Had to go to the ER today because the itch was so bad. My mom took one look at the rash and told my dad she was taking me, and "if you want to sit on your fat ass, fine!"
So my dad can jump down my throat when I do something he sees as "wrong", but when I'm SICK he won't lift a finger.
NICE.
Anyway, we sat there for three hours while all the illegal immigrants with colds went before me. I sat there doubled over, holding my side through my shirt because it was hold it or scratch until I bled and get the virus all over my hands. No thanks. It itches on the surface and STINGS "underneath" if that makes any sense. I was and am still MISERABLE!
After the boring hours(which weren't so bad since Revenge of the Fallen was playing on the TV in the corner!), I heard my name. I finally got seen by a nice young male doctor and I was really embarrassed when I had to take off my shirt so he could examine the rash. I mean, it was COLD in the office so the girls were standing up like traffic cones. It doesn't help that I have one of those nasty blisters right on the edge of my nipple X_X; It SUCKS so many dicks to have a blister on your tit! Especially one that itches and burns and stings and makes you want to rip your boob off!
Doctor Ben(gonna use his first name) poked the rash with a swab and they tested it, and yep, shingles. Shingles at 29.5 years old. He said I'm a weird case to have it off the vaccine since I never actually caught chicken pox. Like I said before, I had the vaccine and was around my mom when SHE had shingles. The vaccine did cause me to get a few chicken pox blisters on my stomach and arm, so maybe I had it just enough to get shingles later in life. Maybe it's possible that everybody who ever had the chicken pox vaccine and got "pox" from it is gonna get shingles in the future, too. He also thought it was weird that I didn't have much pain first. I had stinging in the area, but it wasn't ZOMG OWWW!!!! pain and I sting around my boobs when I have my period anyway--I thought it was just that. Guess not, huh? -_- Joy.
I walked out of there with a prescription for Valtrex, which is an antiviral that will help my body fight the virus faster and prevent long term after-effects like a really nasty thing called postherpetic neuralgia, which can cause chronic pain.
Not much I can do about the fucking
ANNOYING itch and sting though except to wait for it to pass. I've got this nasty black ointment I can put on, but it messes up my clothes and it's such a shitty small container that I only want to save it for when I go to bed. I know I'd run out otherwise. Fucking drug companies conspire to keep us sick and suck off our money!
ASSHOLES! They must love my misery! >:( And I am so miserable right now. This is the worst thing to happen to me. I can deal with pain, but I can't STAND to itch AND hurt at the same time! When I'm not on the comp, I have to wear socks on my hands so I won't absently reach over and scratch myself bloody. The blisters look SO gross and more are growing. Ugh, this is HORRID!
Oh well, at least it's not on my face. My mom has scars on her lips and cheek from her bout of shingles.
Off to try and stay sane now.
FUCK YOU, HERPES ZOSTER VIRUS!!!