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Plommer is having a shingles outbreak.

A rash on the left side of my body following a nerve line (the doctor showed me the chart), on my chest, in my armpit and on my left arm, blisters starting to form, minimal pain.

Apparently in a few days the rash will blister and be very painful, I was given a prescription for pain meds and for a treatment to reduce the length of the outbreak.

I attended the emergency room at Windsors Hotel Dieu Hospital at 11:14 pm Fri night and was out the door at 12:19am, walked home in about 5 mins. I presented my valid OHIP card and incurred no out of pocket charges for my visit.

The whole process from checking in, being seen by a doctor and given my prescription and leaving was about 1 hour, not bad.
 
Took Emily to er in May, waited 4 hours (there was nothing wrong with her, her mother thought she had a stomach ache in didnt believe me that it would cost a fortune and take forever). Saw physicians assistant for 12 seconds. Insurance paid none of it. PA bill me $250. Thought not too bad. Then hospital tries to bill me $900. Apparently it costs $250 an hour to wait in their waiting room.

They did tell us about a different er that was not likely to have a wait where we have been since (actually sick this time though they did nothing), for another $1200 bill which I also wont be paying so will have to find a new er next time.
 
Mudcat
Did a google image search to get a better idea of what shingles (herpes zoster) is ---> no thanks.
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Unlike you, I was not given the option of declining/accepting.

If you've had chicken pox you can get shingles. I had the pox in the 70's as a kid.

Didn't really want to go to the emergency room but I was talking to my mother earlier in the day and she said the pain will become quite intense and I should get it taken care of before it gets worse.

Doctor prescribed tylenol 3 for pain and valacyclovir (an antiviral med) to reduce the episode of the attack.

On a scale from 1-10 the pain is about a 2 right now.
 
I was going to go on a date with a guy that, on the phone prior to date #1, told me that he had shingles so not to freak out if I see him with herpes medication (those meds are used to treat genital herpes). Like I go through the medicine cabinet on date #1! I was insulted. That's a date #2 move.
 
MrMonkey
It must be a big thing now a days! You see where they have "shingles vaccine" signs all over the place! WTH did this start happening? Did anyone get a shot yet for it?
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There is no cure just treatment.

My grandmother and mother both suffered from shingle outbreaks and July was usually the month they had them.

Seems I am no different.

They say most people only have 1 or 2 outbreaks in their lifetime.

This is my second episode. My first was over 20 years ago in the summer on a stopover in Regina Saskatchewan when I was coming back from British Columbia on the Greyhound.
 
We are mutating mister monkey.

There was a time not that long ago when it was easy to tell the difference between viruses and the rest of life. Most obviously, viruses were tiny and genetically simple. The influenza virus, for example, measures about 100 nanometers across, and has just 13 genes.

Those two standards, its now clear, belong in the trash. Over the past decade, scientists have discovered a vast menagerie of viruses that are far bigger, and which carry enormous arsenals of genes. French researchers are now reporting the discovery of the biggest virus yet. The pandoravirus, as theyve dubbed it, is 1,000 times bigger than the flu virus by volume and has nearly 200 times as many genes 2,556 all told.

Making the discovery all the more startling is the fact that, of all the genes that pandoraviruses carry, only six percent match any gene known to science.
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i had it when i was 18... right in the middle of my back... had one big blister that filled with puss every 6-8 hours... i remember how great it felt to smash it and release all the pressure... the other pimple/blisters hurt so fucking bad to even touch... it was super miserable because i got it right in the middle of the summer and i couldnt cover it with anything...supposed to let that shit dry out and playing golf in the summer and sweating all over place didnt help...

i took something by mouth and had a topical to put on 3-4 times a day.... it will hurt, plom :console:

what do you think brought it on? they say stress is a main cause, but our plommer is stress free...:dunno:
 
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