{"id":959,"date":"2006-08-02T12:38:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-02T16:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/?p=959"},"modified":"2006-08-02T12:38:00","modified_gmt":"2006-08-02T16:38:00","slug":"maybe-not-shingles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/?p=959","title":{"rendered":"Maybe not shingles&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;maybe poison ivy instead.  The doc says it looks like a contact dermatitis to him, although he wouldn&#8217;t rule out shingles based on the arm thing.  Anywho, I&#8217;ve got prescriptions for valtrex (shingles) and prednisone (inflammation from contact dermatitis) and instructions on what to take when and how.  Hey, fine by me, I&#8217;d much rather have a run-of-the-mill blistery, disgusting rash than a flareup of an old virus which can cause shooting pains in your nerves.<\/p>\n<p>It wouldn&#8217;t surprise me if it were poison ivy, although that wouldn&#8217;t explain all the nastiness  last week.  I was pulling weeds a couple of days ago and barely brushed some, then immediately told Emily to come inside and washed my hands right away.  It&#8217;s possible I missed a spot.  I&#8217;m very susceptible to poison ivy ever since getting it as a child &#8211; and the tale of that is a whole other story in itself.<\/p>\n<p>The doctor was running a full hour behind, but Emily (whom I brought with me) was very good the entire time.  We stopped by Target aftward as a reward and she picked up a new Groovy Girl mini, which she is happily playing with now.<\/p>\n<p>Other good mail:  an electric ice cream maker which my husband got as a reward for ten years of service.  We&#8217;ll definitely put that to good use!  AND a piece of mystery mail which I ordered for someone else arrived today, and I can&#8217;t wait to give it to them!  Yay for unexpected gifts!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;maybe poison ivy instead. The doc says it looks like a contact dermatitis to him, although he wouldn&#8217;t rule out shingles based on the arm thing. Anywho, I&#8217;ve got prescriptions for valtrex (shingles) and prednisone (inflammation from contact dermatitis) and instructions on what to take when and how. Hey, fine by me, I&#8217;d much rather [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}