Today, the heat rash that has been devouring my side for the last week was revealed to be something much worse: shingles. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, after 4 days of using anti-itch cream for what pharmacists and nurses have called “an allergic reaction”, I was diagnosed with shingles. FML
Today, I had a heat rash on my crotch. I asked my mom for cortisone cream. While I was putting it on, it suddenly started burning. It turns out she gave me arthritis cream. FML
Today, I finally got prescribed something for my skin problems. The good news: It works really well. The bad news: When the doctor said one of the potential side effects was a "horrible rash," she really meant it when she said, "horrible." I swear to God, I was about to rip my chest open, due to it itching so hard. FML
Today, I found out I'm allergic to the pills my doctor prescribed for coughing, which I really need because I ripped a muscle in my stomach. Now my whole upper body is covered in a terrible itchy rash. I also found out it will last for at least another week. FML
Today, I finally went to the doctor's office to have a small patch of acne on my stomach looked at. Since it was in an almost perfect circle and abnormally sensitive, I was worried it could be ringworm or some other sort of skin infection. It turned out to be an infection alright. Herpes. FML
Today, I woke up with a rash all across my body. Last night, my boyfriend and I got it on in some bushes, and it seems one of those was poison ivy. FML
Today, I learned that the blisters that popped up this morning on my hands and feet are a result of a virus that takes two weeks to fully heal. After I told my roommates to be careful, one of them decided that NOW was a good time to tell us she had it last week. FML
Today, I found out that the acne under my arms was worse then the severe acne on my face. FML
Today, my left eye is bright red and painful. Also, I have pimples all over my genitals. Spoiler alert: it's herpes. The eye? A bacterial eye infection. Welcome to a week of pain. FML
Today, I went to the store and bought some cream to help with a sunburn I'd gotten a few days ago. What's worse than having red, peeling, and painful skin? An allergic reaction on top of it. FML
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JonaDona 2
i love Pringles!!
bluberry1995 4
I had shingles before.... it definitely sucks! :( get better soon ;)
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Comments (263)
LizzJizz 16
Damn D: soooo is ur doctor a a roofing guy?
yourbudtravis 0
lol dumbfuck...
harrywestt 0
that sucks. is your doctor on drugs or maybe a penguin or something?
myfruitloop 0
Wait.. what?
emeraldchicky 0
... what?
bebe088 0
aww I'm sorry!
Epsilonyx 15
Delicious.
51194 3
Do you have a deathly hallows necklace? :P
Epsilonyx 15
Indeed!
KayDayParade 0
60 it's just a comment? the beagle isn't my god so I don't really need his approval or "likes" ;)
Epsilonyx 15
.....lolque?
Nasagal1 3
Awesome necklace!!
Epsilonyx 15
Thanks :)
dun1 3
what are shingles?
olpally 33
its a virus like chicken pox.. they call it shingles when you're an adult though... same kind of thing happens to u only it's worse when you're older...
xXxXxMasonxXxXx 7
Like adult chicken pox, except shingles r like 1,000,000 times worse, so usually if u dint get a pox vaccine and didn't get chicken pox as a kid and u get infected as an adult, bam, shingles, my uncle had em on his face, heard it hurt =/
AcidRaen 4
i've had both chicken pox and shingles. i was like two when i had chicken pox but i was 16 when i had shingles so i remember the shingles more and it hurts really bad
HeyImJuli 3
32- not nessessarily when ur an adult, I got shingles and I'm not an adult at all, but tht doesn't doesn't mean it sux any less :/ sorry op
Alisa172 0
if u get chicken pox at a older age doesn't that stop u from having kids? (if it's really really bad?)
ThanksKarma 0
Yes, my mom's friend had it in her ****** and she now can not have children. :(
silver187 0
shingles is a form of herpes but not the STD kind also considered chicken pocks for adults
monnanon 14
@120 you may be thinking of Mumps but if you catch that at any age it can make you infertile.
StopDropNRoll 11
A girl explain it well in another comment. When you have chicken pox the virus stays dormant in your body. It can then later bust out of the cell it's in and cause a small rash like chicken pox that can be painful. If it's all over your body it's chicken pox if it's in a little portion it's shingles. both suck I don't care if your an adult or child
tmoneysly 7
No u can only get shingles if u had chickenpox as a kid
AcidRaen 4
I've had that before! it does suck. especially when its in your armpit and goes around to your back /: but get well soon!
kaylapple 1
that really sucks.
aguin8 0
oh that's awful I'm sorry.. at least it's not knee surgery!
guckylynn 19
WTF? what does knee surgery have to do with anything??
aguin8 0
I was saying I'd rather have shingles than knee surgery... but nah that's cool don't worry about getting your facts straight
jessamy_brit 5
Shingles hurts like hell.
musicluver23 0
I had that in 1st grade...I'm sorry:(
dolphincheddar 10
you will have to make it through my army of eminem-fan-eating rabid gorillas and my moat filled with electric eels, I wish you luck!
Fuentes9 3
did your mexican roofers give it to you