Last week, I went to the doctor’s office to check out a few bug bites on my left upper back and chest thst burned, ached, and led to muscle cramps. Two weeks ago I got red marks on those spots that I believed were from a nasty bug bite, like a spider bite or even worse, ticks. They looked like bites I’ve never had before and nothing like the bedbug bites I had when living in NYC. (there was an outbreak of it and people threw out mattresses on the street, which didn’t solve the problem. It only exacerbated it.)
But then the muscle pain and fatigue worsened as the week progressed. This led to frequent applying of muscle pain reliever patches and taking Tylenol to help sith pain relief.
I feared that this might be a tumor development in my breast and counted down the days to see the doctor, with the fastest appointment being one week away. The week was spent wondering what was going on with my body.
Before doing the breast examination I showed the doctor the bites to see if there was a special cream for them. Immediately, she said they showed similarities to the shingles’ skin blisters. I laughed! It didn’t even cross my mind. I had no idea they could’ve been shingles even though Chris has had shingles before. I thought it could’ve been ticks, so I was trying to pick off the scabs during the week. Oy!!!
I’m still taking antibiotics and some pain med and I should be finished with them this week. Stress is one heck of a health liability. Stress about my parent’s constant health issues and helping Elliot with his accelerated World History summer class must’ve wrecked my immune system. My body was protesting!
Thankfully, my shingles wasn’t as terrible as I had heard from other people’s experiences with it. I wasn’t bedridden for days or have a fever.
I’m just relieved it wasn’t anything more severe. Thankful and blessed. Looking forward to no muscle aches and pains soon.
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