Mother of Gardasil victim becomes health activist

Mother of Gardasil victim becomes health activist








(NaturalNews) Two years ago, Rosemary Mathis was pretty much your
average successful working mom. She had a good job and two children she
loved and enjoyed. Like millions of other parents, she also had
complete trust in her family doctor. Thus, she had no qualms about
following his advice to have her daughter Lauren undergo the series of
Gardasil vaccinations to protect against the human papilloma virus
(HPV) and cervical cancer. It was advice that would soon turn
Rosemary's world upside down.

"I always trusted my doctors. I always fully trusted all vaccines. I
let him give it to her and should not have done that. But I did,"
Rosemary said.

After Lauren's first two doses of Gardasil in August, 2008 she
experienced stomach pains, headaches, and nausea. Her doctor said she
had a virus which was not related to the vaccine. Then Lauren received
her third and final dose of Gardasil on August 18. Less than two weeks
later she was completely bedridden and Rosemary began spending her days
taking Lauren to doctors for round after round of tests and
treatments.

"My 13 year old missed almost her entire eighth grade year of school!"
Rosemary said. "Some of her symptoms were enlarged liver, gallbladder
attacks, severe nausea, chest pain, severe abdominal pain, severe
headaches, brain freezes, stomach ulcer, and sensitivity to light. She
became severely depressed because she could not attend school or be
with her friends like a normal child."

Initially, doctors could not figure out why such a young girl would
have such symptoms. Ultimately, doctors settled on gall bladder
problems and she was sent for surgery at Wake Forest Baptist Medical
Center. Fortunately, the surgeon recognized that the symptoms were more
than gall bladder dysfunction and did not operate.

Lauren was subsequently identified as a vaccine victim by Duke
University. While Lauren was being treated for her problems, her mother
Rosemary did not take the news sitting down. Instead, she began
researching Gardasil and interacting with other victims' mothers. She
and other mothers formed Truth About Gardasil (truthaboutgardasil.org)
and later the non-profit SANE VAX, Inc. (www.sanevax.org)
to help spread the word about Gardasil dangers. Today, Rosemary Mathis
and SANE VAX are internationally known and respected, which Rosemary
said is largely due to the tireless efforts of SANE VAX volunteers.

On March 12 of this year, Rosemary appeared before the FDA and
presented 243 pages of data and reports about Gardasil, including the
61 deaths and over 17,000 adverse reactions reported thus far. The FDA
promised to get back to the group within a month, but it thus far has
done little more than give assurances that the materials have been
forwarded to appropriate parties for review.

As Rosemary and the group have found, FDA action on dangerous drugs can
be a slow, arduous and frustrating endeavor. It took the FDA years and
a death count that reached over 50,000 before finally banning Vioxx.
By comparison, after 52 deaths were attributed to unintended
acceleration in a car from a leading manufacturer, a $2 billion recall
ensued.

Gardasil, a Merck vaccine targeting HPV, was given FDA fast-track
approval in 2006 - a decision that surprised many since cervical cancer
accounts for less than 1 percent of all cancer deaths. Merck, who also
made Vioxx, claims Gardasil will save lives, though no long-term
studies are available yet. The question Rosemary and others want
answered is: What about all the lives it is costing or destroying?

"I am afraid that Gardasil is going to be another Vioxx, and that five
years from now they are going to pull it and it is going to be too late
for all these girls," she said.



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