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

DAY 11: Yah scabby!!!!!!

i have waited so long to start scabbing! as you can tell i've been picking at them. i picked off a lot of dry skin and some of the scabs came off with it. it looks painful, but it doesn't hurt at all whatsoever. i shouldn't pick at my scabs, but it's so tempting. a lot of skin and scabs come off especially after the shower. yahhhh! i don't really care at this point if i have scarring. it's on my side and no one can see it unless i go to the beach. oh i miss the beach! we had really good weather this week. anyways, pain/tingling/itchiness has subsided significantly. still taking my antivirals on the dot. my back doesn't bother me, nor did my belly button so much today. i did feel a few sharp pains at the momma cluster and the skin around it are kind of itchy. as you can see, i still have marks left from the tape a few days ago. theres a few darker, red spots in that band of redness...i hope no more shingles! i read that some people break out in shingles due to sunburns, or trauma to the skin...oouch! i can't imagine dealing with a sunburn at the same time. well here are my crusty, dried scabs, enjoy!

day 11

open skin
still itchy bellybutton and areas that dont have blisters
blisters on back no pain whatsoever
Momma cluster minimal pain
its a good day!
at 3am i think i slept through my alarm and missed that dose of medicine. 5 times a day= every 4 hours 48 minutes...gets pretty hectic with so many alarms
anyways, soon i hope i can go swimming yah!