tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040438173687206889.post5315469187683896755..comments2023-10-28T05:31:03.297-06:00Comments on Living Consciously: I Was A Polio PioneerJeaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04810126999695733332noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040438173687206889.post-43476765005587631062010-06-10T16:06:51.397-06:002010-06-10T16:06:51.397-06:00yikes
makes me scared just reading it
I was born i...yikes<br />makes me scared just reading it<br />I was born in 53...but had siblings born in 48 and 46<br />my mother must have been so worried<br />wasn't everyone?<br />thank God none of us had to go through that<br />I am so glad my Grands have all kinds of vaccines <br />I worry about the vaccines sometimes because it brings up the question of autism...yikesgrammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17243983087703581624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040438173687206889.post-70961371947128627302010-06-09T21:43:02.560-06:002010-06-09T21:43:02.560-06:00I am a little younger so do not remember the fear,...I am a little younger so do not remember the fear, but my uncle had polio when he was young and was crippled for life. My mother lived in fear and made sure I was there for the shots and the booster shots and was in line for the oral vaccines given on sugar cubes. Jonas Salk was a hero to many.Gramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14378560633100786552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040438173687206889.post-85556703675406064672010-06-09T17:29:17.193-06:002010-06-09T17:29:17.193-06:00Polio is unheard of today in the U.S. Thanks for s...Polio is unheard of today in the U.S. Thanks for sharing some history about this disease. I never knew there were so many cases. As a matter of fact, I don't even know much about this disease except that my kids were vaccinated a while back.RoseBellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152651219690178817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040438173687206889.post-33442268320197280042010-06-09T02:25:57.407-06:002010-06-09T02:25:57.407-06:00Yay for vaccines. I am unaware of anyone who had ...Yay for vaccines. I am unaware of anyone who had it but it sounds horrific :0(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040438173687206889.post-2719142894323996902010-06-08T20:40:26.231-06:002010-06-08T20:40:26.231-06:00Jeanie, I will add my Thank You! I am glad you we...Jeanie, I will add my Thank You! I am glad you were a pioneer. Since you guys didn't know if it was real or placebo I am supposing you took the vacine the next year.<br /><br />We have a friend who had polio when she was young. She can't walk very fast and has a slightly noticable limp. I haven't thought to ask her if she were in an iron lung. I was old enough for the shot vacine.<br />..Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02982249173214655060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040438173687206889.post-21049161537914520572010-06-08T08:15:10.428-06:002010-06-08T08:15:10.428-06:00I remember well getting the immunization on three ...I remember well getting the immunization on three different Sundays in the same year. I posted about it very recently (http://snowrouteranch.blogspot.com/2010/05/immunization-for-polio.html). It was a very serious time for parents and children. I don't remember getting a badge, tho. Can I get on retroactively? :)Peace Thymehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17361079101751470855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040438173687206889.post-1247150179279209382010-06-08T05:07:37.167-06:002010-06-08T05:07:37.167-06:00How cool that you were on the forefront of researc...How cool that you were on the forefront of research!<br /><br />I remember polio in older people - maybe 15 years or more older than me - in the early 1960's. It was scary for a little kid to see someone afflicted.People Who Know Me Would Say:https://www.blogger.com/profile/04621641188403948733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040438173687206889.post-34262812434279429972010-06-07T23:03:55.147-06:002010-06-07T23:03:55.147-06:00You were a part of history in the making. Awesome!...You were a part of history in the making. Awesome! as you might say in the US...LadyFihttp://ladyfi.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040438173687206889.post-25103120091093900752010-06-07T17:41:48.625-06:002010-06-07T17:41:48.625-06:00I think that is really neat that you were a Polio ...I think that is really neat that you were a Polio Pioneer!Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462124067637610359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040438173687206889.post-23485826851626994082010-06-07T15:56:37.082-06:002010-06-07T15:56:37.082-06:00Hi. I read about your blog on Technobabe's Adv...Hi. I read about your blog on Technobabe's Adventures and popped over for a visit.<br /><br />This is a fascinating post. I have known people who had polio, but the vaccine was in wide use when I was a kid. Thanks for being a pioneer! And for sharing your experiences.Kathy M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17266701533758183054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040438173687206889.post-53222046267714285182010-06-07T12:56:15.937-06:002010-06-07T12:56:15.937-06:00This was very fascinating. Something i don't t...This was very fascinating. Something i don't think about much. Thanks.Nessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779269921583131094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040438173687206889.post-21856606568753539772010-06-07T12:44:15.061-06:002010-06-07T12:44:15.061-06:00Thank you, Jeanie, for stopping by my blog and lea...Thank you, Jeanie, for stopping by my blog and leaving a nice comment. Always nice to have a new friend.<br />I love your blog and do stop by ever so often."Sunshine"https://www.blogger.com/profile/08570396598110263827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040438173687206889.post-27522757304186348532010-06-07T05:12:47.681-06:002010-06-07T05:12:47.681-06:00Hi Jeanie, you are more than a survivor. You are a...Hi Jeanie, you are more than a survivor. You are an awesome blogger. Please come over to my blog today and pick up your award.CiCihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08615265608675467505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040438173687206889.post-49453880516702089442010-06-06T23:51:55.785-06:002010-06-06T23:51:55.785-06:00A great big THANK YOU for participating.
