getting sick?

I think I am getting sick!!!!!! I've noticed at night when I go to bed and in the mornings when I wake up that my ulva and/or soft palate is sore. My left ear feels funny........... I CANNOT afford to get sick this week!!! My immune system must really suck. I don't even want to imagine how easily I will get sick when I'm older. I had the flu a few months ago, shingles a few weeks ago, and now I'm coming down with a sore throat and possible ear ache. I thought I was a pretty healthy 21 year old. I exercise regularly (well not the past month because of shingles), but my sleeping habits are horrible. I really need to set my circadian rhythm to 24 hours. I take my DAT...oh gosh. If I don't do too well then I will be even more stressed!!!!!!!!!!! I don't want to think about that. more studying.


FYI PHN sucks
tootles

Day ?

No more shingles. No more nasty blisters! I do have PHN, but I'll take that than having those blisters.... I'm really lucky to not have a complicated case of this. I'll be posting less frequently. I hope whoever lands on this page finds the pictures useful so you'll know what to expect although it was pretty straightforward. Well tootles

Day 15: Contemplating going to the doctor

Sunday, Day 15: I had tiny red spots in my left armpit along with a dull pain the previous day. I planned on going to Solantic of MinuteClinic if my symptoms persisted when I woke up on Sunday. I couldn't tell immediately when I woke up so I decided to wait until the afternoon. After looking up the prices online, I decided to just wait until Monday and go to school for free. Luckily the pain didn't increase nor was it noticeable. No needle like pain, just a lot of itchiness at the Momma cluster and around it. My back cluster does not bother me whatsoever. Neither does my belly button cluster. Sometimes when I'm sitting the bottom of my spine will get sore. This may be from slouching, but one good thing I got out of shingles is good posture. It was less painful when I sat up straight so I sat with good posture for about two weeks. Now I'm trying to keep it up. 

Day 14:....uh oh

Yesterday I took finished my antiviral. I thought my shingles were gone, but I don't know. My skin has been feeling tingly all day...ughhhhhhh. I also have very little pain in my left armpit. I also went swimming this morning. 

Right after I went swimming I took at shower. While taking a shower I noticed a burning sensation in my left armpit. It went away and I didn't notice it throughout the day, but I notice it now. It doesn't hurt when I press it and I don't feel my lypmph node swollen, but then again I didn't feel my lymph node swollen when my shingles were in its prime. 

Well throughout the day I noticed that my skin is tingly. Maybe because I had antivirals in my system every 5 hours, my shingles was significantly suprressed. Now that I don't have any medicine, maybe the virus is still active. I'm going to the doctor on Monday! ughhhhhhh! I hope I don't have it again =[ 

Day 13: No more shingles

So Day 13 was basically the same as the day before. No pain and no itchiness. Scabs are all off except for a tiny one lol. The skin is acutally not "raw" as it looks. It's actually pretty hard compared to the surrounding skin. I hope I don't scar!

Day 12: shingles-be-gone! almost

Day 12 was Thursday, February 24th and honestly I don't remember my shingles bothering me aside from turning my torso. I think that may have been to stretching the skin, which is still kind of sensitive. Minimal PHN pain however yah!!!

Day 11: no scabby!!

It's 2am, Thursday February 24th, but I would like to post pictures of my non existent shingles! In the other post you can see pictures earlier in the day, later on in the day, before taking a shower, and now I will post pictures after taking a shower. It seems as though my scabbys didn't like the shower and most of them fell off! hehe. It actually kind of hurts...but the pain is similar to ripping off a scab and having open skin rather than PHN thank goodness.


before shower

after shower