Up up and...let's not get carried away.

Well. Interesting times have been had. Last Monday I went down with shingles. Again. Although there has been more than a 12 month gap this time. I decided to forego the usual antivirals route - with the thought that they would gum up my system with toxins and use precious energy to process - and go back to the homeopath instead. It was the homeopathic remedies that afforded me this year+ gap. Antivirals have never done that. Whilst the rash was plain nasty and sore then blistered and burst and bled (nice! - sorry if you're sqeamish) the 'experience' of shingles was none too bad. By that I mean, no worse than usual. This is very interesting for me, because last year when I kept getting 'fake' shingles (all the symptoms but no rash) I now know that was the CFS kicking off a bit. I can fairly safely assume, in lieu of other evidence, that repeated shingles - being viral AND stressing my system - was the preciptator of CFS. Therefore, I fully expected when I spotted the start of the rash to be floored as it spectacularly clashed with my CFS. But it didn't Okay it disturbed my sleep a bit more so morning have been a bit nightmareish, and it's made me a little more tired, but only a little. Plus, I felt well enough to attend a friend's firework's night (goe chauferred by super pals again) and drive to a loca family fireworks event the following evening, AND take the dog out for a slow but steady walk the next day. I had a phone consult with the CFS clinic yesterday and they were very pleased with me. I don;t have to report in again until January. If I were drawing a little chart the line would be rising, things do seem - dare I say it - on the up a bit. I guess time will tell.