Strange as this may sound, i had a whopper of a time reading all your posts about your tryst with the big bad CP.
:)
Ok, jokes apart – i need your help. My husband is 36 and he’s got it. Now 2 quick questions:
1. Did you have to cut out the salt from your food? Coz we have been told that he must only eat boiled, bland food with almost no salt. And yes – to forget about sea-food and poultry for a while. ?

2. What is the scene with bathing? The doc says go ahead – only, don’t use soap. Some websites say bathe with oatmeal (but nothing about how one can do that. I have no idea!), and people around are 100% sure that it’s best not to bathe. I cannot live with an unbathed, stinky man for 2 days… let aside 2 weeks! So… what did you do when you were down with it? Did you bathe?

Oh, and.. one more thing… considering i haven’t had it in childhood, do you think there’s a chance i’ll escape it and won’t get it? Ok don’t bother answering that one – at least there i know what the right answer :-(

Thanks in anticipation

Ren

Peter:
Ren, my unqualified opinion. Take with a pinch of salt. If you are a Chinese, there are 1001 taboos to adhere to. I did add some salt to my bland food of flour vermicelli, vegetables and pork slices to make it more palatable. I was not told to avoid salt. As for bathing, I did avoid bathing for the first few days to avoid busting the blisters but after the fourth of fifth day, I bathed very gently with soap to avoid busting the blisters. As for your last question, I will answer it anyway. I thought I escaped after hitting the mid-thirties. Look what happened to me. :) Take care and here’s wishing your hubby a quick recovery.

Peter:
This is a G-Rated blog. How lar to show those photos? #rd picture? Wow, you really think that highly of me huh! ;P

Peter:
I just passed the 1 year mark. 6 years more to hit that phase. Haha.

Peter:
The itch has subsided but I will definitely check it out when I am at the pharmacy. I do get other kind of itch once in a while. :P

Peter:
:D