I'm glad you came back & let us know Jen..    I was wondering how you got on.

Do you know how soon the tablets will kick in?    

I'll pop back in later..    I am Surrey bound now (dropping daughter off at school for the rest of the week for her exams)..   but I will be back this evening.

Take it easy...   keep putting those wet flannels on your sore bits 

Hi Ditty. No, Doc didn't say when they would start helping. Since I went to her, I've still been developing new rashes. The tablets haven't had any noticeable effect yet, but I'm hoping they are working in the background at least!  I guess it doesn't help that I already have a suppressed immune system due to the treatment for RA, maybe that's why I succumbed to it in the first place.

I'm dabbing calamine lotion on the blisters, and that helps for a few minutes. The cool compresses help the irritation too. But nowt is helping the pain much, which seems to sweep in and out. At least it's not perpetual!

Hope your journey to Surrey went ok, and you're back home safely.

When my son had Chicken Pox (aged 16) I found a cream called Eurax ............it's like Calamine Lotion but in a creamy form - easier to apply and stays in one place. Give it a go.

Hope it eases soon Jenny 

oh dear...    I hope the tablets start to have an effect soon. xxxx

(& yes.. home safely...   2 hours longer than it should have been on the return journey - the M25 is getting worse every time!)

crossing my fingers that you turn a corner with this soon Jen xx

Thanks Soozy, I've got to go out today,so I'll see if I can get some of that cream.