Mum's got whooping cough.
And now I'm getting all the same symptoms as her...really hoping it's just a bad cold though.

it's night time now. I'm taking the morning off school tomorrow though since I only have chem after lunch (can't miss that).
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 8:21, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

That sounds like a good plan
I wish I could have taken the morning off today. I'm tired.

Are you taking anything for the cold?
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 8:28, Reply)

can only take painkillers for the headaches and cough lollies.
can't take cold and flu tablets because they conflict with my medication.
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 8:37, Reply)

Ouch
That's not very good. Well, hot drinks and honey should help. And plenty of vitamin c
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 8:54, Reply)

Done, done, and done. :)
you'll be a good mummy one day Aberracion.
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 8:56, Reply)

My dad had whooping cough in the 1940s
So he tells me. But I thought it had been pretty much eradicated these days. I'm fairly sure I've been vaccinated against it.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 8:57, Reply)

you can get it if you've not been immunised or if you've had it before.
Mum's a nurse so she works with people who haven't necessarily been vaccinated.
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:04, Reply)

Yeah, I just assumed everyone had been immunised these days.
A wrong assumption, evidently!

Mind you, I had measles when I was 25, despite having had the jab when I was a kid. I don't recommend it. I've never been so ill in my life.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:05, Reply)

I caught chicken pox three years ago.
it was wretched.
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:10, Reply)

Yup
Had that a couple of years after the measles! Nothing like as bad as the former though.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:12, Reply)

I actually got a few pretty big scars from it.
I have a raised pink weal on my left shoulder blade the size of an Aussie 5 cent coin.
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:14, Reply)

Battle scars!
I've got one big one, but it's on my ribcage, under my left arm, so not really on show that much.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:22, Reply)

Oh, I hadn't realized
I thought you were using whooping as an adjective to mean a very bad cough. I didn't realize it was pertussis. Sorry about that! I hope you don't have it and you get better soon.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:06, Reply)

aha it's okay.
Hoping I don't have it, and that it's just a bad cold.
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:09, Reply)

You can get it if you have been immunised as well.
I was reading a thing about it the other day - if you had the jab as a kid then you shouldn't get it quite as bad, but you might still crack a rib from the coughing.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:53, Reply)