Everyone I've told has said the same thing - that it's nasty in adults. Mine has been relatively mild - no fever, headaches or body aches and hardly any itching. Makes me wonder. I'm taking pills that supposedly keep the virus under control and using a steroid cream on the bumps. I "think" the new outbreaks are few today but it's hard to tell. My partner wanted to outline them in different color sharpies each day but I nixed that. So I'm just waiting it out.

Three weeks isn't bad in a marriage of any significant length, I'd say. :-)

Patsy

: Sorry to hear it. Chicken pox is nasty for adults. My wife got chicken pox a
: few years ago and for three weeks I couldn't do anything right.

: Here's hoping your doctor is wrong.