So, I have a rash that is suspiciously shingles like (I have an appt later today). My DH doesn't remember ever having chicken pox, and there is no one to ask if he did or not.
Well some friends of Buffy played a funny joke and they took her stuff and now she wants us to help get it back from her friends who sleep all day and have no tans.
Xander ,'Lessons'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sparky1 - Dec 09, 2015 7:51:35 am PST #11019 of 30003
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meara - Dec 09, 2015 7:59:02 am PST #11020 of 30003
Has he had the chicken pox vaccine??
a mess, of course. Last night's suspicious person was, apparently, a member of the faculty.
Suspicious person? Like, is this "damn they are racially profiling" or a "damn the faculty has gone off the rails"? Shelter in place seems out of proportion in the first instance but suspicious person would seem to be an understatement in the second??
amyth - Dec 09, 2015 8:16:55 am PST #11021 of 30003
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Lots of finals ~ma, SA!
I really hope it's not shingles, Sparky.
-t - Dec 09, 2015 8:39:27 am PST #11022 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, no, Sparky.
Do you have to have had chickenpox to get shingles, am I remembering that right? I hope you don't have shingles either way, I understand it's pretty miserable.
Burrell - Dec 09, 2015 8:40:26 am PST #11023 of 30003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Glad to see your pixels, amyth!
Yipes and extra yipes, Sparky!! That's not a good situation.
I've always thought Vermont was the Tea Party's worst nightmare--a bunch of well armed lefties.
I am a fan of this idea, I just wished I liked firearms more.
flea - Dec 09, 2015 8:41:58 am PST #11024 of 30003
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I had shingles and got diagnosed right away and they gave me Valtrex and it worked like a charm. Go team effective drugs with no side effects (for me)! I had a coworker with a too young to be vaccinated baby at the time but we figured our contact was limited enough that we didn't worry much.
aurelia - Dec 09, 2015 8:47:56 am PST #11025 of 30003
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Today's demonstration march seems much larger than other daytime-work day marches have been.
Beverly - Dec 09, 2015 8:57:15 am PST #11026 of 30003
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Apparently shingles uses the same nerve paths set up by chicken pox. What's even freakier is that psoriasis uses those same nerve paths, so if you have chicken pox, you're susceptible to shingles. But there's a genetic component to psoriasis, so one's at risk for that only if one's predisposed.
Bodies are freaky.
Amyth, good to see you're recovering well! Good luck on the exams, SA! And Sparky, that's a bunch of stuff in pretty close sequence. I hope if it's shingles, you have the same good outcome as flea.
Sparky1 - Dec 09, 2015 9:15:19 am PST #11027 of 30003
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dH has not had the chicken pox vaccine. So, wish us both luck.
I suspect the second night was racial profiling by MPD, as they were the ones who zeroed in on this faculty member as a suspicious person. My opinion only, with all the caveats that attach.
WindSparrow - Dec 09, 2015 9:15:57 am PST #11028 of 30003
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Swift diagnosis and treatment of shingles~ma, Sparky, and figuring out how best to safeguard your DH.
Exam~ma, SA.
Hi, amyth! It's good to see you. I hope you are felling better soon.