How old were you when you got the chicken pocks?

Oooh...I haven't got the measles yet. They say that everyone will get it right? I just hope I don't cause the scars would be hard to get rid of.

I was already 15 before I got the chicken pox. It was the worse two weeks of my middle school career because I also got strep throat, a cold, and the stomach flu in the process. One of my teachers ended up not letting me take some quizzes I missed and it was just horrible. Darn little brother had to go and get chicken pox. Grr!

Funny you should ask that question because they are going around again! I never had them in my life and the doctor said now that I am nearing 60, they could be deadly to me, so for now I can't be around my sister, my niece, my nephew, or any of their kids because the whole house has come down with them! Also one of my friend's grand kids, (that live with her) has them so I can't be around her either!

Hey there! I was nine years old when I have them. It was very itchy and uncomfortable. I was also running a fever that time, I guess it's also one of the symptoms or effects of it. It lasted for more than a week.

i was 15 years old when i had my first chicken pox.i was very bad experience.and i got it 1 week before my final exams.even after 5 years i have a few scars of the disease.the worst part is that chicken pox like most other disease can catch you more than once.i am really scared that i will get it again.i really dont want more misery in my life.

I have not experienced that in my 35 years on earth

I was in first grade so I was about 6 years old when I got them. I had to miss about two weeks of school because I was pretty sick. When I got back to school I can remember hating it cause I had to spend just about every recess inside working on the work that I had missed because I was sick. I still have some scars I think on my back from the chicken pocks.

I had just turned 5 and was in kindergarten. That was back when school did not start until September and as long as you were 5 by the time school started then you were there. I remember my Daddy did not want to miss work( He did not miss unless he was in the hospital). So he covered in Calamine lotion and sent me off to school. Of course, he told me not to tell anyone that I had chicken pocks. So, I did what any 5 year old would have I suppose. I went to the teacher and raised my shirt and told her that I had chicken pocks and started scratching like crazy. LOL I still laugh every time I think of it. Needless to say that my Daddy had to come get me. The teacher freaked out. She told me not to come back until they were gone. My Daddy was not very happy either. I made him lose a whole days worth of pay because I could not keep my mouth shut. Nothing has changed I still can't keep my mouth shut. LOL

I was 14 when I got the chicken pox. I had them really bad and they lasted for almost two months. I was extremely sick from them. I had a fever of about 101 degrees for two weeks, then it spiked to 105 degrees after my grandmother finally let me take a shower. She warned me that it would drive them back in and that they would itch worse if I took a shower, but I was so ready for a nice hot shower. She was right, it was the worse pain and itching that I can remember ever having. My entire back is covered with scars, along with a few places on my arms and stomach. My scars bumbed up in stead of going in though. They kind of look like blisters, or the little bubble when you have a tb test. I just hope that if my daughter gets them, she gets them at a very young age.

Hi apples99, I was a baby when I had the chicken pox so I can not recollect anything about it. I have a couple of marks one next to an eye and one under my chin.

I was around 7 when I developed the chicken pox...it started off as an itchy rash on my back. I was out of school for a couple of weeks.

i was 10 and of course it was the beginning of summer and it was so uncomfortable. i have one tiny scar from it. calamine lotion doesn't work. now they have a shot so kids won't get it. 4 of mine had it and that was before they had the shot and the baby of course won't get it. even for my kids they got it when it was hot out and they had it everywhere! what a yucky virus to have.

Can't remember how old I am when I got chicken fox. I think I was 7 or 8 years of age. And yeah! it's really itchy and irritating. ampf! ^_^

Hey, I got chicken polks when i was just 6! I couldn't stop sctatching them and i have a few scars now! Im glad i got them when i was young! There a bloddy nightmare! Is it possiable to get them more that 2 times in your live time? Dan Alldred

i know i had them but i cannot remember the exact age. i think i was relatively young though like maybe 5 or 6 at the most. i remember itching in places i could not reach or get to like inside my throat. it was quite uncomfortable to say the least. they did not have the vaccine when i was a child. the mumps were far worse because they were so painful.

i was young, can't remember exactly how old i was but i guess i would say maybe 5 or 6 years old. very happy i got them when i was younger though i don't have any scars from it but they were definitely super itchy! i remember my mom dousing me with calamine lotion LOL

I think I was around 12 when i got chicken pox. God it was so itchy. Thank God it comes only once in a lifetime. I definitely don't want it to come again. I remember when I had chicken pox my elder brother would keep teasing for scratching, I got so angry I prayed he gets it too so that he would what it is to have CP.God did answer my prayer,he ended up with chicken pox in 2 days. My scars had dried up by that time and I was almost through with my chicken pox. The worst part was(lucky guy) he got chicken pox around exam time and he could skip his exams. I was through CP by that time so I had to give my exams.Poor me.

i was just 10 years when i suffered from chicken pocks .it was horrible situation my mom and dad worried very much they have spend all the time,i was not eating all day.and it was due summer when i was suffering from chicken pocks& i really hard time.

hey even i was 13 years old when i suffered from chicken pox. i got scared. my whole body was covered with eruptions. but i wonder why they call it "CHICKEN POX" ANY IDEA WHY THEY CALL IT SO.

i was 8 when i got checken pox..... it was the irritating exprience of my life...but some what i was enjoying becoz my parents don't leaving me to go to school, and i was enjoying my chicken pox vacations lolzzzz.