Shingles and Oly

 I would skip the tri. That disease can really lower your overall immune system, and you don't want to put "partly healed" in murky lake water. There will be more tris. You don't want it to last longer or relapse because your body did a tri instead of work to heal itself.

Bummer though. That sux. 

Hate to say it, because I know you want to do the race, but go ahead and bag it with no bad feelings.

Shingles will screw with your whole body and not even say thank you for the experience.  Take the time off, get well and get your immune system back to a place where it says "eff off!!!" to everything.

As much as I understand your wanting to go out and kick butt, don't take the change on aggravating the shingles that much more.

***hugs***

It.  Sucks.

Just out of curiosity I checked which race you were talking about and we are doing the same one.   With all due respect and I hope you get better real soon, but stay home please.  I have never had Chicken Pox and I know the chances are slim to catching something between athletes, but think of the volunteers that you might come in direct contact with, body markers, aid stops, racing chip people, medical, etc.  There will be other races and you really don't want to mess with your immune system.  Again, I hope you get better soon.

I had shingles back in April - they were across my forehead and into my eyelid.  If it gets into your eye, it can be quite serious.  I am assuming you have it on your torso.  Don't mess with it.  Take your time to heal.  I was down for several weeks, but I have talked to one person who it took a year for the post-shingles pain to subside.  I have spoken to many who were in pain for months.  I am 6 months past it, and I still get some weird itches in my eyebrow area. 

My doc told me no swimming for 3 weeks. 

You are/were contagious to people who haven't had it before and it is especially bad for pregnant women to get it.  Also, people with low immune systems like those undergoing chemotherapy are also at risk.

Stay home, and take care of yourself. 

Sorry to hear about your illness. 

You know how I got chickenpox as a kid?  From playing with my brother who had chickenpox.  He got it from his playmate.  Then I spreaded it to my dad, who was miserable having chickenpox as an adult.  CHickenpox/shingle virus is highly contagious. 

Thanks for staying home.  I'm sure your body would thank you, too. 

It's a pity you caught the virus so close to a race you had been looking forward to.  We had fun at Cranberry yesterday.  Hope to see you there next year.  Or better yet, in earlier races. 

Get well soon.

When one of my older sister's friends got chickenpox as a kid my parents told her to go over to her house to play.  So she got chickenpox, and brought them home so I got them...but I guess it's better to get them out of the way early and not really have to worry about them again.

Sorry to hear about your race.  Hope you feel well soon.