Anonymous
This FML is from back in 2009 but it's good stuff
United States
The comeback kid
Today, I'm still coughing. I was diagnosed with whooping cough last week, which apparently cannot be treated. Basically, it appears I'm a 19th century English peasant. FML
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Frosty840 0
Sounds like #6 has it. Nearly eradicated in developed nations since the 1970s, whooping cough is apparently on the rise again because modern parents are all sociopaths/brave protectors of precious snowflake. Go, parents!
aremmert 0
Or a six month old baby.
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afailing 0
You DEFINITELY aren't the first. I've had it three times. suck it up, you'll be fine! ****** retard!
Jello12 0
This isn't an FML. I had whooping cough last summer. Big deal. You don't see me whining on FML. (Even though it does SUCK)
qwerty123456789 0
I know someone who got whooping cough three years ago, when she was a sophomore in high school. She had it for, like, a year.
Cuckoo_Rotchya 1
hmmmn, not so much 19th century English peasant... more like 1880's British Orphan... Pertussis sucks. FYL
shewasalmost18 0
lmao, the last sentence is hilarious
arashixarashi 0
I'm surprised at how many people have gotten pertussis assuming they have gotten the Tdap vaccine.
Hexefrau 5
Apparently, TDAP isn't as effective as one would think :/ I double checked my shot records when I got diagnosed with pertussis, and I was beyond up to date on my vaccines, as I had to be reimmunized for a handful (including TDAP) before I traveled to the UK in 2000. And #162...I feel you, because I'm dealing with it right now. When my doc told me that I had whooping cough, I asked him if I was going to die of dysentery on Oregon Trail. It just isn't one of those things that I thought I could "catch", but apparently, it's becoming more and more common, due to bordetella pertussis joing the ranks of MDR bacteria.
Starry_eyes08 0
Should have been vaccinated. Viruses like pertussis kill people. Hope you get over it, and get a booster shot, soon. ^_^
gonzolove 0
Pertussis is not a virus. It's a bacterium. Bordetella pertussis. Everyone assumes that it's a virus because there is a vaccine for it. Tetenus is also a bacterium. And Tuberculosis. They all have vaccines, but they are bacteria, NOT viruses. There is a HUGE difference.
gonzolove 0
Also, sorry, I didn't mean to go off on you like that.
KarCar523 0
dude I got whooping cough when I was 14, 3 months after Major back surgery, and 15 month after getting treated for Cancer...SUCK IT UP
AlexZB 0
my friend had whooping cough and he was out of school for 3 months
CanadianChipmunk 4
What do you mean whopping cough can't be treated i had it when i was like 10 and the doctors gave me some really good medicine that tasted like orange creamsicle. it was gone in like a week. guess the states doesnt treat whopping cough i'm glad i live in canada.
beckyb 0
Maybe they caught it sooner. If you don't get the meds early enough, there isn't a whole lot they can do.