Acyclovir. This is a medication that treats all of the ailments in the blog title, and I am currently taking it. I went to the doctor today and I have shingles all over the back of my arm. It hurts so bad!! I found the rash on Saturday and it started hurting on Sunday and the Dr's office was closed Monday for the great holiday of memorial day. They looked at me like I was crazy for not coming in sooner, but hey I called as soon as I could. They gave me painkillers to go to bed which I will be very grateful for when the time comes to go to bed. There really isn't much that can be done for the itching because any steroid doesn't really help because it causes more inflammation and therefore any itching that was stopped, starts up very fast. I hope that the doctor is right in saying that this will be the only time in my life that I will have shingles. I mean if anything touches the skin around the area I feel like scratching it off. Not the best way to live, but at least I got to the office when I could still start the medicine.
The doctor saw my rash and asked if I was stressed out. I bet you can guess from the other blog entries that YEAH I HAVE BEEN STRESSED!!! I guess that stress is the number one trigger of shingles. Who would have thought that I would have so many stress induced disorders. My body just doesn't like stress at all. No wonder it isn't my time to have kids yet. My body can't handle it. Far too stressful. I have found the doctor that I like the most in the whole clinic and I think that I will ask for him the rest of the times that I go in there. He was so nice! He wanted to write me a referral to a gastroenterologist, but I told him that I would follow that line next summer. I am not in the mood to get a colonoscopy right now. I will eventually go back to get re diagnosed (hopefully) but not right now...maybe in the break between fall and summer semester. I have a 3 week break. Who knows. My health is good. I have several small things that are being taken care of, but overall I am not too bad...now on to homework.
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