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I realized I forgot to write about my insane week last week. Back up to Wednesday, June 22 when I woke up with a crazy rash on my arm that got progressively worse over the following few days. Jeff was sure I had poison ivy, but I’ve never had that and pretty sure I’m not allergic to it. The rash did have small blisters but I tried popping them and only got a tiny dot of blood. By Monday I decided to go to the dr. The nurse right away said oh that’s shingles, have you been stressed out? I was taken off guard but then said the only thing I’ve done strenuous was hike at a high altitude and she said sure that could have done it, but wait and see what the dr says. In the 5 minutes I had to wait for him to come in, ofcourse I was bringing up web md and things were starting to make sense. Considering the rash was only on one side of my body and the inside of my arm, he concluded that it probably is shingles, though he was amazed I was not in near as much pain as what is typical. It is a little unnerving that it’s diagnosed by sight or at least mine was but I do think that’s what I had. Looking back now, I remember having a crazy itch that felt like rug burn just a couple days after hiking. And the current rash did feel like fire if it was ever scratched or hit, but overall it was not too bad. wait a couple days of fatigue kinda sucked. I think I was lucky it was on my arm and I didn’t have to have clothes on it most of the time, because I did find a couple shirts that were not soft enough to wear. My course of treatment was an immediate shot of steroids in the hip, then a 7 day supply in pill format along with valtrex. Oh, how I loved going to the pharmacy and filling a prescription for the herpes drug. I think the steroids started working within hours and it was not near as red and scary looking.
So in the week that followed, we missed out on our only weekend to go to Birmingham and see the twin brothers new house. His 14 month old is not yet vaccinated for chicken pox and even though I swore that I would not pick him up and let him lick the non-oozing bumps on my arm that could be covered up, the first time momma was still protective (as I probably would have been). My sister sent me a pretty insensitive email that I would have gotten slightly ticked over at anytime but THAT week it pushed me over the edge and a huge witch erupted out of me. Luckily I think we are still talking. I really do think I had touch of roid rage, between being moody, working for an emotional female that was under a deadline that week, and my driving patterns resulting in a ticket, I do think I’ll put some blame on the drugs :) I really did feel like a different person by that weekend when I had weaned off the steroids.
So in summary I freaked out my body by going on a 3 hour hike at high elevations but only got a minor case of shingles or else I have a really high tolerance for pain. Actually I did have natural child birth so maybe I do have a high pain tolerance. Yes I remind that to Jeff on a regular basis :)
So in the week that followed, we missed out on our only weekend to go to Birmingham and see the twin brothers new house. His 14 month old is not yet vaccinated for chicken pox and even though I swore that I would not pick him up and let him lick the non-oozing bumps on my arm that could be covered up, the first time momma was still protective (as I probably would have been). My sister sent me a pretty insensitive email that I would have gotten slightly ticked over at anytime but THAT week it pushed me over the edge and a huge witch erupted out of me. Luckily I think we are still talking. I really do think I had touch of roid rage, between being moody, working for an emotional female that was under a deadline that week, and my driving patterns resulting in a ticket, I do think I’ll put some blame on the drugs :) I really did feel like a different person by that weekend when I had weaned off the steroids.
So in summary I freaked out my body by going on a 3 hour hike at high elevations but only got a minor case of shingles or else I have a really high tolerance for pain. Actually I did have natural child birth so maybe I do have a high pain tolerance. Yes I remind that to Jeff on a regular basis :)
