Who even gets shingles?

If you follow me on twitter, you know that I have shingles. Really body? Isn't this an old person thing? Apparently not. I had chicken pox when I was about 4 or 5 so I thought that was that. Apparently the chicken pox lies dormant in the nerves and sometimes can come back as shingles. Enjoy everyone! You can get shingles too!

So I got a prescription for Valtrex, which apparently helps shorten the duration of chicken pox or shingles. I also have a very strong antihistamine called Atarax, which I have taken before and actually made me fall asleep mid sentence. Oh, and my doctor also suggested I get a donut to sit on until my butt clears up :|
I think I'll pass on the butt donut.

Thanks for all your well wishes. And I would suggest not touching my butt unless you want shingles.

Also, the scale at the doctor's office lies! I can't be that fat. I was wearing a cardigan on the scale which has to add something.

The ex files and mystery rash

I can't sleep because I'm so itchy. It's horrible. I might have to tape pot holders to my hands because that's how bad I want to scratch. I gave up on trying to sleep so I'm blogging instead.

I promised to spill on the meeting with my ex. The original plan was to get drinks but that turned into getting some food and watching a movie with his roommate and roommates friend. This was fine with me. We ate Pop Eye's and watched The Island (a very underrated movie in my opinion). I was getting read to leave after the movie because I was all sleepy and drugged up on Benadryl but he asked me to stay for a little but so I did. We hung out and talked and I showed him my rash because I'm classy like that and it's not like he hasn't seen my butt before.

I think he thought we were going to hook up. I had to shoot that down. First of all I felt very much not hot with my awful rash. Second of all I just can't do the hook up thing. I don't need friends with benefits. I'm fine with just friends. He probably though I was a bitch but oh well. That's the way it is. I still had a good time.

The more I look at this rash (which involves staring at my butt in the mirror) the more concerned I am that I might be a leper. I am really hoping that I can get into the doctor today because I am going out of my mind over here. The medicine I got says to use no more than 3-4 times a day and I'm tempted to just squirt the whole think in a bucket and just sit in it. I'm using it was more than 3-4 times a day but I haven't heard of anyone over dosing on calamine lotion yet.

Wish me luck that I get into the doctor today, or at the very least a good leper colony.

Happy Mother's Day

My mother and I spent Saturday together for mother's day (at her request). We ate lunch at Wegmans which is the best super market I've ever been too. The food court is amazing with pretty much any type of food you could imagine. I piled my plate high with Chinese food. The dumplings were especially good.

After lunch we walked over to this store called Charming Charlie. I bought my mom a hat that she liked as her mother's day gift.

We had to cut the day a little short because I was exhausted and itchy. I've had this rash on my lower back and butt since last week (hot, right?). I've been taking a lot of Benadryl and putting medicine on the rash but I think it's time to go to the doctor. I also noticed a new spot popping up on my left hand. I showed my mom the rash because I'll never be too old to ask for her opinion. My mom's reaction was "oh! Ginny, wow. You need to go to the doctor." I'm hoping I can get in tomorrow because this whole burning painful rash thing is not fun.

I know you're all waiting to here about the meeting with the ex-boyfriend and I promise that's coming. I just wanted to share the mom love and say how lucky I am to have such an amazing mother. Love you mom! Thank you for still looking at a rash on my butt.