Inspired by I Have the Mumps: Have You?

[Michie]

I had the chickenpox a few summers ago. You talk about a summer down the drain! I have never felt so bad in my life.

 

[Rafiki Rafiki Rafiki]

I had hepatitis-A...which I caught from the little girl I was a nanny to. She caught it at her daycare.

 

[MorganLeFey]

I had chiken pox but was vaccinated for all the rest.

 

[MomofKatie]

My brother gave me the chicken pox when I was 7 months old. My mom says I only had a few spots, but it must have been enough, because I've been exposed many times since and never gotten them again.

Had the mumps in 5th grade- it was absolutely miserable! I had weekly ice skating lessons, and after one of them, I started to feel bad. My jaw and cheeks were getting swollen, too. Told my mom that I thought I had the mumps- she told me there was no way to get them from just being in the cold rink for a day. Well, apparantly, there was someone at the rink with the mumps, because I had them! When the doctor told mom that it was the mumps, she felt awful that she didn't believe me.

Mumps are truly awful- painful, ugly, and just plain terrible! But, I got my brother back for the chicken pox- gave the mumps to him!

 

[aprilgail2]

Haven't had any of those...I got the chicken pox vaccine as soon as it came out and recenty had my blood checked to make sure I am still immune to it!

 

[slo]

I had the Chicken Pox when I was 13 and it was terrible!!!!

All the other ones I haven't had though.

 

[suzannen]

I had the chicken pox, regular measles, and the mumps all before I was five since I was the youngest of four and there were no vaccines then. When I was in 2nd grade, one of our teachers came down with Rubella. All of the parents purposely kept sending all of us girls to schools to become exposed to it so we'd be protected without worry when we were older and pregnant. This was considered a real concern back then. They ended up closing our school for a week because 95% of the school became sick (me and all of my siblings included). The parents were actually relieved.

 

[pansmermaidzlagoon]

had the chicken pox in first grade(back in the early 60's). My mom thinks I probably had a mild case of mumps back around the same time, maybe around second grade - but I would have to ask her about measles and rubella, I am not really sure.