Think my body hasnt been too lucky these days.

First I contacted "snake" in chinese terms or shingles as the western drs will call it. It started out as a small patch at the right side of my neck =( It doesnt itch but has a biting pain. So after much consultation with the ppl ard me, I decided to go see a sinseh on Monday. Cos most ppl agrees dat the chinese dr is more specialized to treat the problem.

According to the sinseh, the shingles formed due to the remaining "toxin" from our childhood chicken pox (man..it was 20yrs ago for me..)I was bewildered as it sounded q impossible..the toxin has hid itself for 20yrs before emerging! But my team mate confirmed it by telling me even the western dr provides the same explanation.

I spent $85 on the treatment..super heartache. And of cos shocked at the amount I have to pay. The treatment required some form of "burning" on my body..sigh. And the sinseh further prescribed some oral med and this "powder + water"-looking cream for me to apply.

For the last few days, it seems like it's subsiding. But this morning, I saw a huge "pop" at my back! grrr....This skin problem will take some time to go away..according to many ppl ard me. I'll juz try to complete the medication and see how it goes.

What is more painful is dat I have to refrain from certain food..ok the list goes "chicken, egg (omg), duck, soy bean stuffs including bean curd =(, seafood (it's ok..cos I dun take seafood). So when I go to the zham-cai fan stall these days, i'll have problems settling for what to eat.

On top of this troubling skin problem =(, my right wisdom tooth oso started to get my gums infected. So I spent another 76dollars curing the problem. Sigh..And every thing seemed to be popping out from e right side of my body. So no NUTS, chocs and durians for me until the gum stop swelling.

Boo!