily - the fevers abated and all was well. It could have gone the other way, I am well aware.<br /><br />Are you having to take any precautions with the measles outbreak? To me, Sophie is the reason that herd immunity is so important. She can't be vaccinated, protected. But then, vaccines caused this situation for her and your family in the first place. I'm curious - did you vaccinate your boys?Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03052375488090209961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-54677210940416610132015-02-04T08:25:23.535-08:002015-02-04T08:25:23.535-08:00I was knocking on wood the whole time I was readin...I was knocking on wood the whole time I was reading your paragraph about Charlotte's Web for you, and I'll keep knocking, hope it keeps going well. <br />*knock knock*<br /><br />What I don't understand, though, is why anyone is giving you crap over not vaccinating. You're in the 5% who they expect won't use vaccines. Its built into the system. It doesn't affect herd immunity. Why in the hell does it matter so much to some people? I'm all for vaccination, but not for sweeping generalizations. People are weird on the Internet. Cassnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-33322299161483142352015-02-04T07:38:20.370-08:002015-02-04T07:38:20.370-08:00Jill, I'll forgive your flippancy, but Sophie ...Jill, I'll forgive your flippancy, but Sophie has not been immunized against measles. The MMR is given at 12 months. She was no longer getting vaccinations by then.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-4544418145899014222015-02-04T06:54:46.779-08:002015-02-04T06:54:46.779-08:00I didn't realise the seizures started after va...I didn't realise the seizures started after vaccines. I guess most people this happens to are assured it's a coincidence. A lot of people see very happy to accept that and move on. <br /><br />It doesn't sit well with me either. People don't seem to have the emotional reaction to these stories of post vaccine damage or death that they do to stories of children who suffered damage or death post measles. I don't quite understand why unvaccinated children are of less importance to the world. <br /><br />The National Vaccination Injury Compensation Fund is nearing 3 billion paid out now - a lot of people are turned away, though. Did you ever submit your case? You're paying for this fund in the taxes you pay on the vaccines... the pharmaceutical companies were made exempt from financial liability. <br /><br />I'm so sorry, though. I am terrified of this. It's hard for me to balance a story like this against my own experience of having mumps and measles in the 70s. They were simple, childhood diseases, and I was a breastfed, well fed kid. They came and went without incident :(Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08988685736635515808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-55473912866672654712015-02-04T06:54:00.741-08:002015-02-04T06:54:00.741-08:00Glad to hear of the improvements for Sophie and be...Glad to hear of the improvements for Sophie and being able to wean her a bit more. As far as the vax debate a flippant thought I had as I read this was that at least Sophie won't get measles. And I hope that doesn't offend you and you understand what I mean.Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06671446238805535547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-33366395950453756542015-02-04T05:46:43.426-08:002015-02-04T05:46:43.426-08:00I am staying out of this debate because I DON'...I am staying out of this debate because I DON'T KNOW. And the studies say one thing and yet...I know you. And Sophie. <br />And what is disturbing me so much is the virulence everyone is bringing to this issue. Which seems to be the way things are these days. We can't just agree to disagree. We have to prove that we are right when actually, there may BE no right side. There are only informed choices and luck and blessings and curses. <br />But one thing I am sure of is that cannabis is helping your girl and for that, I am grateful. <br />And I am also sure that in such situations as the measles debate, we need to learn to respect choices if they are made carefully and with thought. This is they way things should be. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-36986411541394418132015-02-04T04:58:17.559-08:002015-02-04T04:58:17.559-08:00You have to do what's right for you and your f...You have to do what's right for you and your family. My son had a bad reaction to the pertussis and is not immunized against that. <br /><br />Tell the haters they can kiss your ass:)<br /><br />Sending hugs.My life so farhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721270441968035994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-2926502409032154122015-02-04T03:55:57.168-08:002015-02-04T03:55:57.168-08:00Amen sister.Amen sister.Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13070297384173508509noreply@blogger.com