After feeling not quite 100% for the past two or three weeks, I decided I better pay a little visit to my doctor. The diagnosis - shingles!!! Excuse me, really? I almost told the doctor, "I don't have time to be sick!" Luckily, there is a medication that will get it cleared up in about a week or two. As parents, do we have the "time" in our schedules to not feel well?? There is still laundry to wash, meals to make, kids to get to activities, etc. Having shingles is kind of like having a continual sunburn on your skin. The doctor wanted to prescribe a very strong painkiller in addition to the other medication. She said, "you probably won't take it anyways!" She was right. After having a major operation back when Lauren was a toddler, a few hours afterwards, I was already picking her up. Two weeks after my operation, I was matron of honor in my sister's wedding. After having my left knee operated on in 2006, I was driving the car a day lat...
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