taxi4ballet Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Crikey, how many versions of this vaccine are there?!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katymac Posted August 20, 2015 Author Share Posted August 20, 2015 (edited) Poor DD had it yesterday (after I made all that fuss) & has had quite a reaction to it today (although it could be co-incidence) I've suggested paracetamol/ibuprofen but she hasn't got any as she is at a sleep over & she has asked DH to go & collect her early Edited to correct it Edited August 20, 2015 by Katymac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiz Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Poor dd! I hope she feels better soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa O`Brien Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Hope your daughter is feeling better soon,Katymac. Sean is booked in for 2nd September. At first I thought he was going to be at college,but remembered he doesn`t start back until 14th. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat09 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 hope your DD feeling better soon Katymac - what sort of reaction has she had and are bad reactions common? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sblick Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 My son had it other day and was quite poorly 24 hours later! Shivery, achy, really bad headache, temperature and arm very hot, swollen and redness just bigger than a tennis ball size and very hard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katymac Posted August 20, 2015 Author Share Posted August 20, 2015 sblick - that sounds just like DD - her arm isn't too swollen (yet?) She doesn't normally react to them (I often do) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat09 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 My son had it other day and was quite poorly 24 hours later! Shivery, achy, really bad headache, temperature and arm very hot, swollen and redness just bigger than a tennis ball size and very hard! that sounds horrible - how long did that last for sblick? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 People do often have different reactions to injections. I've always been fine and usually non reactive ....except for cholera one ...was really ill for two days with that one I just hope it's life long!! It's the only thing I've ever reacted to and nobody really knows why. Anyway hope Both your Dcs feel better soon. These meningitis jabs do seem really complicated well done to those persevering and getting what they need from the doctors. In my practice the receptionist is much more terrifying than the doctor!! Also I do think it's worth filling out one of their comment forms so that the knowledge about young dancers gets around the NHS and I'm sure they will get it sorted eventually. Happy birthday to your DD for the 18th CeliB only just re read this thread so a bit late! He must be getting excited about his new school now. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sblick Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 He had it Monday morning and was really ill just after Tuesday lunchtime - feeling much better today and arm only a little bit red and sore today! Nasty side affects! x 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat09 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Glad he is feeling better sblick … inoculations worry me - even tho I know they are necessary 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulip Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Ooops my daughter is getting hers on Monday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 DD just had a weirdly sore arm that didn't feel like it belonged to her! Fine after a day or two. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aileen Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 You've just got to keep in mind that the side effects of the vaccine pale into significance when compared to the disease itself. I was far more worried about vaccinations when my children were tiny, particularly as the MMR 'scare' was at its height when my son was a toddler. I remember having a travel vaccination years ago and feeling very flu-ey afterwards. I can't remember which one it was. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miracle Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 My DD had the iratiability & tiredness.x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBD23 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Mine had sore arm but no other side effects 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sblick Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Typical my son was poorly with it but def worth doing as any strain of meningitis is not good to have! x 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katymac Posted August 21, 2015 Author Share Posted August 21, 2015 Everyone reacts differently DD is much better this morning (but still a bit grumpy!) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interested Parent Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 My DD had her's yesterday and had the sore arm. Then in the night she felt very headachy and couldn't sleep. This morning still the headache. Dosed her with paracetamol today so hoping she improves. When I asked her how she felt she said 'rubbish but it's better than getting meningitis' (-: 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna C Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 No luck with the GP so dd will be having hers privately on Monday for £70. *gaily remortgages the house* 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimi'smom Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 (edited) I came across this NHS document stating the vaccination is to be offered to all children in school years 9 to 13. https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/ecampus/documents/pdf/healthcentre/phemenwleafelt2015.pdf Edited August 22, 2015 by mimi'smom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna C Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Yes, I've seen that and quoted it to my GP Practice. Unfortunately, they