“It’s become very real, very quickly,' writes Matt Ford. 'To people who don’t take this seriously ... You absolutely do not want this.'
that I knew they weren’t pimples. That night I started researching symptoms hoping that my case wouldn’t be so bad. But starting the next day, I began having intense flu-like symptoms that included a fever, full-body chills, and a cough. The California Department of Public Health called me that Saturday and started collecting a lot of information about me. They asked about the specifics of how I could have been exposed, and if I could have exposed anyone else.
My symptoms quickly progressed after I left the doctor’s office. Between that Monday night and Thursday, June 23, the lesions in my sensitive areas and underwear zone became really painful to the point where I couldn’t sleep. I’d describe the sensation as a dull, chronic pain that became jolts of intense pain if I moved the wrong way. I am not sure I’ve experienced anything quite like it.
On June 23, I went back to the doctor’s office and was prescribed narcotic painkillers to help me sleep in addition to another oral medication to help with the itching. The doctor also recommended using Vaseline on any really painful lesions, which actually proved to be pretty helpful. A few days after my first doctor’s appointment, I received my positive monkeypox test results and a letter from the department of health in the mail informing me to isolate myself. The letter said I have to isolate until I am recovered, which is defined as having every single spot scabbed over and healed, so I only have fresh, healthy skin underneath. Now, 13 days after my friend called me to tell me I was exposed, I feel almost completely back to normal.
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