The week of bad luck continues.

I'd been having weird tingling on my head. For awhile, I thought it was something MS-ish. I had a fever about a week ago, had been feeling kind of yucky for awhile. Had a sore throat the past couple of weeks too. I've had a headache for over a week, which spiked into migraine territory on wednesday.

Then the sensations on the scalp got worse. Tingles, burning, itching, more burning. Did I mention itching?

Saw the doctor yesterday. He thought it was really possible that I might have shingles. He doesn't like to blame everything on the MS. But, I didn't have a rash. He told me that he'd be on call this weekend, so if anything changed, or got worse. To call him, and he'd call in a Rx.

The itching got worse last night, and this morning my scalp really hurts. Forehead feels like someone flash burned me. The left side of my head has a few spots where it hurts to touch. So, I called the doctor this morning. He told me to have someone look for a rash. My dad can only see partially out of one eye right now. My mom didn't understand what I was trying to ask her to look for.

So, I called my aunt that's a nurse. She came over and looked. She knew all about how shingles acts. The doctor had told me to text him back after I had someone look at my scalp. So, I texted to him what my aunt said. Think it was something about "point tenderness, on the v1 dermatone, no rash". She said he'd understand what it meant. So, he called me back. Asked what my aunt had said about it. (aunt is a nurse practitioner) She'd said that the point tenderness is what you get, just before the rash starts to show up. He said that was right.

So, now I'm just waiting for the pharmacy to call and say the Rx is ready.

Great...just what I don't want. Herpes of the hair.

The chicken pox that I had when I was five years old has decided to visit for it's 40th anniversary. (I had shingles when I was 28 also)

Did I break a mirror, or did someone put a curse on me at some point in the last couple of months?? So far, the MS has been acting up. I've been feeling like crap. My boyfriend dumps me, and now I get shingles.

Can the bad luck fairy take a break and stop picking on me please? I need a break.