I'm 40 years old and I have shingles - EEK!. I always think of shingles as an "old person disease" (although I have certainly seen younger people with it) and I'm feeling kind of old right now!
When I went to the doctor for my headache on Tuesday, we noticed that I had a rash on my hip. It wasn't painful, though, so the NP and I really didn't think it was actually shingles - although it does not cross the midline of my back. Then, last night, I started having actual pain and a new crop of lesions (although they're not really blisters) developed in a lovely dermatomal line. I saw a different NP today and she agreed that it looks and acts like shingles, so I got Valtrex, Lyrica, and lidocaine patches. I have a patch on right now - it's not perfect, but it helps.
I had a wicked headache again yesterday so we did unschooling. Ga'Hoole Girl worked for several hours on her computer game that she's programming. Wild Man made a "Master Sandwich Shop" in which he serves meals and snacks. Payment is by rupees - an imaginary kind of money from the Zelda games. Wild Man, who doesn't typically enjoy writing, wrote up 5 or 6 signs to show what he was selling. We watched part of a movie about Ancient Greece while the kids painted. It was a highly educational day, despite the fact that I can't cross anything off my schedule!! I have been thinking about scheduling and how much structure the kids should have during the day. There is a thread on Sonlight Forums about unschooling, so I'm interested in seeing other people's ideas.
Well, the kids have dinner ready - pizza from the Master Sandwich Shop - so I'd better go sit down for dinner!
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I've been learning about unschooling as that's apparently how lots of homeschool moms teach with newborn babies. I already had our school year planned out so I'm trying to stick with the "schedule" as much as possible. But I do have plenty of computer games/websites, toys, and movies to keep E occupied if needed. He will volunteer to do handwriting so that helps. We've just got to work on math at this point but I have some games that I guess we could play instead. And I'm interested in the sandwich shop! That sounds like something E would LOVE! Let me know what Wild Man did for that! Hope your headache gets better (and Shingles)!
I'm so sorry. Shingles can be so painful. Hope you're better soon.
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