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me and the annoying spots

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im 26 years old, and i was lucky enough to get chicken pox last friday ( today is wednesday). two days before the spots appeared i felt unwell- thought im going down with a cold. temperature, sweating at night and a sore throat, plus i felt pretty cold most of the time. i saw a little spot on my chest - but thought it was a bite. as it came out later - that was the MOTHER SPOT- wchich usually appears 2 days before the rest of the 'soldiers'. friday morning i woke up feeling pretty perky- as i was going to my best friends wedding (where i was supposed to be the braids maid). i have decided to have a long bubbly bath- where i have discovered more of the nasty sposts- they were quite small red marks. still not knowing what is happening i just thought that i will look silly in my dress with all those 'bites'. one hour later i have realized what was happening. within 1 hour i was on the phone with the doc ( they didint want me to see the GP). he prescribed me Aciclovir tablets, and i had to get some white liquid. got to the shop and stocked up on food for at least one week. the night was a nightmare - sweating, itching and i even saw fairies!!! i also had a really bad head ache and my ribs hurt like hell!! i was up every 4 hours to get my pills and cover my spots with the liquid. day two- had about 60 of them and was dreading that the army will grow in numbers. but i was wrong! day two- i still felt a bit funny but was occupied with flicking the channels on tv and just feeling sorry for myself. the spots that i have attacked with white liquid were already dissapearing, and there were only 7 vulcanic once which gave me the itch. today is day six- and all i can see is 1 big spot- its still the same MOTHER one- but it is getting smaller and smaller by the hour. i guess i had a very mild case- seeing all those nasty pics on the net and reading other people's experiences really freaked me out - but i was lucky!. the most annoying ones were the ones in my hair, and i was also hosting two in my mouth. but they are all gone now!!! email me if u have any questions- im home alone, bored !! thanks for readingsmile

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    Good to read a positive outcome! I found one on my stomach (the Mother) on Bank holiday Monday, by Tuesday morning I was at the doctors asking for Aciclovir! We are due to fly out to Crete next week and I am praying that I will look alot better than I do now! Its now Wednesday and this morning I noticed alot of the spots had come out and some still coming! Its so dificult not to stratch them, I have medium length hair that i've had to put in a loose bun, but my lord my head is itching so much!! I caught this off my 17 month old son, my mother seemed to think I was immune??! ... Wishful thinking! As I had the 'Mother' on Monday and now wed did you get anymore coming? When did they start to blister?

    Thanks

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    Sorry meant to say how long before they crust over?! Thanks
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    My two year old and I both have chicken pox. She's further along and whining about the itch but her fever is still fairly low. I'm 37 and still waiting for the worst of it and hoping that I might have a milder version. I noticed my first spot on Tuesday, so two days ago, and still only have a handful of spots. I'm achy but not as bad as some accounts. Any hope out there for a milder case? My husband runs a restaurant so can't really be at home to help me and since my daughter is sick, too, it's hard to hand her off to anyone else. I'm really hoping I'll still manage to take care of her while going through this sickness.
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