Me too. It was Spring of 1974, I remember my mom telling me to suck on my cousins popsicle sticks at a “popsicle party”. I was grossed out but she insisted it was best.
While walking home on the very last day of school I noticed the first itchy spots on my belly and told my mom I was hot and didn’t feel good. She lifted up my shirt and cheered with delight.
I did the exact same thing for my kids in the late 90’s.
My parents did the same. My aunt, mom's younger sister, ended up getting chicken pox from me. She recently just got ovet a pretty nasty bout with shingles earlier this year. Guess what else she got earlier this year? Yep, you guessed it: Pfizer's Clot Shot. I tired telling everyone in my family to avoid that shit like their lives depended on it. The only ones who listened were me adult kids.
Better the risk of shingles than chicken pox for the first time as an adult - hence your mother was smart to get you exposed at a young age.! Call and thank her.
Yep! When I had chicken pox as a child (1970’s), my mom took me to grandpas house to play with all my cousins. Herd Immunity.
Me too. It was Spring of 1974, I remember my mom telling me to suck on my cousins popsicle sticks at a “popsicle party”. I was grossed out but she insisted it was best.
While walking home on the very last day of school I noticed the first itchy spots on my belly and told my mom I was hot and didn’t feel good. She lifted up my shirt and cheered with delight.
I did the exact same thing for my kids in the late 90’s.
Wow. So many around the same age…my family did the same thing around the same time.
My parents did the same. My aunt, mom's younger sister, ended up getting chicken pox from me. She recently just got ovet a pretty nasty bout with shingles earlier this year. Guess what else she got earlier this year? Yep, you guessed it: Pfizer's Clot Shot. I tired telling everyone in my family to avoid that shit like their lives depended on it. The only ones who listened were me adult kids.
My mom did it to me in 1960 Now at risk of shingles
Shingles will heal. Chicken Pox as an adult can KILL you.
Real painful and keeps coming back
Better the risk of shingles than chicken pox for the first time as an adult - hence your mother was smart to get you exposed at a young age.! Call and thank her.