I Have the Mumps

[foxyluva]

I have been home-bound all week and Im being driven nuts. Monday through to wednesday I had the worst headache of my life that everytime I moved my head rolled and I felt like throwing up, and I feel fit as a fiddle now, but my face is swollen on one side - I look completely stupid :laugh:

and just now I thought I would have a lollipop, and I did not realise that you cannot have acidy things with the mumps because it overworks your saliva glands which are the glads which are swelling on my face, and now my fave hurts like a bitch :mad:

Anybody else had the mumps and can sympathise with me :laugh:

[DrummerDeanna]

Wow - I didn't even know people still got the mumps. At least the ailment you have has a cute name! :p

Seriously though, that sucks...how long does the mumps affect people? I'm really sorry - feeling sick is no good :distress:

[foxyluva]

Wow - I didn't even know people still got the mumps. At least the ailment you have has a cute name! :p

Seriously though, that sucks...how long does the mumps affect people? I'm really sorry - feeling sick is no good :distress:

Yeah, mostly it affects children under 10, but trust me to get it at almost 20 :laugh:

According to wikipedia, it usually lasts 12-18 days. My doctor had no idea how long it would last. He just gave me painkillers and sent me packing.

Now the terrible headaches have gone, Im stuck with a baboon face - its really embarrasing :laugh:

[amber]

Sorry, sweetie. I've never even heard of anyone getting those. :(

[foxyluva]

Sorry, sweetie. I've never even heard of anyone getting those. :(

No one here has heard of the Mumps? it is a very common childhood virus. Most people I know have had it before...

Here is some info on it at wikipedia The Mumps (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumps)

[irishgrl]

is it the mumps or chicken pox that is bad news for adult men to catch (for fear of sterility?) I cant remember.....

sorry you're feeling bad, hope the time goes quickly...

[amber]

No one here has heard of the Mumps? it is a very common childhood virus. Most people I know have had it before...

Here is some info on it at wikipedia The Mumps (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumps)

No, no. I know what the mumps are, I said I've never heard of anyone getting it. Meaning, I've never known anyone, or heard of anyone personally, who has gotten mumps.

[foxyluva]

is it the mumps or chicken pox that is bad news for adult men to catch (for fear of sterility?) I cant remember.....


Yep, thats mumps. Its pretty rare for sterility to happen though...

[JazmenFlowers]

never had mumps, but I do have an inner ear infection. I've denied it all day and now I just have to face it. with my Cali trip coming up, I hope it passes soon.

I feel like total ****take.

[Sorceress]

Sorry to hear you've felt so crappy. It's rare to get the mumps in the US because we vaccinate for them. I guess New Zealanders don't get the MMR vaccine?

[foxyluva]

Sorry to hear you've felt so crappy. It's rare to get the mumps in the US because we vaccinate for them. I guess New Zealanders don't get the MMR vaccine?

I don't think so. I have never heard of it :( I wish we had it though - its horrible!

[77Rumours77]

I am sorry! That sucks! I have an alergic reaction to something a while back that made my whole face swell up! Its was insane! I REALLY HAD NO EYES :D

[PsychCat]

Bless your heart!
Take care of yourself and rest... rest... rest....
I had "the funk" a couple of weeks ago so I totally sympathize with anyone who gets sick with anything.

[Kelly]

Babies are vaccinated for measles, mumps and rubella here in the US. Its one vaccine for all three diseases.....and they get their first MMR immunization at two months. (I think its two months, they get something at two weeks but I think that is a DPT)
I have never heard of anyone actually having mumps either...I hope you feel better soon.
Chicken pox can be very serious if gotten by adult males...although the US vaccinates for the chicken pox now too. That vaccine is only a few years old though so most adults have probably already had the dreaded pox.

[irishgrl]

Babies are vaccinated for measles, mumps and rubella here in the US. Its one vaccine for all three diseases.....and they get their first MMR immunization at two months. (I think its two months, they get something at two weeks but I think that is a DPT)
I have never heard of anyone actually having mumps either...I hope you feel better soon.
Chicken pox can be very serious if gotten by adult males...although the US vaccinates for the chicken pox now too. That vaccine is only a few years old though so most adults have probably already had the dreaded pox.

gad, my mother used to drag me and my sister to every free vaccination clinic going. I felt like a pincushion growing up :distress:

[carrie721]

omg child, are you kidding me???? mumps?! wow. :eek:

is it common in NZ? i mean, nobody gets it here ... :laugh:

i hope you feel better! PM me if you need some music to cheer you up :D

[foxyluva]

is it common in NZ? i mean, nobody gets it here ... :laugh:


Yeah, its actually pretty common. We do get the MMR shots, but I swear Im not even kidding when I tell you that 9/10 people have had it at some point. My aunty was just here and hour or two ago saying she got it when she was pregnant....

