I vaguely remember when I had the measles (I was five or six) and I was supposed to stay in a darkened room. I didn't; I would sneak down the hall when Mama wasn't looking (I don't remember getting caught) and watch the TV in the living room from the hallway.AndyMH wrote: ⤴Sun May 09, 2021 5:07 amLikewise. I had them all badly. I can remember being kept in a darkened room when I had measles and convinced that there were fairies at the bottom of the bed, so must have been running a high fever. This would be late '50s. Still have some chicken pox scars.Lady Fitzgerald wrote: ⤴Sun May 09, 2021 4:51 am I had the red measles, chicken pox, and mumps (on both sides) when I was a kid (somehow, I managed to avoid Rubella).
The one not mentioned so far is BCG which we had at about age 14. Vaccines are wonderful things.
I still have a faint chicken pox scar in the middle of my forehead (it's faded considerably now that I'm a flatulent geriatric).
I also got the TB vaccine but I don't remember when nor it being called BCG (then again, my rememberer never was very good and has only gotten worse over the years).
I have only two vague memories when I had my tonsils removed (I was five or younger). They used a small, ether soaked, net like gizmo over my nose, then I remember seeing a rotating spiral, like in the movies. Afterwards, I remember being in a bed in a ward with a bunch of other kids in beds.