RevCheesehead
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Fri Mar-03-06 11:16 PM
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I have a rash on my stomach that's shaped like the continent of Africa. Well, I guess it's the mirror image, since in the mirror, it looks just like Africa.
Just looking for an up-side to shingles. Pass the Vicodin, please.
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Fri Mar-03-06 11:23 PM
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1. I used to get hives in cold weather when I was a teenager |
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I ran across the school commons one day in a t-shirt in 20 degree weather. I went to the school nurse and showed her the hives that covered my complete upper body up to my neck. They referred me to a dermatologist. It turns out that I had a rare disease that made me allergic to the cold. Luckily it only lasted for that winter. There are two forms of the illness. One lasts for about 6 months the other lasts for a lifetime. Fortunately I had the former.
They say hives are the result of extreme anxiety. But I was an easy going kid and I didn't have any enemies so I don't know what the deal was.
I hope you get to feeling better. I don't know anything about shingles. What kind of disease is that?
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Fri Mar-03-06 11:28 PM
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2. It's the dormant chicken pox virus. |
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It gets trapped in the nerve cells.. and when something stimulates reproduction of the virus, it can't get out through the bloodstream, so you get skin eruptions... just like chicken pox, only very painful, since all the nerve endings are inflammed. Fortunately, it's limited to the one main nerve, and won't spread beyond that.
It feels like I've been sleeping on a bed of nails. x(
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Fri Mar-03-06 11:29 PM
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3. What'd be really cool is if you got a rash the looked like the Virgin Mary |
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and people would come from miles afar to see Our Lady of RevCheesehead's Shingles.
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Fri Mar-03-06 11:32 PM
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4. I could auction it off on ebay! |
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I can't get a real good look at the back - - maybe she's there? :rofl:
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Fri Mar-03-06 11:36 PM
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5. Or if you sweated Elvis |
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Fri Mar-03-06 11:47 PM
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6. I think somewhere in there, |
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there's a really bad Forrest Gump joke. However, I shall not go there.
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Fri Mar-03-06 11:48 PM
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They say shingles help keep the rain out of the house. :shrug:
:hug: :loveya: Sorry you are still in misery. :hug: :loveya:
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Fri Mar-03-06 11:50 PM
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I nearly broke down in tears when I read on "Web MD" that shingles usually last from 3-5 weeks. x(:cry:
Would someone have pity on me, and club me over the head?
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Fri Mar-03-06 11:59 PM
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13. I'm sorry, but I will have no part in the clubbing of |
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a spiritual leader, even if you have the scarlet image of Africa on you tummy. :silly:
I sure wish I could offer more than prayers.
Did you try the cold compresses?
Sorry, so very sorry you are in such misery. :hug: :loveya:
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Sat Mar-04-06 12:01 AM
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14. Yup. Even used bags of ice. |
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Edited on Sat Mar-04-06 12:02 AM by RevCheesehead
I hurt when I sit up. I hurt when I lie down. I really hurt when the cats jump on me with amazing precision. And I'm damned tired of going around braless.... I keep tripping on the damned things. :evilgrin::evilgrin:
You're a peach! :hug::loveya:
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Sat Mar-04-06 12:07 AM
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16. Do your boobs hang low |
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Do they wiggle to and fro Can you tie them in a knot Can you tie them in a bow Can you throw them over your shoulder like a Continential soldier Do your boobs hang low?
Take that other 1/2 a pill and put the children out of your room and rest. Drink plenty of fluids
:hug: :hug: :loveya:
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Sat Mar-04-06 12:09 AM
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I first read that as "take that other 1/2 a pill and put the girls out..."
I would if I could! :bounce::bounce: (ouch!)
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Sat Mar-04-06 12:11 AM
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20. the cats, you silly person |
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Even when you feel like kaka, you still are so silly.
You are the bestest! :yourock:
:hug: :loveya:
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Fri Mar-03-06 11:48 PM
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I've been thinking about you.....
And hoping that you're feeling better!
Have a Vicodin! I'm glad they help!
:loveya: :pals:
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Fri Mar-03-06 11:51 PM
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about an hour ago. The other half seems to be calling my name.
Thanks, Peggy. :pals:
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Fri Mar-03-06 11:50 PM
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9. Oh, Rev, I'm sorry you have shingles |
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:hug: <--VERY gentle hugs
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Fri Mar-03-06 11:52 PM
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I had NO IDEA how awful they are.
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Sat Mar-04-06 12:07 AM
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Sat Mar-04-06 12:08 AM
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17. Hey, at least it ain't Asia! |
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I probably wouldn't have recognized it. :D
How ya doin' tonight, Joani? :hug:
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Sat Mar-04-06 12:12 AM
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21. At least it ain't all over the place. |
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I've got one lil itchy blister over here and one lil one over there and one lil one one in too many place to mention. That is all.
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Sat Mar-04-06 12:08 AM
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18. Hey Rev. Are you doing better on pain, fever etc. since taking your meds? |
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Sat Mar-04-06 12:12 AM
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22. I have no idea, since I've never been through this before. |
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I've never had a fever with this. But the outbreak has ceased, most of the lesions have healed or are healing, and they're starting to fade. But, alas, the pain remains.
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Sat Mar-04-06 12:34 AM
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23. is this some sort of divine retribution? |
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praise the lord and pass the vicodin!
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Sat Mar-04-06 12:35 AM
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24. I once saw a pothole in the shape of Africa. Even had a little Madagascar. |
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Sure wish I'd had a camera.
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Sat Mar-04-06 12:40 AM
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25. Oh! If it spreads into something resembling Pangaea, |
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can we sell you on ebay?
No. I think I want to keep you. :loveya: I'm sorry you're sick. :cry: :hug:
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Sat Mar-04-06 12:44 AM
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I think I'd like to stay, too. :hug:
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