Seems that my rest period is going to be lengthened by yet another week. Two days ago, I suddenly got a mysterious skin infection with vesicles around the right side of my bra lining/waist.
I thought at first it was perhaps due to either pb (but I never had such a vehement reaction before).
Then we I thought the malfunctioning washing machine must have tcaused an allergic skin reaction due to detergents that aren't rinsed out properly... so yesterday we bought a new (overdue) laundry machine.
But tonight the pain in my chest was so severe, that I couldn't sleep and then upon rising it was so painful I went to the hospital (house physician is off duty in the weekend) thinking I was a whiner. All the time I was actually assuming the pain is mostly caused by the tendon I overexercised on Tuesday and I may have more severely bruised my rib cage than I'd imagined.
The doctor on duty however, quickly dismissed the tendon 'theory' and pointed out I had .. shingles!
She said it was very good to have come as it's only 48hrs ago that it started and hence I can start anti-viral treatment with valaciclovir (Zelitrex)
A herpes zoster infection, which you mostly get from a weakened immune system and I just knew once again that Espi can't train hard (too much volume) and diet hard (though it didn't feel like it at just 300ish kcal average deficit).
So.. I'll not be training for another week and take up my calories to maintenance again, meanwhile avoiding anything and everything that I'm slightly allergic too..plus take the probiotics and glutamine.
Dang.. who would've thunk. I'm not sure if it's transferred from someone else or an infection that's a remainder from past chickenpox infection (can't remember and there's nobody to ask, both of my parents are deceased) or a recent infection from someone else.
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