tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510655703336125501.post9204396425361180604..comments2024-03-09T07:46:35.435-05:00Comments on Gardasil Side Effects: Comparing Side Effects from Gardasil and MenactraKristin Johnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08344523053859405902noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510655703336125501.post-19594870087143070522009-04-29T23:54:00.000-04:002009-04-29T23:54:00.000-04:00Please watch and post this video to your site... m...Please watch and post this video to your site... most people just aren't educated enough and we are allowing our government to instruct and require certain forms of health care without getting the facts straight first... very frustrating as a mother of three toddlers w/ a medical background and a husband that is a doctor... we haven't vaccinated our children at all and don't intend to. <br /><br />Video link: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8119523476709184666&hl=enAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510655703336125501.post-89539500298755561522009-03-17T13:00:00.000-04:002009-03-17T13:00:00.000-04:00the fda and cdc bow to the drug companies. what th...the fda and cdc bow to the drug companies. what they did with gardisal should have been illegal - especially having gov't officials who sit on the drug co boards promote and "force" our girls to get the vaccine. <BR/><BR/>i never got my son the chicken pox vaccine, i didn't trust it. and now, i am doing the research re: menactra. thank you for your information here and links to start from.<BR/><BR/>i am sorry to hear about ashley. i wish her well and perfect health very soon. hopefully, this administration will focus more on the health of our children and not lining their pockets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510655703336125501.post-57479508176594886352009-02-11T21:08:00.000-05:002009-02-11T21:08:00.000-05:00Yes, there maybe different result on people. I thi...Yes, there maybe different result on people. I think it is okAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510655703336125501.post-47272709519145317502009-02-09T11:20:00.000-05:002009-02-09T11:20:00.000-05:00Ms. Holtman,Oops--my apologies for getting your na...Ms. Holtman,<BR/><BR/>Oops--my apologies for getting your name wrong. I should know better; my kids and I also have different last names.Kristin Johnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08344523053859405902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510655703336125501.post-49197224725932006782009-02-09T11:02:00.000-05:002009-02-09T11:02:00.000-05:00Ms. Ryburn, I can’t tell you how sorry I am about ...Ms. Ryburn, I can’t tell you how sorry I am about everything your daughter and family are going through. It must be really terrifying. Not knowing exactly what you’re dealing with is awful; I’ve gone through a little of that with one of my kids.<BR/><BR/>All the stories I read, including Ashley’s, break my heart, particularly because I have two daughters myself. In fact, this blog is my attempt to sort through all the information that keeps coming out even while I’m facing a fair bit of pressure to get Gardasil shots for the girls (ages 12 and 16). I would frankly dismiss the idea out of hand, except that I also know two people who’ve had quite serious problems with HPV (although both had other risk factors).<BR/><BR/>Have all the families you’ve been in contact with reported these side effects to the CDC? And has the Colorado Health Department responded?<BR/><BR/>You and Ashley are very much in my thoughts—I do hope you’ll find some solutions soon and Ashley will get back to her old self. It sounds like a long and hard road.Kristin Johnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08344523053859405902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510655703336125501.post-70394454828532299242009-02-09T10:57:00.000-05:002009-02-09T10:57:00.000-05:00To first person who commented:Thanks so much for t...To first person who commented:<BR/><BR/>Thanks so much for the info—that puts it into perspective. Has the CDC responded to your analysis; or have any doctors/researchers commented? It certainly makes for interesting reading.<BR/><BR/>Something that I always wonder about is combinations of things. According to the CDC, when there’s no clear causal connection between Gardasil (or some other drug or vaccine) and X reaction, it “couldn’t” have happened; whereas in fact there could be a connection between the drug/vaccine PLUS a nearby crop spraying, or a genetic predisposition, or some virus that you didn’t even know you had, or some other trigger factor. I have a friend who’s allergic to neither shellfish nor wine, but had a life-threatening reaction when he had them together. Such things are hard to figure out.