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  1. I am sure this question has been asked but I didn't do a search through. I am curious if most of you with children with pandas do or do not get them the flu shot. I am so torn on this.. really second guessing myself. I have 3 kids and have only gotten it for my child who has asthma because I really feel with him I need to. I am so torn on what to do about my other 2 especially my one ds who has pandas. If for some children the flu can cause an exacerbation of symptoms than which is riskier, the vaccine or the flu? I know it's a personal decision and I thought I was at piece with my decision not to but now I am second guessing it. I had told myself that if something ever goes wrong with this decision I will at least know it was what I thought was best at the time... but now I'm not so sure...
  2. That's a great idea to ask my ped next time I am there to show me. I think he will be willing to.. I just think my kids are extremely cooperative for him but won't be for me. Ok, silly question... when your order them it comes with everything you need right? it's not just the strips and then I have to order the stuff to test it separate or anything? Can you link me directly to what you got on amazon?
  3. My pediatrician believes in pandas and I have only seen a specialist once who had put my ds on prophylactic antibiotics and he told me that he understood my dilemna but he wasn't comfortable with the antibiotic use. He didn't lecture me though and respected my decision at the time to continue it. I stopped after a year because I too became uncomfortable with how uncomfortable my trusted pediatrician was with it.
  4. Whenever my ds has had pink eye he has also had strep.. when I go in to the peds with pink eye they now automatically swab him. They said pink eye can result from untreated strep.
  5. Thanks. Yeah it's a real problem when they don't get fever or sore throats to clue me in more. My son had a headache with this last bout and was just "off". I knew enough to ask the dr to check for strep despite his lack of strep symptoms. Sigh. I have no idea how long he might have had it for though.... He was starting to have sleep issues though several days before. I guess that in hindsight that's when I should have had him tested for it.
  6. Thanks! I am mostly afraid I will waste them not doing them right... not sure how well I will get that swab...gain.. and my littlest got his first positive test this month too 2/3 of my kids don't have tonsils and not sure if that will make it harder or not?
  7. Thanks... lol, I like the other price better but not sure I will find them anywhere for the 28.00. Of course since it cost me $25.00 each time I go in to the dr. I guess it's a good deal. 3 kids.. 2 with strep, 1 didn't have it but I still had her checked just cost me $75.00 not including the antibiotics... and on top of it I have concerns that it might not be gone. Sigh. Guess the price on amazon isn't so bad afterall.
  8. Thank you! Have you found them to be accurate? Have you gotten positives on them that were accurate? I just checked and for now the are out of stock there. Will look around for those ones.
  9. My pediatrician told me off the record that he would never ever suggest this to anyone but in my case he (stressing off the record) thought I might want to look into home strep tests. He is willing to test them whenever I am concerned as he has seen first hand that I am usually pretty on about when they have strep... but they don't get sore throats, already had tonsils out and it's not practical for me to keep doing this with multiple kids. Can anyone tell me how difficult they are to use and where they ordered them from?
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