What common childhood disease did you get as a kid (or later)?

[norseamd]

Went through the same stuff as you. Kids get sent to sick kid's house in an attempt to catch the bug. Only never had whooping cough or scarlet fever, thankfully. And I remember getting that newfangled polio vaccine.

you were born in 1954?

 

[Blain]

For me: chickenpox, measles, rubella, scarlet fever. Also think I had whooping cough...

My dad had shingles some years ago and I hope my chickenpox doesn't decide to return in this form one day because it is quite painful from what he told me and what I've heard elsewhere.

There's a vaccine for shingles. Better to get it before shingles hits.
Once shingles flairs up for a couple of days, the vaccine isn't very effective.

Mine wasn't horrific, felt like someone blew out a match and touched it to my chest. Sudden stinging that came and went over about a week period.
After Googling and discovering what I had, a few days had pasted. I almost didn't bother to make a Dr. appointment but figured it wouldn't hurt.
Just as Google told me, he didn't think the vaccine would be of much help at that stage. I was given some Rx dose Ibuprofen and told to come back if it didn't clear up.
After the office co-pay and having to wait around for my appointment, I'll consult Dr. Google as much as possible from now on.

 

[manimal]

mumps, measles, Chickenpox,

 

[norseamd]

did any of you ever get the stomach flu?

worst 3 days ever

 

[gorcorps]

polio

 

[Golgatha]

Chicken pox and strep throat.

 

[preCRT]

Chicken pox and German Measles.

The GM I remember made me miserable, mainly because my folks wouldn't let me do anything, no tv, no reading, no games, nothing where I could use my eyes. There was concern back then that GM could severely damage your vision, so my pediatrician ordered that I stay in bed with lights off and shades drawn. It was the week I was supposed to go register for kindergarten. I was bored silly.

 

[Meghan54]

There's a vaccine for shingles. Better to get it before shingles hits.
Once shingles flairs up for a couple of days, the vaccine isn't very effective.

Mine wasn't horrific, felt like someone blew out a match and touched it to my chest. Sudden stinging that came and went over about a week period.

Good damned advice about the shingles vaccine.

You're lucky with your outbreak. I had an outbreak of shingles a few years ago. Started on my left shoulder and tracked down my left arm into my fingers. Horrible burning and pain. Got left with a permanent neuropathy in my shoulder such that any real use or lifting anything with my left arm causes some exquisite pain in the shoulder/arm socket joint area. And that's on a good day. Other days, it just hurts all damned day.

 

[easylogic]

chicken pox and a couple of eye infections from rubbing my eyes after playing outside in dirt.

 

[Gibsons]

Mumps, chicken pox, measles. They all sucked.

 

[Gibsons]

Never had chicken pox, but did get scarlet fever and strep throat at the same time. That was fun.

That might have been mono...