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auntbijou

As the Auntie Turns...

Aug 29, 2011 14:51

You know, my blog is beginning to look like the synopsis of a very bad soap opera! No, seriously!

Okay, so... two weeks ago, the Husbandly One came down with the shingles. Which... is weird, because it makes it sound like he was covered in roofing tiles, right? I even had a dream about that, that he was covered in roofing tiles and he was ( Read more... )

chickenpox, dr. visits, kids, sick days, wtf?

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theoldone August 29 2011, 20:12:12 UTC

This all sux. I hope it gets better really quickly.

luci0logy August 29 2011, 20:31:30 UTC

Sounds like you're having a bugger of a time. I hope things settle down soon.

doxycycline

FYI, doxy was a term for a prostitute in Tudor times. ;)

auntbijou August 29 2011, 20:38:30 UTC

I think of that every time one of us gets it as a prescription!! I can't help it, I keep thinking of it as a treatment for the unmentionable diseases propagated by doxies! That or it's made from the doxies in the Harry Potter books!!

realpestilence August 29 2011, 20:39:51 UTC

I used to work in a doctor's office, and from what the patients told me, shingles is VERY painful. So anything you can do to head that off is a good idea! D:

tilia_tomentosa August 29 2011, 21:36:58 UTC

Oh ,the fun of Varicella! There was no vaccine for that when I was little, so we all had to go through it. *shudder* They did vaccinate adolescent girls against Rubella so that we didn't catch it later during a pregnancy, but I had already passed through that too at the time of the vaccination.

So what did the doctors say about that insect bite?

*hugs*

luvscharlie August 29 2011, 23:59:45 UTC

Oh no! Poor guy. When will you find out the Lyme disease results?