Chicken Pox, Post Covid, Who knows.

I may have wrote about my rash last week. Maybe not. It’s continued on and is pretty fabulous. By Friday I was itching to death and got into the doctor. Hoping for some kind of giant tub of itch cream. The verdict…..

A. Chicken Pox. Yep, I’ve had chicken pox as a kid – a severe case back then.  Can you get chicken pox twice I asked? Yes, if covid wiped out your immune system and you were exposed around the same time – definitely. She drained my awesome “fullest” spot and we wait for the results. In the meantime – treat it like chicken pox. Isolate yet again. I questioned if I could continue life with my skin covered. No, you could kill someone immune suppressed or unvaccinated. Isolation. Antivirals – because chicken pox are bad for adults and I could kill myself. Steroids – reduce the inflammation.

B. Post Covid Rash. If it isn’t chicken pox then it’s 100% post covid rash. Specifically the one that resembles chicken pox. And basically confirms I’m suffering from Post Covid Syndrome aka a Covid Long-hauler. Antivirals and steroids will help my plethora of post covid symptoms too.

Either way. It sucks. I’m tired of itching. I’m tired of spots. I’m tired of constantly being in isolation. I’ve spent more time at home in February than the last 8 months put together. The spots are now partially scabbed/crusted over with new ones still appearing. Tonight my face is hot and red. If they start there I might cry. My legs, feet, arms, chest, hands, back, neck, ears, ASS. Alllllll have some level of spots. Ridiculous.

Captain D’s job here was posted in the job listings last week. He’s never told me he took the new job but I assume he did. So I’m saying 2 weeks from last week. He really should be gone by March 7th. Today at the store his coworker was in there. He didn’t say a word. No big deal. I’m used to it. I was outside putting groceries in my trunk and he pulled up and said hi and apologized for not recognizing me. He attempted to be nice, made some small talk that felt awkward to me – I think he was wanting to ask something or me say something. I had nothing. Mentioned I just work all the time and he had no idea I was waitressing on the side. We will see if he randomly appears. This one was actually a nice guy and I did like him. I also know he’s saw the jerk’s true colors. Some of these friendships I do miss. Maybe I’m slowly realizing not everyone is actually Team D and I pushed them away. (No worries – I’ll be super cautious. Trust no one. Even if he does come eat and visit.)

I did send graduation announcements to his family and his ex-best friend. I’ve been worried on how many people in general will rsvp.  I have to feed all these people. First one I got – The ex best friend and his wife telling me I raised a great kid, they’ll be there and they’ve got some money. That’s a relationship that means a ton. So many ran when this began. Ditched my kids like they never existed. Johnny tho – he reached out to me – reached out to the kids. Really took on a male roll model roll. Including them in dirt biking and stuff even more. And I think his wife is fabulous. So, it’s a total win. I texted his brother who never replied – Seriously, he’s Alex’s godfather. Just because I divorced your brother doesn’t give you the damn right to ditch the kid. I still truly hope he changed numbers or something. And will reply when he gets the invite. If not, I don’t even like you, it doesn’t hurt me – It’s the innocent kid your hurting and karma is a bitch.

So, out of 130 invites – 1 RSVP. I totally expected that. It’s really early tho. We will see come May what the verdict is. Am I cooking for 100 people, 50, 20 or 5? Who knows.

With that I better go swallow more pills and not itch.