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Feb. 9th, 2024 06:49 pm Here's a little bit of Beau Arlen!
Feb. 9th, 2024
Mr Shingles
Feb. 9th, 2024 08:16 pmMr D woke up yesterday morning looking like he'd been punched in the side of the face, with a patch of angry red swollen rash on his right cheek.
I asked him if it was painful or itchy and he said it was more tingly than painful. That got me worrying, and I suggested he go and see the doctor. Mr D didn't want to bother the doctor, but in the end we compromised and this morning, when the rash looked more raised then yesterday, he went to see the pharmacist at our local chemist.
The pharmacist apparently took one look at his face ad said "you need to book a doctors appointment - today," and went on to explain how he thought it might be shingles.
Mr D got an appontment for a couple of hours later and, sure enough, he's got shingles!
The Doctor told him we've got to watch the rash and make sure it doesn't spread anywhere along his nose or around his eyes, if he does, it's back to the Doctors asap! In the meantime, he's got a course of antivirals to take - 5 giant tablets 5 times a day!
Luckily, Mr D is working from home until Wednesday next week, so he's got a few days to rest up. My next fight is to get him to sign himself off for the whole of next week. I torally believe he will benefit for a good long rest, and he's adamant he's going back to work on Wednesday!
From my point of view, luckily shingles isn't contagious unless someone hasn't had chickenpox, and I have, so I don't have to run away anywhere. That means I can stick around and keep an eye on the stubborn git, and make sure he rests - which he won't, and try to coax him to take some extra time off - which he won't.
*sigh"
I asked him if it was painful or itchy and he said it was more tingly than painful. That got me worrying, and I suggested he go and see the doctor. Mr D didn't want to bother the doctor, but in the end we compromised and this morning, when the rash looked more raised then yesterday, he went to see the pharmacist at our local chemist.
The pharmacist apparently took one look at his face ad said "you need to book a doctors appointment - today," and went on to explain how he thought it might be shingles.
Mr D got an appontment for a couple of hours later and, sure enough, he's got shingles!
The Doctor told him we've got to watch the rash and make sure it doesn't spread anywhere along his nose or around his eyes, if he does, it's back to the Doctors asap! In the meantime, he's got a course of antivirals to take - 5 giant tablets 5 times a day!
Luckily, Mr D is working from home until Wednesday next week, so he's got a few days to rest up. My next fight is to get him to sign himself off for the whole of next week. I torally believe he will benefit for a good long rest, and he's adamant he's going back to work on Wednesday!
From my point of view, luckily shingles isn't contagious unless someone hasn't had chickenpox, and I have, so I don't have to run away anywhere. That means I can stick around and keep an eye on the stubborn git, and make sure he rests - which he won't, and try to coax him to take some extra time off - which he won't.
*sigh"