At least it's not Mono!

A week ago I (Bambie) went to my doctor with rib pain as well as a very sore throat that felt swollen, and sore lymph nodes. After some questions and investigating my doctor thought I may have Mono (really???? I haven't gone around kissing people), so I had a blood test. Now, having blood drawn is usually a very unpleasant experience for me as my veins are tiny, usually collapse, and nurses have to use a child's needle and poke me a bunch of times. I decided to suck it up, and with Chris as my support, went to have the bloodwork done. I was in awe of the nurse. She was able to get the vein on the first try and draw the blood using an adult needle. However, more than a week later, I'm still bruised!

So I had to wait a week for my next doctor's appointment. In the meantime the sore throat resolved and I started to get itching on my torso where the rib pain was. A couple of days later I noticed a rash, which has progressed into...SHINGLES! UGH!

Aren't they lovely? And they're suppose to get worse. Yuck!

You can only get shingles if you've already had chicken pox. Who knew having chicken pox as a child would come back and bite me in the ass 19 years later.

I was sent home from work today because it can be contagious (if you haven't had chicken pox) and dangerous to the elderly and pregnant women (after I checked in a pregnant woman I may add - hope she'll be ok!) but should be ok to work on Monday. Until then it's taking all my will power not to scratch, and calamine lotion is my new best friend.

Luckily Chris had chicken pox as a child so he can't catch anything from me.