<BR/><BR/>If you know people who have had the Gardasil shots, you might want to suggest they fill out the Gardasil survey (or surveys for any number of prescription drugs) on www.RateADrug.com, in addition to the NVIC survey. The site’s intent is to collect information publicly where it can be easily searched and used to add anecdotal information to standard drug information. Patients can evaluate their own experience and then, when enough people contribute, potentially identify unknown or under-reported side effects—as well as the kind of side-effects where your doctor keeps telling you ‘there’s no connection’ while you know in your gut that there is. You don’t have to give your name and it’s not a lawyer feeder.Kristin Johnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08344523053859405902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510655703336125501.post-40119500118356563672009-02-08T21:00:00.000-05:002009-02-08T21:00:00.000-05:00I am the mother of Ashley Ryburn. It has been 9 we...I am the mother of Ashley Ryburn. It has been 9 weeks and 3 days since we have connected the dots to this vaccine. Ashley had the vaccine in 2007. She has been ill for so long and we didn't know why. <BR/>We are much more educated now. Thanks to the NVIC,Barbara Loe Fisher, Cynthia Janak, Leslie Botha and Dr. Mark Flannery. <BR/>After Ashley's story ran, we have been in contact with many families in our area who have affected daughters. To which the Colorado Health dept quoated saying they had no problems. <BR/><BR/>Well I think they do now. How many girls are out there and do not know why they are ill? How many unknown deaths are there?<BR/><BR/>Ashley only had two of the three doses. She was in the hospital at the time she was due for the third. I know now if she had the third, she wouldn't be here to tell her story. <BR/><BR/>I am lucky. I am now educated. Ashley and I are finally seeking the treatment she really needs. <BR/><BR/>It is costly treatment. If any would like to, our bank opened an account to help with medical costs. Bank of the West Ashley Ryburn Medical Fund. <BR/><BR/>Respectfully, Lisa HoltmanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510655703336125501.post-18044951532350270522009-02-07T15:04:00.000-05:002009-02-07T15:04:00.000-05:00Actually, I think this is a very useful analysis a...Actually, I think this is a very useful analysis and less flawed than you may think - ignoring the unavoidable problems inherent to VAERS and that information about how many doses of a particular vaccine are sold or administered in the US is proprietary and almost impossible to get. This limitation is one of the reasons why computing comparable rates of adverse reactions by vaccine or to the unvaccinated population is so difficult. (Never mind that rates of adverse reactions among the completely unvaccinated population aren't known and therefore, CDC is stuck comparing rates of adverse reactions among one vaccinated group to rates among another vaccinated group. A bit circular and nonsense? No wonder vaccines are almost always cleared of being associated with adverse reactions.)<BR/><BR/>Anyway, according to the sources below, the two vaccines were licensed about a year apart and about the same number of doses of each vaccine have been sold. But, because Gardasil is a three-dose series, there are probably about three times more people who received Menactra than Gardasil. So, the fact that a much larger number of serious adverse reactions were reported for Gardasil than Menactra suggests that there's a serious problem related to the reactogenicity and safety of Gardasil.<BR/><BR/>Gardasil: 16 million doses in US distributed as of June 30, 2008: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/vaers/FDA_and_CDC_Statement.htm<BR/><BR/>Menactra: 15 million doses in US distributed as of February 26, 2008: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/gbsfactsheet.htm<BR/><BR/>So, if Gardasil was no more reactive than Menactra then we would expect the number of adverse event reports to be about 1/3 of what was reported for Menactra. It's the exact opposite and then some.<BR/><BR/>The entire report is worth reading. http://www.nvic.org/<BR/><BR/>Plus, NVIC has a detailed questionnaire for people suffering Gardasil reactions and some new community support forums.<BR/>http://www.nvic.org/Forums.aspx<BR/><BR/>concerned.about.vax.safety@gmail.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com