So, never mind about the triathlon. Luckily, I can get a medical rollover to participate in next year's event. Shouldn't be too hard to get a letter from my doctor, seeing as he admitted me to the hospital a week ago when my eye swelled shut. I stayed for about 24 hours on an IV with antiviral medication. I have shingles on my forehead, but they are now healing, and I'm not blind in that eye. Yep, that about covers what's been going on around here. Whee.
A fact you might know. Shingles come from chicken pox virus that sit on your nerves for a few decades and then flare up. You can't catch shingles, but you can catch chicken pox from someone with shingles.
A fact you probably don't know. If they shingles rash spreads to the tip of your nose, it's probably in your optic nerve.
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caught my shingles in Brussels, and spent a weak week in Paris sweating and scratching .. horrible...
Ahhhhhh! I hope you are on the mend! Let me know if you need anything!
Hugs
Laura
Big fat bummer. Sorry about that, Bluestem. Get better. :-(
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