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Feeling sorry for myself

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:01:23 GMT

Can you believe it, at my age I've got chickenpox.And I know which charming child has given it me :twisted:

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:03:59 GMT

Don't pick!!!!

Poor you...get well soon... :)

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:08:49 GMT

Oooh nasty for grownups :cry:

Feeling sorry for myself

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:22:50 GMT

RoseR wrote:Can you believe it, at my age I've got chickenpox.And I know which charming child has given it me :twisted:

Have you had it before?

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:26:44 GMT

Rose, would one of those my-situation-was-worse stories help or hinder?

Feeling sorry for myself

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:27:16 GMT

snowb4ndit wrote:

RoseR wrote:Can you believe it, at my age I've got chickenpox.And I know which charming child has given it me :twisted:

Have you had it before?

Yes had it as a kid and had shingles about 10 years ago, so should only have it mild. Would now explain why I have felt under the weather for the last few days.

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:28:25 GMT

caron-a wrote:Rose, would one of those my-situation-was-worse stories help or hinder?

Oh definately help :lol:

Feeling sorry for myself

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:34:55 GMT

RoseR wrote:

snowb4ndit wrote:

RoseR wrote:Can you believe it, at my age I've got chickenpox.And I know which charming child has given it me :twisted:

Have you had it before?

Yes had it as a kid and had shingles about 10 years ago, so should only have it mild. Would now explain why I have felt under the weather for the last few days.

Hey Spotty, at least you can rely on a full recovery by the start of 2009/2010 season! :lol:

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:09:19 GMT

Rose I had chickenpox for the 1st time a couple of summers ago. Unfortunately I was poorly for 3 weeks :( I did get some stuff from the chemists to paint on the spots which stopped them itching )

You have the right to feel as miserable as you like :(

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:14:50 GMT

Hope you feel better soon. Try some baking powder in an evening bath - it will soothe and help you sleep. )

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:43:34 GMT

Not itching too badly applying aloe vera which helps but definately bicarb in the bath to-night.

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:58:55 GMT

Rose,
You poor thing. I hope you have someone to be nice to you and read you stories, and give you treats and make you feel better.

Ally

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:05:21 GMT

AllyG wrote:Rose,
You poor thing. I hope you have someone to be nice to you and read you stories, and give you treats and make you feel better.

Ally

I do but he's worried about catching it. So is every-one at work :lol:

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:06:46 GMT

RoseR wrote:

AllyG wrote:Rose,
You poor thing. I hope you have someone to be nice to you and read you stories, and give you treats and make you feel better.

Ally

I do but he's worried about catching it. So is every-one at work :lol:

Aren't you supposed to have a week off work?

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:09:04 GMT

snowb4ndit wrote:

RoseR wrote:

AllyG wrote:Rose,
You poor thing. I hope you have someone to be nice to you and read you stories, and give you treats and make you feel better.

Ally

I do but he's worried about catching it. So is every-one at work :lol:

Aren't you supposed to have a week off work?

A very good point.. When I got it, my GP insisted on a looksee. It's not on the notifiable list though?

http://www.hpa.org.uk/webw/HPAweb&Page&HPAwebAutoListName/Page/1234432664900?p=1234432664900

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:11:36 GMT

snowb4ndit wrote:

RoseR wrote:

AllyG wrote:Rose,
You poor thing. I hope you have someone to be nice to you and read you stories, and give you treats and make you feel better.

Ally

I do but he's worried about catching it. So is every-one at work :lol:

Aren't you supposed to have a week off work?

Yes will be off work now but would have been contagious last week and it is a notifiable disease. Confirmed with GP to-night.

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:11:41 GMT

Rose,
How selfish! Suppose us mothers behaved like that, and left our little darlings to fend for themselves when they were ill, in case we caught it.

I don't ever remember having chickenpox myself, and my mother neither remembered or kept notes concerning her own children (typical G.P. I believe), but my whole class went down with it when I was 11 and I didn't get it. Both my kids have had it as well, and I never caught it. So maybe I have had it - either that or I have some amazing natural resistance to chickenpox.

