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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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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)
MsMeiriona 2
oww! good luck, hope you avoid nerve damage, take it easy if you can.
melanielawlz 1
Seriously guys? Shingles is a viral infection within the roots of your nerves and is caused by the awakening of the dormant chicken pox virus a.k.a. Herpes Zoster. Can't get much simpler than that. I had it back in March on my ribcage, it sucked hardcore.
hahahahahope 0
aww those suck I got then when I was 10/:
jessdemi 0
damn you varicella !!!
silver187 0
no joke man same thing is happening to me right now
Aliyette 0
aw crap! I still havent had the chickenpox and I'm about to be 19...kinda scared I'll get shingles later in life
shinicat 11
You get shingles if you have had chicken pox before, so you're more likely to catch chicken pox at some point in your adult life rather than shingles
hopeless321 3
Get the Varicella vaccine ;) life is simple.
cbz88 0
Livinia is hot
Stevefett 0
You know what they say. When life gives you shingles, build a roof.
sematariux 7
hurts doesn't it? had those little peckerheads on my back for like a month straight wanted to blow my head off
CJeanne 2
ouch!! shingles are incredibly, incredibly painful! I feel so bad for you, I hopeful feel better ASAP!