I guess I better keep track.

2021-07-03

  • I wake up in the morning and there’s some kind of bump on the back of my lower back.
  • of no concern at all
  • I wondered if it was a mosquito bite, so I asked my wife to take a look and she said, “If it’s a mosquito, it’s under your clothes, but you got 10 bites all together, and if it’s shingles, you’ll have nerve pain for life unless you treat it early,” so I went to a doctor near our house.
  • The doctor glanced at me and said, “It’s shingles, I’ll give you medicine for a week. Typical symptoms, apparently.
  • Two days ago, I had an unusual severe headache, and in the evening I couldn’t write the program anymore, so I warmed my eyes and neck and rested, now I think it might have been the effect of the virus growth.
    • https://www.healthcare.omron.co.jp/resource/column/topics/83.html
    • My shingles were neither painful nor itchy, and this time they were hard to see from myself behind my waist, so maybe they had occurred earlier.
      • Sometimes the pain comes first. It depends on the person.
    • The connection is not clear at this time, but the same drugs would be prescribed to kill the virus.
    • Next time you have a similar headache, it might be a good idea to tell them “I’ve had shingles after a headache”.
  • Valacyclovir tablets 500 mg, 2 tablets after each meal
    • Inhibits the growth of herpes simplex virus and varicella-zoster virus by inhibiting their DNA synthesis.

    • Concentration in the kidneys leads to kidney failure, so more water is recommended.
  • It takes about two and a half days for the virus to stop multiplying with antiviral drugs.

Talk about not knowing the definition of rest.

The story of a 14-hour videoconference that was all done separately and horizontally.

2021-07-05 Mon.

  • I kind of overslept and saw a complex sci-fi story in a shallow sleep, but when I woke up, I forgot about it.

    • In my dream I was thinking, “If we do this here, the structure would be interesting…”
  • I wonder if people who stay in this state of mind become science fiction writers.

  • I don’t usually feel like I’m a very continuous shallow sleeper.

  • What should we do about the meeting tomorrow, Tuesday?

2021-07-06

  • Meetings were normally attended.
  • Then he went back to sleep.
  • By going to the hospital immediately on the first day of onset and starting medication in the morning, the symptoms seem to have passed.
  • I think I’ll be fine as long as I take my meds for the week properly.

2021-07-11

  • The shingles itself is over after taking all the medicine, but that’s not the case, my belly button, side, thighs, etc. sometimes hurt and make me feel bad.
    • It’s like the nerves that feel pain are so sensitive that even a simple stroke on the skin can trigger them.

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