You Will Never Believe This

This morning I went to the urgent care with a pimple and came out with shingles. No joke. Last week my eye began hurting, the way it does before a sty happens. I've had two sties in the past, so thought this was the same. The pain moved from my eye to my eyebrow and made a big pimple. Them my forehead, temple, and area around my hairline began hurting. Then I found a bunch of little red spots on my scalp. My scalp is really painful and it kept me up most of last night. So I went to the immediate care this morning and saw a very cool doctor. I told him what was going on and that I suspected this was an allergic reaction to the garlic mustard weeds I was pulling on Saturday morning. He just smiled, triumphantly, and said he thinks he knows whats going on. He examined my spots and said "I think you have shingles." What?! Then he tells me hes going to prescribe Valtrex. What?! What?! Valtrex is used to treat herpes. Apparently, people who have ever had chicken pox, a form of herpes (not the sexy kind), often develop shingles when they get older. Older. Can you believe this? So here I am on Valtrex (causes drowsiness, sleepiness), an anti-biotic, and Tylenol with Codeine (more drowsiness.) And my scalp really, really hurts. I had to stop typing a minute ago because I became very dizzy and hot. For crying out loud! Jimminey Christmas! Golllly! And other words of wonderment. Shingles. Shit.