Tuesday 8 October 2019

Plod

Its that time of the year , intermittent monsoon season , loads to do outside but all himself wants to do is fish on the dry days , he informs me today is the last day , mainly because the van mot runs out this week and we are to skint to renew it this month  ho hum nothing changes .

Meanwhile im shingle ridden yet again , i havent even wasted my time on the doctors , the heavy dose antivirals have always seemed to make me very poorly so ive given them a miss and tried a remedy recommended by a facebook shingles group as soon as it starts to emerge you rub cold sore cream into the rash, same active ingredient and its actually worked , swollen glands down in two days , rash drying up before it blistered . not something i would do if you had them on your face or your rash has a huge spread  , that really is a doctor job . but for those of us who have recurring shingles on the body  its a good cheap fix .  Also useful if like us its 3 weeks to see the GP . I really need to see the Dermatologist about it , but the GP says no , its just one of those things as you get older .  Shingles used to put my dad  in the hospital every year he had the ocular variant  and sunlight was his trigger so two air ambulances home from Spain before they realised . One of my aunts was the same . I have psoriasis and the peculiar arthritis it brings with it,  my triggers seem to be any extra load on my immune system , stomach bug this time set me off ,  debating on the flu jab this year as that was the trigger for the hideous bout in December January bit  of a Catch 22 on that one , so i may just delay my jab till nearer xmas then it wont matter if im dying in my bed ...lol

Political mystery tour continues on all fronts , ive reached the topping up each week stage of food buying with just a few treats on top , which is a good thing with the bedroom tax to pay on top of everything else .

 Ive reached a sort of plan for the tiny bedroom that was the munchkins . I need to replace the abandoned high sleeper with a single bed . and then if i put a decent high seat chair in there and a TV. It can be the sick room for when i cant get himself up and down stairs , plus i can sleep in there if im not well and it gives me somewhere to pop him when i have the big bedroom to clean and sort during his bad periods , plus it takes the hurry out of getting everything dry quickly .

8 comments:

  1. Kate, I want to take a hammer to your Dr's head, how dare they refuse you a referral to a dermatologist.

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    1. Getting referred for anything they dont get a bonus for is hard work , they do however get a bonus for turning down every referral

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  2. Tom has just had the shingles vaccine and I am contemplating having it myself. I no longer have the flu jab as both times in the past it has made me ill for a week.
    Have made a note of using the cream though, thanks for the tip.
    Briony
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    1. the shingles vaccine is an odd one , it doesnt have a great success rate but if it works your grateful. Plus if your not over a certain age you cant get it. theres another two part one being used in the states that might be better but is to expensive for here

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  3. also l-lycine (an amino acid) deters shingles for some; I'm one of them. Also helps to prevent an outbreak from sunshine. Laura, Louisiana

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    1. ive seen that one , as a person who eats very little meat that might be helpful

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  4. Your GP is right!. A dermatologist will not treat shingles. Shingles is chicken pox virus which has lain dormant triggered to erupt in adults when stress .immune system is low. Environmental changes. Anti viral tablets only work when taken in first 48 hours. Shingles vaccine has a high success rate for both reducing outbursts and severity. Keep reading doctor Google and risking your own health. Please don't give medical advice to others it is dangerous. GPs don't become GPs by reading the back of a cornflake packet.Anna.

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