That's more than a week away, and as I told the receptionist, I hoped that the rash would be gone by then. I was told they could book me in next Thursday. Mine is away and the replacement is only here two days a week. I got back on the phone and wanted to see an actual doctor. The area that started as a single spot was now two and a half inches long, by one inch wide. I caught myself going to look to see if there was something new in between two of the areas though, more than once, as that area just did not feel comfortable. Still, I figured, since it was not spreading, we were on the right track. Tuesday things did not look any worse, but the area was a little more sensitive. There were, by now, lots of little blisters there that didn't like me touching them. I did that, but found the areas were sensitive. None of them knew what was causing my rash, but they decided it was perhaps a staph infection and suggested I mix some Polysporin and cortisone together and apply it to the areas. ![]() By this time the third nurse had arrived, and her opinion was the same as the other two. The one she was looking for was busy so she came back with another one, who quickly did the same thing.thought it was shingles and then changed her mind. Her instantaneous choice was shingles, but then she changed her mind and went to seek a colleague for a second opinion. I had my lunch then packed a book and went over there, expecting to sit for quite a while, but within 20 minutes a nurse called me in and was ready to see my spots. She said that if I waited until the afternoon, she might be able to find someone to take a peek. I said even a nurse would do, and that I only needed about 30 seconds so she could identify what was going on. The receptionist told me there was no way I could see a doctor that day. I had to go to the medical centre about my orthotics that day anyway, so I phoned over and asked if I could see someone while I was there. Only the newest ones were even mildly itchy and if they had not been spreading, I likely would have ignored it. Where there had once been just one small spot, there were nine or ten. Several of them did urge me to seek medical help.īy Monday morning the spot that was multiplying had done it again. I don't think I ever got a real answer, but I was not in pain, and I had always heard shingles were painful. I asked my Facebook friends if you could get shingles even if you have had a shot. ![]() The closest I could find to what I had was shingles, but I had the shot within the last year as I wanted to make sure I never had that problem. That is when I started googling rashes online and looking at pictures. Once again, it didn't seem to itch during the day. It didn't look like the other two areas though, as here were spaces between the red spots. ![]() By Sunday morning, the single spot that looked like a regular bug bite had 4 more around it, and I had not been back out to the garden. Strangely the spots didn't itch all day, but the quarter sized one woke me up again the next night. I remembered a swarm of little bugs when I was checking out the garden the day before, and figured they had had a good feed on me. I also had another one the size of a dime, with two spots in it, and a third one that was just the size of a regular mosquito bite. I had a bright red circle, about the size of a quarter, with 4 spots in it. When I got up in the morning I remembered, and went and looked in the mirror. It felt a bit strange in the dark but it didn't take long before I went back to sleep. I woke up in the wee hours of Saturday morning with an itchy spot.
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