Can I Scream?

So Amber and I have been having a wonderful week while the boys are off at scout camp. Little did I know.....Back on Sunday night I told Rob that I "really, really hurt my back". I've never hurt this much and I just couldn't figure out what I could have done to tweak it like this. We continued on with our week. On Tuesday we ran to the store for Robert to get this:
Not sure where this boy got his love for gaming because we certainly didn't do it to this extent. Anyway, it wasn't until I saw this photo that I realize how tired I looked. So I'm really going out on a limb posting this photo. The sore back pain had now gone to the front as well. Hmmm, just odd, I'm thinking. THEN it happened. Wednesday afternoon I scratched my back and "OUCH". I felt bumps. I got into the doctor first thing Thursday morning. And I have SHINGLES!!!!! No one could be more stunned than me. Consider the following description and see if it fits:
"In people who have had chickenpox, the virus is never fully cleared from the body. Instead, the virus remains dormant in the nerve tissues. When physical or emotional stresses to the body weaken the immune system, the virus reactivates and spreads along the nerve fibers to the particular area of skin supplied by the involved nerve."

Anybody think I've had any physical or emotional stresses lately? I'm on antiviral medication and hope we caught it early enough for no more rash to break out. Ugh!!!

And those of you who were around me this week. NO WORRIES!!! I am not contagious! You would have had to rub your skin on my rash AND not ever had chicken pox. So you're just fine.