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I just turned 32 and I recieved my MMR series as part of the normal child series. For those around my age when they started their programs, did your titer come back fine, or did you have to get revaccinated. I am paying out of pocket and I am trying to figure whether I should gamble on a titer or just get revaccinated, for the sake of cost.

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I had my titers drawn at 38 years old and didn't have to get revaccinated for anything. I also had all my vaccines as a normal childhood schedule. Good luck!

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Specializes in Med-Tele; ED; ICU.

My titers also came back positive after having been vaxed in college 25 year earlier.

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I'm 25 and I just had my first MMR dose since childhood. All this cause I was indeterminate in my lab on Rubeola. The other two components or MMR, I was fine. It's been a headache for me.

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Specializes in Emergency.

I had to get vaccinated 3 times for MMR because my immune system never mounted a response. :(

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thank you for the responses! So since I have records of 2 MMRs during childhood, if I come back indeterminate on one of the 3, I just get one MMR booster and I am done? Or am I wrong? Will I need 2?

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thank you for the responses! So since I have records of 2 MMRs during childhood, if I come back indeterminate on one of the 3, I just get one MMR booster and I am done? Or am I wrong? Will I need 2?

i was told to be revaccinated. I was immune on two components of MMR and indeterminate on 1. I'm due for the second MMR dose in early Sept.

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Specializes in Hospice, Palliative Care.
I just turned 32 and I received my MMR series as part of the normal child series. For those around my age when they started their programs, did your titer come back fine, or did you have to get revaccinated.

I was 51 (maybe 52; I'm now 53) when I had to go through titer issue. I did not need to get revaccinated for any of my childhood vaccinations.

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I was 51 (maybe 52; I'm now 53) when I had to go through titer issue. I did not need to get revaccinated for any of my childhood vaccinations.

That's what I am praying for. My vaccines were given in the correct time schedule. I had chicken pox when I was 3 or 4, so hopefully I still have immunity. If they come back negative, the cost of boosters is going to kill me.

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Specializes in Hospice, Palliative Care.

While I did not have to repeat any childhood vaccinations, I opted (it was optional at our school) to get the Hep A and B series; I went through Costco (you don't have to be a member for pharmacy services) where the prices were reasonable given I didn't have health insurance.

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Specializes in SICU, trauma, neuro.

I had it as a toddler and again when I was 12, and had to be revaccinated. I was not immune on 2 of the 3. Also not to varicella, despite having chicken pox when I was 4.

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I got my titers back, and my last MMR was in 1987, surprisingly I still have substantial antibody levels to all 3 diseases. I had chickenpox when I was 4 and the varicella came back positive, too. I guess I am one of the lucky ones. Thanks for the personal experiences, guys. I feel much better. The titers ended up being much less expensive than repeating all of my vaccines.

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