I think people do generally only get it once, although they can get it several times.

Anyway, I hope you feel better soon,

Ally

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:13:25 GMT

I got it when my son was 2 weeks old. he got it when he was 4 weeks old. I had spots on my stitches. Apparently you are infectious until the spots crust over.

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:15:06 GMT

AllyG wrote:Rose,
How selfish! Suppose us mothers behaved like that, and left our little darlings to fend for themselves when they were ill, in case we caught it.

I don't ever remember having chickenpox myself, and my mother neither remembered or kept notes concerning her own children (typical G.P. I believe), but my whole class went down with it when I was 11 and I didn't get it. Both my kids have had it as well, and I never caught it. So maybe I have had it - either that or I have some amazing natural resistance to chickenpox.

I think people do generally only get it once, although they can get it several times.

Anyway, I hope you feel better soon,

Ally

Years ago when my son was 13 he had it, his Dad did,kids and Dad next door and 3 people I was working with. They all said I was the carrier but I never got it then.

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:22:49 GMT

Rose,
What a dreadful thing! You mean I might still catch it after not getting it for all these years ...

How horrible to be labelled as a 'carrier', someone like 'Typhoid Mary' in the U.S. in 1900, except that chicken pox isn't nearly as bad as typhoid.

Ally

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:37:42 GMT

JennyR wrote: I had spots on my stitches.

:shock: :shock:

I had chicken pox when I was 8 years old - with a full leg plaster cast on at the same time & I can still remember how awful the itching was - & no means of scratching!! Get well soon Rose.

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:54:27 GMT

when i was in nursery i got food poisoning was of for weeks! Got back and with in a week had caught chicken pox! Parents loved me i'm sure!

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:18:34 GMT

Rose, you have my every sympathy. I had it when I was 19, 2 months after getting married, and I was bad with it for 3 weeks.
One of my clients in Scotland came out in Shingles the week after I went to visit her, and I have been feeling well under par this week with fuzzy head and tiredness, blocked nose and one ear not hearing properly, so I hope its not hitting me.

I really feel for you, its rank.

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:30:00 GMT

lots of cyber ((hugs)) for you Rose

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:24:56 GMT

You girls, including Tony, I thought you were made of sterner stuff, and you girls talk about us men winging about illness,Rose pull yourself together, I expect you work tomorrow at nine.... :mrgreen:

Ps Get well soon

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:03:38 GMT

Tony_H wrote:Rose, you have my every sympathy. I had it when I was 19, 2 months after getting married, and I was bad with it for 3 weeks.
One of my clients in Scotland came out in Shingles the week after I went to visit her, and I have been feeling well under par this week with fuzzy head and tiredness, blocked nose and one ear not hearing properly, so I hope its not hitting me.

I really feel for you, its rank.

Thats exactly how I have been feeling the last 10 days, kept thinking a cold was on its way, then the spots. I spent 30mins with a worried grandmother over her grandchild that I diagnosed as chickenpox.

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:05:38 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:You girls, including Tony, I thought you were made of sterner stuff, and you girls talk about us men winging about illness,Rose pull yourself together, I expect you work tomorrow at nine.... :mrgreen:

Ps Get well soon

I will be going in and work in upstairs dispensary, no cover at the moment they are working on it.

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:18:39 GMT

Rose,
you mean, you've got to work when you're ill with chicken pox? How awful.
Poor you.

Ally

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:16:14 GMT

Chicken pox is rife at the moment, my friends 2 year old has it and they have had to keep him away from everyone for 5 days (doctors orders) whilst he is contageous.

Hope you get well soon Rose xx

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:50:33 GMT

NellyPS wrote:Chicken pox is rife at the moment, my friends 2 year old has it and they have had to keep him away from everyone for 5 days (doctors orders) whilst he is contagious.

Hope you get well soon Rose xx

I think you are contagious the couple of days before the spots arrive, you are not contagious when spotty :shock:

Regards

Dr Wickham

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:01:53 GMT

Hope you feel better soon Rose )

I don't remember having chicken pox but I do have the scars so I guess I must have done at some point :D

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:52:32 GMT

I had the pleasure of chicken pox when I was six months pregnant.

