having cancer, then getting something else wrong

[All!e]

I now have to spend most of my weekend and next week going into the hospital for transfusions because I have shingles. At 11pm, 7am and 3 pm everyday until at least tuesday.

i hate this so much.

[cheeseburger]

hang in there

keep positive

[spanish d00d] you can do it[/spanish dood]

[desiRAWR]

I hate this so much too Allie because you hate it, and it's not good for you.

I was looking up some things to help you out with this, and I found this that might help you feel better: :D

"Cool wet compresses can be used to reduce pain. Soothing baths and lotions (such as colloidal oatmeal bath, starch baths, or lotions and calamine lotion) may help to relieve discomfort. Rest in bed until fever resolves."

We'll talk to you soon (ryan and I), and drop by when we are able to:).

:Lazee: desiree

[All!e]

thanks ken and des. i will try thoes things tomorrow, as im on my way to mamma mia!! whee!

i miss you guys.

[AGROculture]

Well you're a great person cause you seem to still be able to look on the bright side of things

Think of it this way
What are the odds you're gonna get a third shitty thing happen any time soon
It could but probably won't =)

AGROout

best of luck to you .

[RiCeY]

Originally posted by All!e
I now have to spend most of my weekend and next week going into the hospital for transfusions because I have shingles. At 11pm, 7am and 3 pm everyday until at least tuesday.

i hate this so much.

Best wishes Allie...On a side note...What are shingles?

[cubed]

Shingles is and infection caused by the virus that causes chickenpox. People who've had chickenpot already can get sometimes catch shingles.

edit: diva from cubed's computer.

[krisamata]

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_...ingles_doc.htm


allie, i hope you had fun at mamma mia....i thought you went a couple of days ago...hahaha whoops...

anyways...i wuuuuv you, and i will see u soon....

its from all those drugs we did eh?! us and our silly letters...i think we should have taken longer then one nite at apex to go thru them all..but dude we made it all the way to bitter jungalists.
muahahaha


*ps...for people reading this that think we did all the drugs we could at apex...we most certainly did not...its an inside joke ;)

[bebu*funfun]

hey als hang in there and just believe in yourself. everything will be 100% better soon! and I WILL SEE YOU REAL SOON!

[mugsy]

shingles can come back.. as you may alrady know. they can be related to stress cause they ar connected in some way to nerves. my mom gets them on her knee almost once every year. she finds that along with the medication her docotr gives her that the best way to make them feel better is to pop the blisters and let them weep. it releaves the pressure.
my dad is goin through cancer right now, he should be done chemo in 2 months and hopefully all will end well. i know how strong my dad is and i see him suffer, you must be an amazing person to be standin so tall. i also know that my dad is supposed to be careful about gettin cuts and stuff so maybe poping the blisters isnt such a good idea... but it honestly helps my mom. instead of having that itchy burnin for weeks, she only has it for days.

[All!e]

Thanks everyone. Mamma Mia was awesome.

I was going in for my treatment last night, it was supposed to be at 11pm, they didn't even hook me up until 12.15 :( NOT impressed.

I hope this will go away soon, as for poping the blisters, it's not a good idea for me beacuse of the high risk for infection right now.

[crackjoy]

we just found out today that my dad has shingles. kinda sux.

[Iokua]

Chicken pox are enough for me I can only imagine what shingles are like. I respect you for staying strong through all of these things Allie. I remember when I had chicken pox, I took an oatmeal bath. When my mom started pouring it in two thoughts ran through my head
1) What the hell?
2) Oh my god they're finally going to eat me...AAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!

Hang in there, and take many oatmeal baths...they're gross but they help.