[wastoute]

You’re lucky. Mumps was the worst of the lot. I was 9 and it hurt so bad I remember wishing I could die.

[Wonder Warthog]

"You’re lucky. Mumps was the worst of the lot. I was 9 and it hurt so bad I remember wishing I could die."

Not having had mumps, no basis for comparison. I do know that whooping cough was no walk in the park....the rest of'em that I had were trivial compared to that. Both of us avoided the worst of the worst....polio.