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shingles, a junk love story

so i have been having ... issues.  they are really junk adjacent, not really junk related.  it's in the area where my flabby pale thigh meets my spare tire.  it's just not a pretty sight, and i am in pain.

dh has been out traveling. when he came back, i was all "NO TOUCHING!" arrested-development style.  i gave a peek at the wild yellow yonder and he was all, "... i'm good."

i went to the dr earlier this week.  dr was a total bro -- like, he walked in and i was immediately "you were a sigma chi."  i knew he would give me a high five if he had good news, and a fist bump if it was bad news.

i told him about the issues and he asked me a few questions. he kept asking, "do you have back pain?" and i was all "no more than usual.  dude, i just need to know if this is mrsa."

so he asked me to show him, and i rolled down my pants to show him the horror that lies beneath. then he was all, "mmkay and then back?" so i show him that too.  and there is poking and whatever.

dr. bro: i was going to say it was herpes ...
me: JIGGA WHAT.
dr. bro: ... but it was shingles.  if it was herpes, that would be bad, huh?

YES THAT WOULD BE BAD.  yo, i have been with dh for 13 years and married for almost six so yeah, an std showing up now would be bad.  wtf, man.

anyhoo, i am on all kinds of meds now, including ones that i am just taking to counteract the effects of the other ones.  it's like five pills a go, three times a day. oh, and it looks like someone put a cigarette out on my spare tire.

have a good dinner, everyone!


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Re: shingles, a junk love story

  • meh, herpes and shingles are from the same virus, just a different strain.

     

    shingles is horrible. i had that a few years back. it made a lovely flower pattern on my neck. it was a sort of crop circle, not your average every day rash. i don't think i took anything for it, but i can't remember. 

     

     

    stupid chicken pox.

    ~~~D'Anna & Ben~~~Married, and living the dream...

    Love is all one needs for love.

  • I had shingles once. It sucked! It was really painful and it took forever to go away.
  • 6fsn6fsn member
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    Aw, I had that right before DH proposed.  I thought it was poison ivy down the back of my leg.  I went to the company doctor looking for a little steroid and ended up having to drop my pants and underwear for him and the nurse.

    Thankfully I didn't have pain, but I hear it's normally terrible. 

    Feel better soon.

  • 0Face0Face member
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    Pants off, dance off!

    That sucks, hmo.
  • 6fsn said:

    Aw, I had that right before DH proposed. 


    By "that," I assume you mean herpes.  :P

    Feel better soon, Hmo.  My dad had shingles a few years ago and was pretty grumpy, so I take it it sucked.  Which reminds me, isn't that normally a middle-aged to old person's disease?  One more clue to your IRL identity.

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