[JackWilson]

Isn't this supposed to be a children's disease? Has anyone else had something like this e.g measles, mumps, chickenpox etc as an adult? Anyone had it twice?

German measles seems to be the least annoying of the lot. It only lasts for a week or so (though you're still slightly contagious for a week after that) and it's like a light case of flu without the runny nose and sore throat, i.e muscle aches, joint pains, swollen lymph nodes, general fatigue feeling.

So yeah, just wanted to get a feeling for how uncommon this is nowadays, especially since those shots you get as a child are supposed to prevent you from catching it, although I don't know how long they last.