For the past couple of days, I had what I can only describe as feeling sensitivity in my lower chest and back area. I knew something was wrong but it was one of those things when you go to the Dr. that you just can't describe and the Dr don't know what's wrong. Than about 3 days ago, it looked like I had 3 bites in my chest. I am the king of mosquito bites and so I knew it was not a mosquito bite. Maybe a spider? Could it be bed bugs? Even a Bot Fly! Oh no. I even started to press down really hard on the area to make sure I kill any maggots. I didn't give it much thought although the bites did not go away
Than yesterday morning, I had a mild headache. No big deal. I popped a Advil and it went away. Than in the afternoon while Simple Girl and I were out, it hit. The worse headache I have ever had in my life. I felt dizzy, nuisance and was sensitive to light. I just wanted to go home and take more Advil. I went home, took the meds, turned on the air conditioning and threw my head under the pillows. Than I started to get chills.
That night was a bit tough. I woke up freezing. The Air Conditioning was on. Since I didn't want to disturb her, I got a blanket and slept on the couch in the Singapore heat. My head was throbbing and I was going between extreme chills and extreme heat. It was pretty tough going.
My brother has always accused me of being a hypochondriac and maybe he's a bit right because at this time, I was convinced I had dengue fever. I went to the Internet and was barely able to look at the screen and struggled to google Dengue and my symptoms matches Dengue exactly. Think it was about 5AM and only at this time I decided that I was not going to make it to work.
I went to the DR the next day and he told me that I had The Shingles. "The What!?" I have heard of The Shingles before but never really knew what it was but anything that has a "The" in front of it must not be good. I was about to say "Give it straight to me doc, how long do I have" Well I went home and googled it and it is just a redo of the Chicken Pox. It's not that bad? I think they need a new name maybe Adult Onset Chicken Pox.
Well, I was given an subscription for a medicine that the DR didn't have in his office. He warned me that it was going to be expensive. I went to a popular pharmacy name Guardian and the lady told me that it would cost 100 sing, but luckily for me she ran out and told me to go to a pharmacy across the street called Unity. They only charged me 75