So Shingles diagnosed on Saturday night / Sunday morning (4.30am) at out of hours surgery.
Lots of drugs and 2 further visits to the doctors and it would appear that I have also developed Bell's Palsy, which means the right hand side of my face is pretty much non-responsive which makes those little things like talking, eating and drinking a bit of a challenge.
Nerve pain, from Shingles is much less than at the weekend, but is still there, spots/marks on skin do not bother me but the temporary paralysis to face is (understandably) annoying and frustrating particularly as I have no idea how long it will last?
However on the upside - I am building a repertoire of party tricks such as winking my left eye with ease, sleeping with one eye open, raising my left eyebrow as per Roger Moore's spitting image puppet and the "Elvis" uh huh sneer is coming on a treat!
I have been recommended to not do too much exercise at the moment, so will probably not cycle for another week - watch out world when September comes...
Just to keep the OCD in check, I have cleaned the posh bike in lieu of not riding - yearly mileage sits around 8200ish, so just got to pedal harder in the Autumn to get the 12k then.
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