Shingles Pringles

Last Saturday i developed this slight rash on my back and i thought i was just allergic to something so i just applied calamine lotion. however, i also felt pain on my right arm down my back so i didn't think it was a normal rash. so i went to the clinic and the doctor said dat i had shingles. my gosh, the sound of it is so yucky!it sounded like a skin disease which occured because i wasn't hygienic!:P anyway, it's a dormant chicken pox virus that resides in your spinal cord but because of stress or low body immunity, it resurfaces as the form of rash that turns to chicken pox-like bubble which eventually, if not treated, will look like the ulcers in your mouth. anyway, luckily i went to the clinic early so he prescribed some medicine and cream.The itch on Tuesday night was the worst! i really lost my temper and felt pretty depressed as exams are drawing near and this is the last thing i needed...the rash spread like a ring from the centre of my back to the front, above my abdomen. it all turned into bubbles and looked really really disgusting. anyway, i had painkiller so it wasn't that bad. im lucky coz i had the medication and after some hard lecturing from meng yee and chek ning about counting my lucky stars dat im not scarred for life, i'm looking at it in a more postive way.
Trials were fine too. :) so far so good but lab papers are next week onwards so hopefully everything will be fine.
don't feel particularly up and kicking right now. maybe it's PMS...i don't know....just have some stuff weighing on my mind...confusing me and making me think about stuff when i shouldnt be...