Subj : Re: Sean Rima
To   : Daryl Stout
From : TheCivvie
Date : Sun Oct 12 2025 11:45:20

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 SR>> Thank you sire. Just getting over it. It has the brain foggy a
 SR>> lot. And now there is a dose of shingles going around so I
 SR>> ain't leaving the house
 DS>
 DS>   I've heard that shingles is very painful and disfiguring. If you
 DS> have had the chicken pox in years past, you now have that virus
 DS> inside you...and it's recommended that you get a shingles shot.

I have a feeling I had chicken pox as a child, my mother didnt trust the local doctor. Being the early 70s there was no choice locally.

 DS>
 DS>   I caught the chicken pox 45 years ago from my now late brother,
 DS> who had caught it from his first wives kids. His case was relatively
 DS> mild, but mine was so severe, that it nearly went into encephalitis.
 DS> It put me in the hospital for a week, and out of work at Burger King,
 DS> and out of college at the University Of Arkansas At Little Rock for
 DS> 2 months!!
 DS>
 DS>   It was like someone had dropped me into a vat of itching powder,
 DS> and even the pulsating Water-Pik shower massage didn't do any good
 DS> from the itching. Top to bottom, front to back...including my groin
 DS> and buttocks...were covered in those things. I had to take nasty
 DS> oatmeal baths...and had sworn I'd never eat that again. However, when
 DS> I had to have all my teeth removed over 25 years ago (I've been
 DS> wearing full dentures since then), I was eating things like oatmeal,
 DS> scrambled eggs, mashed potatoes, ice cream, etc. for 3 months. Those
 DS> got old in a hurry!!
 DS>


Yeah I think that now you save that, I remember that I did because my mother used to scold me for itching :)

 DS>   Back to the shingles, this guy went into this clinic, and said that
 DS> he needed to see the doctor. When the nurse asked him what was wrong,
 DS> he said "I have the shingles".
 DS>
 DS>   There was no 3 hour wait in the waiting room...they rushed him to
 DS> the exam room, and the doctor was in there in 2 minutes!! The exchange
 DS> went like this:
 DS>
 DS> Doctor: What's wrong??
 DS>
 DS> Patient: I've got the shingles.
 DS>
 DS> Doctor: How long have you had them??
 DS>
 DS> Patient: Since this morning.
 DS>
 DS>   The doctor looks him over, and says "I don't see any evidence of
 DS> the shingles". To which, the patient replies "I'm the roofing guy.
 DS> They're in the truck. Where do you want them??!!". <BG>


ROTFL

TC

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