[amber]

Yeah, its actually pretty common. We do get the MMR shots, but I swear Im not even kidding when I tell you that 9/10 people have had it at some point. My aunty was just here and hour or two ago saying she got it when she was pregnant....

Disease ridden varmints, all a you NZ ers are! :laugh: :xoxo: Seriously, though, I wonder why that is? Kinda bizarre. Like Carrie says, we really don't get that here. :confused:
Most people here have Chicken Pox, that's about it. I'm not even sure if that is true anymore, it was when I was little.

[foxyluva]

Disease ridden varmints, all a you NZ ers are! :laugh: :xoxo: Seriously, though, I wonder why that is? Kinda bizarre. Like Carrie says, we really don't get that here. :confused:
Most people here have Chicken Pox, that's about it. I'm not even sure if that is true anymore, it was when I was little.

According to Victoria you guys don't often get Measles either - but again we get it here. These viruses are usually found in children under 10 - which makes it even more random that I have got it now :laugh:

[amber]

According to Victoria you guys don't often get Measles either - but again we get it here. These viruses are usually found in children under 10 - which makes it even more random that I have got it now :laugh:

You guys really get vaccinated? I mean, is it a requirement in order to enter kindergarten, or preschool, like it is here? (maybe just kindergarten?) I don't understand why more people get those things there.

[foxyluva]

You guys really get vaccinated? I mean, is it a requirement in order to enter kindergarten, or preschool, like it is here? (maybe just kindergarten?) I don't understand why more people get those things there.

Yeah, we get vaccinated for them all. Im sure you know this, but what most people don't realise is that getting vaccinated doesn't always mean that you won't get a different strain of the disease, or perhaps even the same one...

I will ask my mother (who seems to know everthing) about why we have it so commonly and you guys don't - it is indeed, very bizarre :shrug:

[Phoenix]

I hope you feel better soon:)

[macfanken]

Hmmm... don't know much about mumps... sounds painful. feel better soon!

never had mumps, but I do have an inner ear infection. I've denied it all day and now I just have to face it. with my Cali trip coming up, I hope it passes soon.

I feel like total ****take.

I've had ear infections and sinus problems all summer... not sure why i've had so much trouble recently. :shrug:

[desertangel]

Hoya... I remember getting the mumps as a kid. I feel for you, man. They say childhood diseases hit harder as you age. My mother used to cart us kids around to whoever's house had whatever disease was going around to expose us so we would get over the stuff as young as possible. We were vaccined at school too, but for other things like small pox and polio, that's about it. As a child, my daugther got vaccinated for all kinds of stuff; measels, mumps, rubella and others that I don't recall right now. Kids these days are getting vaccinated for chicken pox and hepatitis b in addition to all the others.... pin cushion is right.

I've been dealing with a kidney stone for the last two weeks... my first one. It is excruciatingly painful, as they say. I went to the ER, got jacked full of opiates, then sent home with Hillbillie Heroin (oxycodone.) So guess I'll join the "pain and agony" club. :rolleyes:

Take an Advil and get better soon!

[Kelly]

Hoya... I remember getting the mumps as a kid. I feel for you, man. They say childhood diseases hit harder as you age. My mother used to cart us kids around to whoever's house had whatever disease was going around to expose us so we would get over the stuff as young as possible. We were vaccined at school too, but for other things like small pox and polio, that's about it. As a child, my daugther got vaccinated for all kinds of stuff; measels, mumps, rubella and others that I don't recall right now. Kids these days are getting vaccinated for chicken pox and hepatitis b in addition to all the others.... pin cushion is right.

I've been dealing with a kidney stone for the last two weeks... my first one. It is excruciatingly painful, as they say. I went to the ER, got jacked full of opiates, then sent home with Hillbillie Heroin (oxycodone.) So guess I'll join the "pain and agony" club. :rolleyes:

Take an Advil and get better soon!


