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Hitch · 01-31-2023, 04:02 AM

(Not here for sympathy, I swear it. Just being the Princess Proselytizer of Vaccination...)

So, as some of you may recall, sure 'nuff, I started with the Shingles disease/illness/whatever, on Friday the 13th, apparently (shoulda known...) and was disgnosed with it being acute/severe on the morning of the 17th, January. I posted here about it, urging all of you to get the vax. (Just the Vax, ma'am!)

Anyway...So, a few things. The doctor combo inadvertently tried to kill me, by prescribing a few things together that suppressed my breathing. Hooray, that was fun. Had to cut back on that combo (duh) and while my breathing improved immeasurably, so too did the freshness and brightness of the PAIN. So, now taking even more opiates, with less relief. Hooray for that too, eh.

The rash may or may not have "relapsed," they're checking. It's weird. One half is almost numb to the touch and dry, but beneath the skin is a lava-pit of pain. The other half (rear/back), where the rash is far less "dry," or whatever, is a network of live nerve endings on the skin. I have always been a sucker for exceedingly SOFT clothes, natural fibers, etc. and I'm grateful for that quirk of my personality now, lemme tell ya.

So, thiis is NOT to elicit sympthay, or anything like that. I just wanted to stick my head up again and say to thee that have not yet gone--get thee gone and and getteth your VAX. Tarry not!

I mean, sure, it's only 18 days out of a lifetime, but bygod, these are the longest 18 days of my life. And each day feels like it's a month long--and not that old, "time slows down into Slo-Mo so that we get to enjoy everything to the umpteenth," way, but the whole "let's see if we can waterboard her and make her remain conscious for 48 hours straight" kind of awareness of time...

When I think of my online areas, places and associates, I always think of MR as "the smart ones." So.. you wiseguys, if you have not--please do.

And this has been your Hitch-wrought Public Service Announcement for the Day. Now I'm off to see if I can punch out a remotely comfortable negotiated settlement with my sofa, my down pillows and my cat. (sigh). Probably not. I have a suspicion that the cat is paying off the mediator, because he seems to always win these things...

Hitch

01-31-2023, 04:02 AM	#35722
Hitch Bookmaker & Cat Slave Posts: 11,503 Karma: 158448243 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Phoenix, AZ Device: K2, iPad, KFire, PPW, Voyage, NookColor. 2 Droid, Oasis, Boox Note2	Sigh, Shingles, Day 18... (Not here for sympathy, I swear it. Just being the Princess Proselytizer of Vaccination...) So, as some of you may recall, sure 'nuff, I started with the Shingles disease/illness/whatever, on Friday the 13th, apparently (shoulda known...) and was disgnosed with it being acute/severe on the morning of the 17th, January. I posted here about it, urging all of you to get the vax. (Just the Vax, ma'am!) Anyway...So, a few things. The doctor combo inadvertently tried to kill me, by prescribing a few things together that suppressed my breathing. Hooray, that was fun. Had to cut back on that combo (duh) and while my breathing improved immeasurably, so too did the freshness and brightness of the PAIN. So, now taking even more opiates, with less relief. Hooray for that too, eh. The rash may or may not have "relapsed," they're checking. It's weird. One half is almost numb to the touch and dry, but beneath the skin is a lava-pit of pain. The other half (rear/back), where the rash is far less "dry," or whatever, is a network of live nerve endings on the skin. I have always been a sucker for exceedingly SOFT clothes, natural fibers, etc. and I'm grateful for that quirk of my personality now, lemme tell ya. So, thiis is NOT to elicit sympthay, or anything like that. I just wanted to stick my head up again and say to thee that have not yet gone--get thee gone and and getteth your VAX. Tarry not! I mean, sure, it's only 18 days out of a lifetime, but bygod, these are the longest 18 days of my life. And each day feels like it's a month long--and not that old, "time slows down into Slo-Mo so that we get to enjoy everything to the umpteenth," way, but the whole "let's see if we can waterboard her and make her remain conscious for 48 hours straight" kind of awareness of time... When I think of my online areas, places and associates, I always think of MR as "the smart ones." So.. you wiseguys, if you have not--please do. And this has been your Hitch-wrought *Public Service Announcement* for the Day. Now I'm off to see if I can punch out a remotely comfortable negotiated settlement with my sofa, my down pillows and my cat. (sigh). Probably not. I have a suspicion that the cat is paying off the mediator, because he seems to always win these things... Hitch