Chicken Pox

[Kamen]

So there I was living the normal life of a 21 year old working my summer jobs and waiting for school to start up again...

then I suddenly come down with chicken pox. I can tell you guys I have never felt so owned before in my life. I can't believe my parents didn't recall if I've ever had them (apparently not) and now I am experiencing day 2 of utter hell.

I read there are more complications with the older you are when you get them, but I'm only 21 so I should be safe yea?
Also NEVER scratch as you will turn into The Incredible Scar...
If they made a Star Craft movie I'd audition as the Infested Terran...

Anyone with any tips or advice on smoothing out this hellish week or should I just end myself right now? :

[JordanLotoski]

lol...ouch man, iam glad i had mine when i was like 5....they say the older u are the worse it becomes...best of luck

[Weapon_R]

Chicken Pox pwned me too...when I was 7. After a week or so, everything will be okay.

[fcuk_it]

haha damn... but calamine lotion feels wicked on the skin though

[Kamen]

Yea I got that stuff as well but I hate how it leaves this nasty residue on the skin though...

It kinda sucks since I don't even feel well enough to play games all I've been doing is taking meds, trying to sleep in irregular intervals and sitting and browsing the web for 30 mins till I feel like I need to die again...

[Skyline_Addict]

yep, the symptoms are worse (stronger) as you get older.

all you can really do is wait it out buddy, kinda shitty that there isn't a real remedy for it, other than taking a bath in calamine lotion . get well soon!

[Davetronz]

It may be shingles...
As far as I know, those are the adult version of chicken pox.

[Melinda]

^^ Nah, they're a different kind of skin issue. My grandmother gets them fairly frequently.

When I have kids, the second one of their friends gets the chicken pox I am sending my son/daughter over to play. The earlier the better for kids and sure they feel yucky, but just like Kamen said, he's in sheer hell right now and he has to take a week or two off from his life to suffer!

Kamen apparently cool baths help a little bit...good luck! Eat ice cream too. It doesnt help, but it does make you feel better inside!

[Kamen]

Well I went to see my doctor and he said they were definately chicken pox since I never had them when I was young.
Also it is impossible to have shingles without first having chicken pox since the virus doesn't activate and stay dormant until after the pox.
Shingles affects the trunk and side of the face and just tears the nerves right up supposedly...I definately don't have that.

Yea thanks Mel, I ate some jellow today and man did that feel good inside...even though I have no appetite at all from the meds...
Painful way to lose weight!

[JordanLotoski]

Originally posted by Melinda
^^ Nah, they're a different kind of skin issue. My grandmother gets them fairly frequently.

When I have kids, the second one of their friends gets the chicken pox I am sending my son/daughter over to play. The earlier the better for kids and sure they feel yucky, but just like Kamen said, he's in sheer hell right now and he has to take a week or two off from his life to suffer!

Kamen apparently cool baths help a little bit...good luck! Eat ice cream too. It doesnt help, but it does make you feel better inside!

i did that last summer to the boy....lol

[shandi]

I dont know if this helps or not but I remember my mom always makeing me keep the lights dim when I had them as a kid but hey who knows maybe I just looked dame scarey to her lol

[GTS Jeff]

Pics?

Anyway, now is your chance to have some fun. Run around in an area with a lot of kids pretending to be the boogieman.

[Kamen]

I can barely stand to look at myself let alone pics...
Think crater face + infested terran

[Weed]

I had the pox twice. second time i had a cast on my arm itchiest thing ever. When they cut the cast off found scissors and silverwear in there. id put anything metal i could find under cast try to cool and scratch it.

[slowboy]

Is there a vaccine for chicken pox yet? Don't worry man, i had it when i was in 1st yr university. You can imagine how i felt when i went back to school after. You'll get through it fine.

[Ariakas]

They have vaccine for infants - varicella vaccine, shot at 1yr.

Also for adults, but you have to pay I believe.

Here's a blurp from Calgary Health Region.

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One shot given at 1 year of age, if there is no history of chicken pox disease. Current catch-up programs are in place for children who havenot had the disease at 4½ years of age and ingrade 5. Two shots, four weeks apart, are needed if the person is 13 years or older and has not already had chickenpox or the vaccine. People, 13years of age and older, who have not hadchicken pox disease, need to have a blood test before proceeding with vaccine.
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