have to vaccinate Year 13s first and the PHE local expert for our area is saying that unfortunately the proportionally very small numbers of 16 year-olds going away to vocational school can't have it on the NHS at the moment: "With so many pupils to vaccinate, the programme will be rolled out gradually, with year 13 pupils offered the vaccine first." Catch up for 16 year-olds won't happen for a while yet. What I must try to find out is whether dd also needs a Men B vaccination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiz Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 It sounds like the PHE of the county where we used to live. They actually withdrew something that I used because it didn't like the doctor who provided it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeliB Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 What I must try to find out is whether dd also needs a Men B vaccination. The Men B vaccine program is routine only for infants (well to be totally accurate up to 13 months) and those at higher risk of invasive disease (for the definitions see the Green Book https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/448875/2904185_Green_Book_Chapter_22_v3_0W_July2015.PDF). But I think what you have to consider is that national vaccination programs are based on an economic evaluation of the cost and benefit on a POPULATION basis. A govt funded health service has to decide on a cut off point for funding any health program after which the cost is not justified as resources are finite, and they have to consider what other valuable treatments they could fund using that money. Of course on an individual level you (or me, or any of us parents) may decide that the TINY risk to our child of dying of invasive group B meningitis which is vaccine preventable, is sufficient to (assuming we can afford it) pay for the vaccine. So it's not so much a question of need (the risk is very low but cannot ever be zero) as one's sense that if you can afford it then why not? Of course this does result in an unfair system based on being able to pay, but alas that's the economic reality.... I suspect once the cost comes down it will eventually become a universal vaccine... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primrose Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 My son has had bacterial meningitis twice as a new born baby. Caused him to have a huge bleed in his brain. He now has cerebral palsy, epilepsy and autism. He was in hospital for six months. There were many times where we were told to expect the worse. I did not think something like meningitis would affect my family but it did. The chances of dying from bacterial meningitis is very real if unfortunate to contract the disease. Although my son is too young to have this new jab the GP has given it free of charge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeliB Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Oh Primrose I'm so sorry to hear that. I am glad to hear your GP is so sensible and you haven't had to battle for the vaccine. It's true some people are just more susceptible to some bugs and we honestly don't know why (strep is a good example- some people get a sore throat and recover, others deteriorate and die within hours...). I am all for vaccinating everyone at every opportunity.... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katymac Posted August 29, 2015 Author Share Posted August 29, 2015 I'm sorry Primrose - I don't know what to say; how scary and frightening that must have been 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahw Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 I'm so sorry Primrose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primrose Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Thankyou, we are 17 years down the line now. At least we still have our lovely son. Everybody just seems to love him. I was just making the point of how serious meningitis can be. It is hugely important to take the vaccinations on offer. They really can save a life and disabilities. Meningitis Now is a brilliant charity that strives for new vaccinations and constantly offers support to those affected. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pas de chat Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 I'm afraid CeliB is right it is purely down to cost. If any of the forum run into problems within a surgery regarding vaccines or immunisations you are either best to speak to the Senior Partner or Practice Manager. Receptionists are given a basic script in training what is allowed and what is not. You will find that a Senior Partner and Practice Manager have to power to override the system usually based on common sense. I think if they decide to put e-cigarettes on prescription and not this vaccine as routine for all children I may leave the NHS! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna C Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 I got nowhere with either the nurse or the Practice Manager. The private travel clinic was very good; nurse run within a large GPs surgery. Dd had headache, sore arm, low mood and neckache for a few days and has now got a streaming cold - but it's certainly better than worrying about her contracting Meningitis. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiz Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 The streaming cold thing is going round here. I was going back to ballet tonight but no go. Ex dd has had a terrible cold for over a week and managed to do a show with it, heaven knows how. She had virtually lost her voice by Saturday night. I started a killer sore throat on Thursday night which turned into the worst cold I have had for a very long time. I am beginning to think that I am just not meant to dance. ;( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa O`Brien Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Primrose,I am so very sorry to hear about your son. I think I remember a few years ago on here you telling us your son had disabilities. My son goes for his MEN ACWY vaccine tomorrow,thank God. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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