Sporadic Updating

[hideincarnate]

I think it is fair to say I update here rather sporadically. In a way, I have sort of moved to tumblr but I also have not. Tumblr is where I get my history geek on. Facebook is where I play silly games. LJ is where I update about my life yet...I don't

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[pony_rocks]

Ow. Hope you get better soon.
I also got my first (and so far last!) case of shingles when I was 27. It's a dangerous year. XD

[hideincarnate]

Thanks to the valacyclovir it is getting better. The blisters are starting to scab over so they itch so I have to resist scratching at them.

Interesting! Did you get yours because of stress too? Really the nerve pain is the worse.

[pony_rocks]

Glad that it's getting better. I got mine from stress, too. Hellish weeks.

[hideincarnate]

Slowly but surely. I am almost out of the antiviral medicine though...so I wonder if once I am out if it's all just pain management. The blisters have already scabbed over.

[pony_rocks]

The pain is a real bitch, right? I had it same as you - first came some vague pain in my left shoulder and back, which I could not get rid of no matter how hard I tried. Then I googled it and found out it could be shingles - and sure thing, the very next day or so the rash appeared. Sometimes the pain remains many weeks after the rash is gone, I am toldy, but mostly it heals much sooner. I think mine went away after two weeks or so.

[hideincarnate]

My pain still flares up every now and then but the scabs have fallen off. I have a feeling I will be dealing with this again sooner than later. *sighs*