Oh man. I have had three kidney stones in my life and the pain is worse than childbirth. Drink water until you feel like you are drownDing..lol. Anything with caffeine, acid, etc, will make them bigger. The ER is usually good with stone..they gave me Dalaudid (sp?)...which is supposedly better than morphine. The pain went right away....

[skcin]

Vaccination 101. :D

Since the early 70's, in the U.S. all kids must have at least 1 MMR given AFTERtheir first birthday in order to go to school in NY - other states may be slightly different. If it's given when they're younger, the baby may lose immunity (since their immune system isn't completely mature.) Some states require 2 doses of MMR (the second dose is usually given around age 6, but as long as it's at least 30 days apart from the first, it's all good. And it can be given years apart, actually.) This 2nd dose requirement was mainly due to several measles outbreaks in the early 1990's.

Over the past few months there's been a mumps outbreak, esp. in the Midwest U.S. It's usually harmless, but can be dangerous in rare cases. Oh, and it sucks. :D Many people are now getting a second (or even third) booster dose of MMR due to this outbreak.

Nobody knows for sure why people are still getting these diseases if they've already been immunized, but it does happen. Maybe it's a slightly different strain, or the person's immunity faded over time. Plus, other nations are different - many international students come here with NO immunizatioons at all. :shocked: Pretty scary. They're not exposed to these diseases in their country, but when they come to the U.S. they are at risk for developing them. Chicken Pox is a real bitch when you're a 20 year old college student.

As a kid in the U.S. in the 70's & 80's, we needed MMR (1 or 2), polio (series of 5), DPT (diptheria, pertussis, tetanus - series of 4) and that was about it. Since the early 90's, kids need those PLUS Hepatitis B (series of 3) & Varicella (chicken pox - series of 2), and some states require Hepatitis A (series of 2) and meningitis (1 every 5-10 years) as well, plus flu shots annually & sometimes a pneumonia vaccine. The new HPV vaccine is sure to become a requirement eventually.

Cost is another issue. Pretty much all insurances cover childhood vaccines, but if you're an adult & need any later due to travelling or exposure, many times you're SOL. Varicella is about $65 per dose, Hep A&B are $30 per dose, MMR is only $10, tetanus is around $20.

Part of me is thrilled that we're preventing disease, part of me thinks "it's just chicken pox, and where the hell would a little kid get Hep B?" So I'm a bit torn. Not like there's much of a choice anymore, most of these vaccines are REQUIRED by law to attend school. But again, I'm torn.

[SuzeQuze]

Babies are vaccinated for measles, mumps and rubella here in the US. Its one vaccine for all three diseases.....and they get their first MMR immunization at two months. (I think its two months, they get something at two weeks but I think that is a DPT)
I have never heard of anyone actually having mumps either...I hope you feel better soon.
Chicken pox can be very serious if gotten by adult males...although the US vaccinates for the chicken pox now too. That vaccine is only a few years old though so most adults have probably already had the dreaded pox.

They've recently found that you need a booster for MMR in adulthood. I got one before I traveled to Kenya.

Sorry to hear you have the mumps, foxy!

I have a numb half face from a tooth repair I just had! It broke yesterday and they bonded it today. I hope it holds and I don't have to get a crown.

[desertangel]

I'm not so sure about all the vaccines either. Weakend immune response is becoming a real problem, as is autoimmune disorders. They say vaccines are supposed to help, but do they really? I thought the immune system was strengthened by fighting different things off on its own. And how do we know what's really in those vaccines? Some vaccine manufacturers used mercury as a stabilizer and now the experts are saying they think it has helped cause an inordinate amount of autism in children.

I don't do flu shots anymore, even though I'm in the "high risk" category. Every time I've gotten a flu shot in the past, I'd get some autoimmune side effect several months later, but then that's me... I'm weird. I drink at least a liter of water every day, seems to help.

[desertangel]

Oh man. I have had three kidney stones in my life and the pain is worse than childbirth. Drink water until you feel like you are drownDing..lol. Anything with caffeine, acid, etc, will make them bigger. The ER is usually good with stone..they gave me Dalaudid (sp?)...which is supposedly better than morphine. The pain went right away....

