Bro. I was in dallas for ufc 103. I was around 30. I got this stuff on my chest wrapping around to my back. I was like, wtf is this. Did I get some kind of disease from sleeping at the Tapout (skrape and punkass stayed at our hotel) hotel? Luckily it wasn't painful. IT WAS SHINGLES. I was shocked. Had no idea what it was. Thankfully no crap from sleeping in a hotel bed. We old dawg.
Got my second vaccine the other day, after having to go to the ER for elevated heart rate, and long story short, my body doesn't like caffeine any longer... So yeah, getting old.
I was misdiagnosed with shingles about 2 decades ago. Turned out to be some other kind of reaction to my FRC clothing from work that they probably didn't clean properly!
My mother (who is much closer to Gertrude’s age than I’m sure she would like to admit) got shingles a couple years ago and ended up with it around, but fortunately not in, her eye. That shit sounded miserable. She was especially pissed off about it because this was during the height of covid, she was working from home, having her groceries delivered and taking all the covid precautions on the rare occasions she did go out, and ended up with shingles. And I agree, pretty bullshit that the remnants of chicken pox suddenly decided, “hey, you know would be fun for us and miserable for you?” I think she still has a little bit of lingering nerve pain from it too, a couple years later.
Hospitals will put people with shingles on what they call “contact precautions,” which usually means nursing staff will put on those plastic gowns in addition to gloves when they go in the room and have contact with the patients. EMS personnel are a little more lax about it, and I’ve never worn one while moving a patient with shingles. But generally making sure not to touch it is considered best practice. I am also not a doctor though.
Bro. I was in dallas for ufc 103. I was around 30. I got this stuff on my chest wrapping around to my back. I was like, wtf is this. Did I get some kind of disease from sleeping at the Tapout (skrape and punkass stayed at our hotel) hotel? Luckily it wasn't painful. IT WAS SHINGLES. I was shocked. Had no idea what it was. Thankfully no crap from sleeping in a hotel bed. We old dawg.
We are old indeed.
Got my second vaccine the other day, after having to go to the ER for elevated heart rate, and long story short, my body doesn't like caffeine any longer... So yeah, getting old.
Ugh. Sorry to hear that. I've cut down my caffeine a lot over the last year or two but I still don't know if I could give it up entirely.
I was misdiagnosed with shingles about 2 decades ago. Turned out to be some other kind of reaction to my FRC clothing from work that they probably didn't clean properly!
Damn, man. That's crazy!
I’m assuming this is all a primer for your upcoming newsletters about your cases of rickets, gout, and your eventual goiter.
Jokes aside though, glad it wasn’t serious for you. ❤️
My mother (who is much closer to Gertrude’s age than I’m sure she would like to admit) got shingles a couple years ago and ended up with it around, but fortunately not in, her eye. That shit sounded miserable. She was especially pissed off about it because this was during the height of covid, she was working from home, having her groceries delivered and taking all the covid precautions on the rare occasions she did go out, and ended up with shingles. And I agree, pretty bullshit that the remnants of chicken pox suddenly decided, “hey, you know would be fun for us and miserable for you?” I think she still has a little bit of lingering nerve pain from it too, a couple years later.
Hospitals will put people with shingles on what they call “contact precautions,” which usually means nursing staff will put on those plastic gowns in addition to gloves when they go in the room and have contact with the patients. EMS personnel are a little more lax about it, and I’ve never worn one while moving a patient with shingles. But generally making sure not to touch it is considered best practice. I am also not a doctor though.