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The "Ouch" Update
Feb. 18th, 2010 05:33 pmThanks so much to all who gave me their heartfelt sympathy as a result of my last post. It was much appreciated!
I called my doctor for some advice, and while I couldn't talk to him, I spoke with his capable and sensible nurse. She assured me that my shingles are not caused by my medication, but she also set me up with an appointment to see the doctor on Monday -- both to talk about the shingles and to decide how to proceed with the BP medication, since I was experiencing a cough as a side-effect. I'm thinking now that most of the trouble I was ascribing to the new medication (aside from the cough) was probably the shingles coming on. But I'm not going to make any more guesses until I talk to my doctor, and then we'll go from there.
So I'm getting a vacation (for the most part) -- though it's not a very relaxing one. From what I read about this ailment, it's going to be troubling me for a bit, so I'm going to have to eventually get involved in things again, even if it hurts. I guess I might try to get back on track next week, but slowly and carefully.
We're going to Wisconsin for the weekend, since that was already in the plans, and it will be good to see some different scenery for a bit!
Maybe some mega-doses of Wisconsin cheese will help cure me. ;-)
I called my doctor for some advice, and while I couldn't talk to him, I spoke with his capable and sensible nurse. She assured me that my shingles are not caused by my medication, but she also set me up with an appointment to see the doctor on Monday -- both to talk about the shingles and to decide how to proceed with the BP medication, since I was experiencing a cough as a side-effect. I'm thinking now that most of the trouble I was ascribing to the new medication (aside from the cough) was probably the shingles coming on. But I'm not going to make any more guesses until I talk to my doctor, and then we'll go from there.
So I'm getting a vacation (for the most part) -- though it's not a very relaxing one. From what I read about this ailment, it's going to be troubling me for a bit, so I'm going to have to eventually get involved in things again, even if it hurts. I guess I might try to get back on track next week, but slowly and carefully.
We're going to Wisconsin for the weekend, since that was already in the plans, and it will be good to see some different scenery for a bit!
Maybe some mega-doses of Wisconsin cheese will help cure me. ;-)