Does anything else work besides water to make it pass? I did that for a solid week with no luck. I also tried jumping up and down :blob1: .. that didn't work either. :) ... it's stuck with ONE lousy millimeter to go. If it doesn't fall soon, it will have to be laser blasted. And there's another one, same size - 2mm, in the same kidney. I was told to cut my coffee consumption from two cups to one. They won't know what dietary restrictions will be until the stone is analyzed. That Dalaudid in the ER was great!! I agree the pain is worse than childbirth, which to me was like a very bad case of cramps, for 18hours. The stone was like a white hot searing stab of a knife thru your back kind of pain, but it was over as soon as that Dalaudid hit my system. I was sweating, hot flashes, weak, dizzy, nauseated, pale, high blood pressure, increased heart rate. OMG. Horrible pain and I was panic stricken because I had no idea what was going on. :eek: The ride to the ER was the LONGEST 10 minutes of my life. Thankfully there were only two other people in the ER that day, which is unheard of around here.

Okay, I'll quit... can you tell I was traumatized by this event?! :lol:

Edit: Feel free to PM... I wouldn't want anyone to think I'm hijacking Foxy's thread with my "stuff" or anything.

[Kelly]

I don't know, my doctor always stressed water but I guess as long as it doesnt have caffeine or acid, you could try it. Cranberry juice is very bad because of the acid, that is good for bladder infections I think, but not stones. I had to have one lasered..its not too bad. Honestly, I pretty much begged them to do it after a week of pain. I had the same symptoms, sweating, rapid heart rate and high blood pressure, severe nausea, panic.......the experience is traumatizing! If I get the slightest pain in my lower back nowadays, I am terrified it is another stone. I get panicked.

Once it passes and they analyze it, you will know what caused it. Most are calcium phosphate stones and caffeine should be limited. The one bad thing about that type is they can reoccur randomly and once you have had one, you are prone to getting them again. I have had three in my life and dread the thought of another one. Just talking about it is making my hands sweat! It is the worst pain I have ever felt in my life. Childbirth was a cake walk next to a kidney stone.
Good luck and I hope you see something in your stainer soon! : > )

[desertangel]

Yea... I learned about caffeine and cranberry juice the hard way. Thought I had a UTI so drank some cranberry juice every day for a week, after 2 cups of coffee... then it moved. The good news is, your good luck wish worked... something DID appear in the strainer this morning and is now at the lab. YAY!! :woohoo: Now to wait and find out how many more things I should limit or cut out of my diet. Life without Starbucks in the morning won't be the same. {sniff} I feel amazingly normal and it's very cool. That was a nightmare. I'll be paranoid of back pain from now on too.

[Kelly]

:thumbsup:

I was always shocked at how small they actually are. For all the pain and problems they cause, they look like a little, reddish pebble. :lol:

Let me know what the lab finds...I bet its a calcium stone. I still drink coffee...I just do not overdo it with the caffeine. They say iced tea is really bad for people prone to that type of KS, so I have quit drinking that altogether. I drink as much coffee as I want in the morning (two cups or so) and then I am careful with anything else I drink.

BTW..if you get more than two in a year, they might recommend putting you on medication. I am not on any but it was an option. (that was the urologist, not my primary doc who treats me for pain when I get one)

I am very happy for you that the ordeal is over!:nod:

[desertangel]

That's what I thought... how could that tiny thing cause such misery? Yes, it was reddish and a bit translucent. Looked like a tiny seed pod. I wasn't sure, so I pressed on it carefully with my little finger and it went CRUNCH. Was like hitting the jackpot. I felt silly trying to figure out what to do with it, being all careful hurrying across town with the plastic cup trying to get to the lab before it closed for the weekend. My uncle has gout, grandmother and mother have arthritis. Based on a bit of research, wondering if it's uric acid. Did you know William Shatner sold his kidney stone on Ebay? Eewww..

I'm not sure I'd take the medication either. Although if I get a 3rd stone, maybe. Glad to know I probably won't have to give up coffee altogether. But will have to always remember to drink plenty of water and other acceptible liquids every day, no matter what. I love iced tea, but I can do without it. Lattes would be harder to give up.

I'll let you know what I find out from the lab.

Thanks! I'm really happy too! :D

[desertangel]

Let me know what the lab finds...I bet its a calcium stone. I still drink coffee...I just do not overdo it with the caffeine. They say iced tea is really bad for people prone to that type of KS, so I have quit drinking that altogether. I drink as much coffee as I want in the morning (two cups or so) and then I am careful with anything else I drink.

You were right... 10% calcium phosphate and 90% calcium oxylate - which explains why it looked like a seed pod! No more iced tea for me...?? iced coffee is good too.