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I had measles when I was 5, I remember being really ill, it's a nasty disease, thank goodness children can be immunised against it nowadays. I was about 8 when I had mumps, I must have had it quite mildly,no high temperature, it was a bit painful to eat, I remember.

I had measles when I was 5 but no other childhood illnesses although my sister had scarlet feaver and chicken pox too and we shared a bedroom. My own children had chicken pox but I still didn't catch it and working in schools I've been in contact with many childhood illnesses but not caught them.

I am wondering whether anybody goes through life without having these childhood illnesses? Sylvia xxx

I had measels Chicken pox and scarlet fever my two little boys have just chicken pox one after the other it has swept through our school like wild fire still feel itchy

My children - all three of them - had measles and chicken pox together - good timing and bad timing as we were just about to go on our annual leave. We were in Africa and had everything packed so couldn't travel. My youngest daughter still has marks on her face where she scratched her spots. Sylvia xxx

There are loads of people with mumps just now in my surgery-from age 4 -54! Rosalyn

Claire..... its a killer in history and it's only the vaccines that we have manufactured that stop it being so again!! Pink xx

Crikey Pink, i never realised that it was that dangerous! Sheila, i do hope so, only suffer with the asthma from time to time now thankfully! c x

I had mumps when I was about five but I wasn't too poorly with them. Had measles as well. Didn't get chicken pox until the grand old age of 40 - just after my little boy had them. (He had them for Christmas and I had them for the New Year and my birthday!) Lx

My daddy had measles as a child and he lost his hearing thru it!! It's a dangerous dangerous disease!! Pink xx

I had whooping cough at 8 months old, chicken pox at 5 years and mumps at 6 years old. Sarah, xxx

I've had chicken pox when I was about six or seven but that's it, nothing else. I gave my brother and Dad the chicken pox too and it was 2nd time round for Dad. Poor man! lol Naomi x

I had measles and mumps in the same year when I was 7. The doctor thought that I would be better off at home than in hospital, though I was very poorly. I remember when I was getting better having lots of icecream for my sore throat - my mum had to lift my head off the pillow & spoon it into me. Also, unheard-of luxury, I had the TV in my bedroom! My brother waited until he was 13 to get mumps and somehow avoided measles althogether. I had chickenpox when I was 11 and missing a lot of music lessons meant I could finally give up playing the piano. I thought I had had rubella/German measles, but I actually got it when I was 24 - no idea who from. I was very alarmed as I had been to a party with a colleague who was in the early stages of pregnancy, when I discovered I was covered in blotches. The friend had already had a baby that died two years earlier, so I was very worried. Fortunately she gave birth to a healthy baby, who is now a teenager! nell

I had chicken pox when I was 3 months old and mumps when I was 9 months old. I remember neither! :-) Joy

I remember getting mumps at the age of sixteen for the second time and just on the one side. Mum and I both got it from my then six year old brother, she was not impressed. lol... I had all the kiddie illnesses as well! Had whooping cough real bad and so did my other brother, those days the medicines were thick and vile tasting and I could not hold them down...YUUKY.. Lindy;-))

Maybe you have had all your illnesses as a child Claire, and now you can enjoy life! Sylvia xxx

Only ever had chicken pox, caught from my sister when I was 23, still not forgiven her. Vaccinated for everything else. Ros

Hi Lindy, I was that young that i don't remember a thing about it. The one that i do remember as being teribble was Mumps, that one really did knock me of my feet. Looking back i was a really sickly child; Chicken Pox, Whooping Cough, German Measles, Mumps, growing up with Asthma; bet mum was really glad she had me!!!!!!! c x

Claire, I have had both lots of measels one has bigger spots then the other and you also have to protect your eyes from the sunlight. Although I don't remember which one it is. Lindy;-))

Have had chicken pox twice and had German Measles although i'm not sure how they differ from the non German ones! c x