Not only did I feel fat, spotty and covered in that horrid white stuff, it was during Euro '96 and all my mates were down the pub watching the England v Scotland, as was mr a (I insisted). One of the lowest points in my life, there were lots of tears :cry:

Just to add insult to injury I'm covered in scars, one of which is in the middle of my eyebrows :evil:

I hope you feel better soon Rose

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:29:57 GMT

I'm not surprised there were tears, that sounds horrible! :(

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:30:49 GMT

I'm just popping down to the shops - would you like me to bring you back a comic and some sweets? How about a bottle of Lucozade?

Feeling sorry for myself

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:08:53 GMT

RoseR wrote:Can you believe it, at my age I've got chickenpox.And I know which charming child has given it me :twisted:

OUCH! poor you. You have my sympathy :(

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:08:51 GMT

caron-a wrote:I had the pleasure of chicken pox when I was six months pregnant.

Not only did I feel fat, spotty and covered in that horrid white stuff, it was during Euro '96 and all my mates were down the pub watching the England v Scotland, as was mr a (I insisted). One of the lowest points in my life, there were lots of tears :cry:

Just to add insult to injury I'm covered in scars, one of which is in the middle of my eyebrows :evil:

I hope you feel better soon Rose

And there was me thinking you were a hindu

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:49:13 GMT

After growing over 100 chickenpox spots...I also have a lot of scars, and it's so not funny Tony :evil:

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:54:46 GMT

I had chicken pox at the age of 14, I was absolutely covered in spots on the outside and inside :shock:. My biggest memory about that time was my mum meticulously slapping my hand every time I tried to scratch. I hated her for it it at the time but I have no scars and am very grateful to her now.

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:57:49 GMT

I am concerned that I have still not had chicken pox. Do many people go their whole life without?

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:01:29 GMT

Pablo Escobar wrote:I am concerned that I have still not had chicken pox. Do many people go their whole life without?

My sons do not remember having it, but they have. Not everyone feels I'll with it you might just not be able to remember...Your mum will know. Not everyone gets lots of spots. When I had it my brother got it too and he had only three spots! He felt really poorly and I felt ok (apart from the itching).

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:01:35 GMT

bandit wrote:After growing over 100 chickenpox spots...I also have a lot of scars, and it's so not funny Tony :evil:

I was covered as a youngster and just have one or two pock marks. This time not so many but in strange places, feet, throat and in my ears just a few others scattered about.

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:04:20 GMT

Pablo Escobar wrote:I am concerned that I have still not had chicken pox. Do many people go their whole life without?

Some people dont seem to have it, others say they hav,nt but in fact they had it so mild they were not aware of it.

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:05:34 GMT

today, very strangely, I've heard of two people that have it :shock:

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:07:11 GMT

RoseR wrote:

bandit wrote:After growing over 100 chickenpox spots...I also have a lot of scars, and it's so not funny Tony :evil:

I was covered as a youngster and just have one or two pock marks. This time not so many but in strange places, feet, throat and in my ears just a few others scattered about.

I had them in all of those places and another unmentionable place!

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:08:29 GMT

caron-a wrote:today, very strangely, I've heard of two people that have it :shock:

Funny enough its a mumps epidemic we have round here at the moment.

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:37:16 GMT

We've got a couple of kids off with CP at the moment...I'm sure there'll be a few more.

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:40:03 GMT

snowb4ndit wrote:We've got a couple of kids off with CP at the moment...I'm sure there'll be a few more.

i think you should put an emergency week's holiday in snow :D

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:21:54 GMT

Hey Rose, Hope your spotties get better soon :D

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:24:11 GMT

I had the measles when I was 19, and thought I was going to die. I was down to 135 lbs at 6'1". Quite an awful week. I've heard that the chicken pox are similar for adults. One ex-marine told me that it was worse than anything he had ever experienced in the military. :)

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:40:55 GMT

Awwwwwww poor Rose, Get well soon love.
I`d never had them until i was 3 days post natel after having my daughter.
I woke one morning feeling pretty s**t and couldnt breath properly, The midwife said i had been over doing it as i had had a caesarian. The next day i was back in hospital and my daughter had to have an injection of hema globulin. An xray showed i had chicken pox on my lungs.If you have problems catching your breath other than cold congestion, Go and see the doc.

