[JustaDumbBlonde]

Had the measles when I was around 8 years old ... although I don't remember what kind of measles, I do remember very well being extremely ill. Neither of my younger brothers got sick. Both brothers had the mumps and I never got those. Strange.

Got the chicken pox when I was 26 from the child of a co-worker and thought that I would die before recovering.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

I had the measles when I was about 8 or so, too. And then got the Chicken Pox right after. Grrrrr! I was sick for weeks on end. No fun for anyone in the family.

My three boys had all their shots and never had any of the old-fashioned diseases we all used to have. One had his tonsils out, one ended up with encephylitis (sp?) from a mosquito bite (that was terrifying) and a few bouts of the flu while they were growing up. Otherwise, just minor bone breaks; usually caused by one another or whatever stupidity they were up to that day, LOL!

All in all, we were pretty lucky, but Good, Clean Country Livin’ helps, away from all those disease-spreading City Folk. ;)