Comments | z4b00m4f00: I don't like dysfunctional teams in GW.

z4b00m4f00

I don't like dysfunctional teams in GW.

Feb 26, 2006 01:00

Hmmm. I think I've come down with shingles...or in other words, chicken pox for adults. Supposedly the chicken pox virus has laid dormant in my spinal chord for the past 18 years, waiting to come out...now. And what do I get! Weird looking sores on my right side that kinda itch and kinda sting. (Literally, it's only on my right side because ( Read more... )

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loganfive February 26 2006, 18:07:32 UTC

Ah, great. I've never had chicken pox either so this is probably what I've got to look forward to.

z4b00m4f00 February 26 2006, 19:04:48 UTC

Well, actually, I had an extremely bad case of chicken pox, so it was probably infected my spinal chord while I had it and laid dormant there after the medicinal treatments I had as a child. So, hopefully, you should be okay.

z4b00m4f00 February 26 2006, 19:05:28 UTC

Or at least, that information about my chicken pox came from my mom.

loganfive February 26 2006, 23:10:51 UTC

Oh, okay. *whew*, maybe I'm alright then.

cocomooses February 27 2006, 15:00:14 UTC

i don't know, you had chicken pox when you were under two years old, i don't know if the vaccine was common then, ask mom and dad.

sentimental13 February 27 2006, 18:18:21 UTC

The vaccine wasn't really common until mid-90s, I think, because my doctor suggested my brother get it back in '96...but I had exposed him to it the week before, so there was no point, the poor kid had it anyway. So, right, um, I rambled.

wayfinder08 February 28 2006, 04:06:02 UTC

So you're finally using this as an excuse to take your AIDS meds?

z4b00m4f00 March 2 2006, 15:50:25 UTC

Actually, the majority of cases of shingles in people my age is actually due to HIV.