Verbally Declaring Chicken Pox

[Ontarkie 14,218]

I just gave them the age my kids had chicken pox and myself that was all it was excepted, but the titre test is pretty easy too.

[minnew 4]

Hi,

Curious, according to Sieden's website

Are there any exceptions to written proof of immunization?

You may, verbally, provide the panel physician with a reliable history of having chickenpox in which case you will not be required to have the chickenpox / varicella vaccine nor provide antibody titer proof of immunity. You must have written proof for all other immunization requirements.

My wife had CP as a kid, so according to what's above, she should be able to just say, I had chicken pox as a kid. And she won't need the vaccine? And having no proof?

I say this because I think my wifes med records were destroyed as she hasn't been to her fam doc in over 10 years so it's bad enough we need to get MMR and tb shots again, I'm just trying to lessen the needed vaccines here.

Is this wise to just go in and say she had CP? Or has anyone had any cases where the doctors barked at them saying they need record of the shot.

I just verbally declared what year I had chicken pox, no issues from the medical doctor. Still is very likely if you don't have any records of vaccines to get the titres test.

[Kathryn41 3,205]

I verbally declared as well. No problems.

My Mom has a great story about this in fact. In our neighbourhood, the first kid to come down with one of the childhood illnesses became very popular! All of the other mothers would send their kids over to visit or play with them so that their kids would get the infection as well. We had every kid in the neighbourhood sick with the same thing at the same time - measles, chicken pox, mumps - we caught 'em all. There were no vaccines against them then so getting the illnesses over and done with quickly was the priority.

Edited January 26, 2010 by Kathryn41

[birdnerd 5]

I verbally declared as well. No problems.

My Mom has a great story about this in fact. In our neighbourhood, the first kid to come down with one of the childhood illnesses became very popular! All of the other mothers would send their kids over to visit or play with them so that their kids would get the infection as well. We had every kid in the neighbourhood sick with the same thing at the same time - measles, chicken pox, mumps - we caught 'em all. There were no vaccines against them then so getting the illnesses over and done with quickly was the priority.

Ah, the old 'chicken pox party' method of immunization!

My mom tried her darndest, but I just wouldn't catch it.