I could just kick myself

I think I have shingles.  Just what I need on top of my foot/ankle healing.  It started out with a terrible pain in my back last weekend and I assumed it was pain from sitting around in the same chair and the same position all day.  Then I got a couple of blisters on my back and I thought the old heating pad I was using burned my back or I was allergic to the IcyHot I was using at night to relieve the back pain, Now I am sure it is Shingles.  The rash is so painful and has now spread from my right back to my right from  and it looks just like the pictures I saw on the internet yesterday.  The reason I could kick myself is because I have a prescription for the Shingles shot and have had it since last March and never went to get the shot.  My family physician really didn't think it was necessary because you are less likely to get shingles as you get older and he thought my chances were very low.  I did ask about getting the shot when I went for my flu shot but they wouldn't give me both shots on the same day.  I never went back to get it.  I really could kick myself in the backside.  The pain is horrible.  Right now I feel like something is burning a hole right through my right side.  If I take pain meds it does alleviate the pain but it makes me so loopy I just sit here spaced out for about 6 hours.  I have a Doctors appointment tomorrow.  Hope they can do something for me.  My biggest concern right now is Bob.  He has never at Chicken Pox and the article I read stated that someone who hasn't had Chicken Pox can get them from someone who has shingles.  He was rubbing ointment on the blisters on my back and he was also putting the IcyHots on.  He is going to go into the Doctor's office with me tomorrow an we are going to see if he can get a Chicken Pox vaccine shot.  I sure hope so as we don't need him sick with Chicken Pox.

Good Dr. report

I went to the surgeon this morning for my second appointment for my foot/ankle surgery.  They removed the staples from all 3 incisions and said they are healing very well.  I no longer have to wear the half cast and am now in the boot I used last year when I broke my ankle.  The x-rays show that everything inside is healing very well and the hardware has not moved and is doing what it is meant to do.  I am still non-weight bearing for at least the next 3 weeks when I get another set of x-rays taken and go back to the Dr for another check-up.  That will be six weeks post op and they said I will be non-weight bearing for 6-8 weeks after surgery.  I am having little to no pain in my foot which is a very good thing, however, I am having severe pain in my back from sitting so much.  I did tell the Dr. about it and told him I have been taking Alieve for the back pain.  He told me not to take Aleive as it is not good for the healing of my foot.  He told me to take the Oxi more often even if I only take half a pill or to take Extra Strength Tylenol.  He prescribed a new form of Oxi which is suppose to be less habit forming.  I'm not taking and chances so I am going to try half a pill every 12 hours instead of 1 every 12 hours.