Swine flu - question for those of you with children

[Cataholic]

Karen, that statment about trusting your doctor scares me. I 'trust' my doctor or my son's doctor the same way I trust anyone else in the world, with a healthy dose of skepticism. No one, not even doctors, are perfect or immune to the drug companies, the practice policies, their own idiosyncracies (sic).

There is MUCH debate in the medical community about the vaccine. Enough to make me say, "no way".

[Karen]

Karen, that statment about trusting your doctor scares me.

I am sorry that scares you. I have had the same primary care physician for over 16 years. I have been through a lot with her, and she is thoughtful and careful, and if she isn't sure of an answer, she looks it up. I can email her with the "stupidest" question, and she always gets back to me. She follows up with me when I get switched to a new medication - as has happened several times when companies stopped making the meds I took.

When it comes to medical stuff, I do trust her. She has never given me reason NOT to trust her, and plenty of reasons TO trust her, and is by nature a cautious person.

[Asiel]

Karen I've had the same pcp for over 25 years and trust him with everything he does for me. That doctor has gone ahead and beyond for me. But I can tell you that as far as the swine flu he is the first to tell us that there hasn't been enough research done for it to be safe. And the one relative who got that flu shot came down with Guillan Barre within 2 weeks of getting it and every neurologist agreed the shot was the cause. The other one had a regular flu shot and it can't be proven that it was the shot but his doctor told the family it was.
Because the government hands out these shots free of charge the doctors are under orders to offer the patients these shots. Our doctor offers them but never insists, he just obeys government regulations. As for being in favour of those shots he made it clear he does not trust them. If the government hands them out free it makes me think we're being used as guinea pigs for something.
I guess everyone has to do what they feel is best for their own health but I'll risk the flu before taking a shot of any kind. So far everyone taking the flu shot has come down with it every year while I haven't had it for years,probably as a child.
The one thing my doctor is very clear about is that a lot of drugs that come out haven't been tested long enough to know the long term effects in ten yrs from now.

[Karen]

Karen I've had the same pcp for over 25 years and trust him with everything he does for me. That doctor has gone ahead and beyond for me. But I can tell you that as far as the swine flu he is the first to tell us that there hasn't been enough research done for it to be safe. And the one relative who got that flu shot came down with Guillan Barre within 2 weeks of getting it and every neurologist agreed the shot was the cause. The other one had a regular flu shot and it can't be proven that it was the shot but his doctor told the family it was.

But was that back in the 1970s? That was a different vaccine ... just making sure.

[Asiel]

Nope. I was talking about the swine flu shot in one case and the simple flu shot last winter. I don't even know if we had flu shots in the 70's but I did watch a documentary with two scientists that are responsible for developping these flu shots amd both agreed that today kids are overvaccinated and the one also stated that the swine flu was not safe and is the cause of many neurological disorders. This is someone who makes these shots, to admit that they are overused and can be harmful takes a big person IMO.
I know my mom took the flu shot one year because of her advancing age and she landed in the hospital 2 days later and we almost lost her.
Guess everyone has to decide for themselves if they are worth the risk. If I had young kids not one of them would get any shots today. Autism is also not something I remember being so rampant as it is today and they do blame the shots for that, the doctors have even decided to admit to that fact.

[Pam]

**bump**

[Daisy and Delilah]

Has anybody gotten this vaccine yet? I hope people will post with any side effects or problems.