Not fun...

It has been a while since I have done a post and I actually have some fun things to post from last weekend when I went to Dallas for a friend's Bachelorette Party. But, I have had a slight interruption in my life since Sunday. Before I left for Dallas, I came down with a viral infection that I thought was just going to include a sore throat, ear ache, just general not feeling good. I went to the doctor and got a shot on my way out of town and thought that would do the trick. By the time I got home on Sunday, I was feeling worse and and started having extreme pain in my back and rib area on my left side. Then I had a nasty looking rash everywhere I was in pain. I went back to the doctor to find out that I have shingles!!! I am one of the fortunate people that carries the dormant chicken pox virus and whatever caused my sore throat triggered the dormant virus. Let me just say that it is the most miserable and painful thing I have ever been through!!! I have had to take a couple of days off of work because I can't hardly stand to have anything touching me and am having to take lots of pain medicine. A sweet lady from my church emailed me today because she has had them before. She said that it was 10 days before the pain went away for her. My dad has had them before and it was about that long before he wasn't in pain and it took months for the rash to go away. While that is encouraging that this will come to an end eventually, I am in a time crunch that stresses me out! I am supposed to be in a wedding in about 2 weeks. I would appreciate your prayers that the pain will quickly go away and that the rash will at least not be as visible by the time of the wedding. This is also a really busy time for me at work and I have to go back tomorrow. I'm praying that I wake up tomorrow feeling a lot better! If not tomorrow, I have to be better by Saturday! I will be soooo mad if I end up missing the Hogs vs. Rebels!!!!!!!