Weird that a few people had scarlet fever as a child as I did (I remember my mom calling it scarletina, which I believe is essentially the same thing). I had pneumonuia and strep a bunch too as well as chicken pox. They always seemed to come around Christmas time. By the time I went to middle school, I was completely healthy, most of my illnesses occurred from 4-8 years old.

Other than that, i grew up in a "cancer cluster" in New Jersey.

I have no family history of this disease, and tons of cousins that are fine.

It depends on my mood what I blame for my ms on any given day