Y2 D63

I am in horrible, agonizing, excruciating pain right now. I can't turn my head to the right without screaming.

When it rains it pours?

I can't see back there, but if there is a small rash, then it's another outbreak of shingles aka adult chickenpox aka herpes zoster. I had this once before about 7 or 8 years ago and it felt very similar. All the doctors can do is give anti-viral and let it take its course. There's not much they can do for the pain. If I have caught it early enough, they might be able to give steroids to minimize the pain. Otherwise? I am looking at 7-10 days of hell.

It wouldn't be so bad if I didn't have 10,000 things to do today. I don't have TIME for the pain. Remember that old commercial? I have to drive my nieces to the airport in a few hours through rush hour traffic, then I have to head into a client to do a production migration, then I have to work on another client's code. Way too much to be incapacitated right now. At the same time though, if I am screaming every time I move, the other workers might not appreciate it.

LO gave me some comfort just now. As did N. It's nice to have friends who don't sleep sometimes. At least I know they are out there in the great void.

Worked on four different clients yesterday. Busy day. Drove over 100 miles to go to each of their different offices. Made the kids food, watched some TV and that was that. Except of course for this pain. I started feeling it yesterday afternoon. I had a funny feeling it was going to get worse before it got better.

Don't I ever get a break? No, seriously?

I did talk to my brother yesterday. They ripped his defib unit out and have him on machines until they can fight off his infection. Then they will slap a defib vest on him until they can find a new unit to shove in his chest. 2 1/2 more weeks he is looking at before they will send him home. Still in ICU.

What the fuck is going on right now? How about a little peace? Tell your god that will ya? Then tell him to shove all this up his ass. Just when I get one thing settled down, another has to come slamming in? Five fucking minutes. Is that too much to ask?