AJ Adele

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:50:46 GMT

bandit wrote:After growing over 100 chickenpox spots...I also have a lot of scars, and it's so not funny Tony :evil:

There you go again, tetchy :mrgreen:

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 05:49:38 GMT

Hey Rose,how are you feeling today? ((hugs))

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 06:47:04 GMT

Hi rose hope you are feeling a little better,best thing to stop you itching those little blighters is piraton(not sure of spelling) but the stuff for hayfever and alergies

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 09:18:23 GMT

russco wrote:Hi rose hope you are feeling a little better,best thing to stop you itching those little blighters is piraton(not sure of spelling) but the stuff for hayfever and alergies

Not feeling brilliant at the moment, absolutely exhausted. Had to admit defeat yesterday and stop work so I will be able to take anti-histamine now, it does not matter how drowsy I get. Also have a course of aciclovir so should speed up recovery. Doctor said they have had between 50-60 cases of CP this week alone.

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 10:19:51 GMT

I'm sorry to hear you're feeling so bad Rose, I hope you feel better soon.

Have a good rest,

Ally

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 15:15:06 GMT

RoseR wrote:
aciclovir

Aciclovir is soooooooooooo expensive as you will well know Rose,The doc told me that my course was GBP 500 :shock: Hope you feel better soon sweetie.

AJ Adele

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 16:10:09 GMT

AJ wrote:

RoseR wrote:
aciclovir

Aciclovir is soooooooooooo expensive as you will well know Rose,The doc told me that my course was GBP 500 :shock: Hope you feel better soon sweetie.

AJ Adele

Yes its expensive but its a bit cheaper than GBP500 these days, but still about GBP200. I figure I do enough for NHS, bout time I had some of it back :lol:, but it does work.

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:47:03 GMT

Rose,
What is aciclovir please? I know it's nothing to do with ski-ing, but it is about 'feeling sorry for myself'. I've never heard of it before.

Ally

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:54:56 GMT

AllyG wrote:Rose,
What is aciclovir please? I know it's nothing to do with ski-ing, but it is about 'feeling sorry for myself'. I've never heard of it before.

Ally

Did you try a google search before posting? There is plenty of information available on this drug.

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 19:51:13 GMT

Bandit,
What a good idea, how stupid of me not to think of that. My brain must have died - I've had a very busy day today, not ski-ing though, unfortunately,

Right - I've looked it up now. It seems to be the same thing as zovirax, an anti-viral, which I've used for cold sores, but I didn't know it worked on chicken pox as well.

Ally

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:00:02 GMT

AJ wrote:

RoseR wrote:
aciclovir

Aciclovir is soooooooooooo expensive as you will well know Rose,The doc told me that my course was GBP 500 :shock: Hope you feel better soon sweetie.

AJ Adele

Sorry but what language are you speaking :wink:

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:23:21 GMT

AllyG wrote:Bandit,
What a good idea, how stupid of me not to think of that. My brain must have died - I've had a very busy day today, not ski-ing though, unfortunately,

Right - I've looked it up now. It seems to be the same thing as zovirax, an anti-viral, which I've used for cold sores, but I didn't know it worked on chicken pox as well.

Ally

The cream wont do much but the tablets do.

Re:Feeling sorry for myself

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 03:42:49 GMT

Hope you feel better soon Rose ((hugs))

Feeling sorry for myself

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 06:20:18 GMT

RoseR wrote:Can you believe it, at my age I've got chickenpox.And I know which charming child has given it me :twisted:

Oh my, I'm sorry to hear this :( Oatmeal by the bus load :wink: roll around in that. Best un-itchy wishes