xoA great big THANK YOU for participating. <br />xoJoanna Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10836376588710862173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040438173687206889.post-72181252048787549322010-06-06T22:04:40.443-06:002010-06-06T22:04:40.443-06:00interesting to read about this, Jeanie; I remember...interesting to read about this, Jeanie; I remember my mom talking about the fear people had about polio; I was born 1957 so a lot of the fear was gone by then, but I do remember getting the vaccine; so thankful that a stop to this terrible disease was found<br /><br />bettybettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06323135450742337670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040438173687206889.post-44119817593714088152010-06-06T19:41:58.398-06:002010-06-06T19:41:58.398-06:00My Mom used to talk about living in fear that one ...My Mom used to talk about living in fear that one of her kids would get polio. The vaccine was slow in coming to our neck of the woods, but we eventually all got innoculated. What a scary time!Melissa B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13172152515024862967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040438173687206889.post-56968837231305930102010-06-06T18:54:05.259-06:002010-06-06T18:54:05.259-06:00Nice post. Thanks for sharing. I was born in 1962 ...Nice post. Thanks for sharing. I was born in 1962 and polio was something I read about in novels during my teens. Amazing what we all experience.... and remember vividly.Bobbie's Babbleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16763095907093869345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040438173687206889.post-13267686743659643172010-06-06T18:21:31.059-06:002010-06-06T18:21:31.059-06:00I remember those times, but I don't remember b...I remember those times, but I don't remember being a Polio Pioneer. Did people know at the time that half were getting a placebo? That would have been a little frightening, I'd think. A grade-school friend of mine lived with two aunts, one of whom was in an iron lung. Such a scary contraption!Nancy/BLissed-Out Grandmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17223278142557533175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040438173687206889.post-26175953583318429752010-06-06T17:20:58.933-06:002010-06-06T17:20:58.933-06:00This is a great story. You were brave in my opinio...This is a great story. You were brave in my opinion when you were in the second grade. And you and all the other children who participated in the study did a much needed service for the rest of the country. I remember that time. It was horrible how many children contracted polo.CiCihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08615265608675467505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040438173687206889.post-9871598321880120912010-06-06T16:55:45.816-06:002010-06-06T16:55:45.816-06:00I can't believe you still have this memorabili...I can't believe you still have this memorabilia! My first husband's father survived polio that he contracted when he was in medical school - hmmm, maybe in the early 50s - and he was paralyzed from the waist down. However, he completed medical school and became a physician who treated this kind of crippling disease...and helped raise four kids! He was an incredible man, and a man driven to 'achieve' after what he had overcome. Later in life, he suffered from what was called something like post-polio syndrome that made his senior years another nightmare of pain. Great reminder of how far we have come in just our lifetime (we of a certain age)...and I, too, remember not going to the pools, and standing in line for our shots.Wander to the Waysidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14056931538024315352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040438173687206889.post-83606827022834305832010-06-06T16:52:03.444-06:002010-06-06T16:52:03.444-06:00I am like Betty. I don't really remember it. I...I am like Betty. I don't really remember it. I was born in 1957. I was vaccinated against TB in Europe, so I always show positive in the US and then have to pay for an X-ray when I want to volunteer somewhere.Gutsy Livinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02226653890127738115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040438173687206889.post-21322093855457579892010-06-06T16:15:13.955-06:002010-06-06T16:15:13.955-06:00Polio was not something I ever thought about. I do...Polio was not something I ever thought about. I don´t know anyone who had this disease and it was just a bad memory, when I was born. It´s amazing how fast they eradicated this disease. The vaccine´s are such a great thing and we really should be more thankful for them.Betty Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02357132033070346815noreply@blogger.com