Thinking I should be left in peace to get well.

[LovelyBath]

I have Shingles. It's nasty. Getting on with it as we do, having a bit of a rest when I can. Parents want to visit in last week of Easter hols. Have told them of illness and asked to postpone but they won't. I have told them want to be left in peace to recover.

Calamine, sorry. Interesting call this afternoon. My dad phoned and tried to speak to DS on the phone asking if i was OK, had i picked them up from school today etc? I asked him to hand me the phone to be told "Your mother thinks we should just visit anyway. Your Aunt had shingles and she didn't take a month to get better". I asked him if he'd got my text and he said no, he hadn't. Hmm. It had been sent. So I told him it again and he sounded a bit sad. Asked if he could call me every other day in the meantime to see how I am.

That's OTT of your dps. It's nice that they want to care, but you have your own family/Dh.

I thought shingles was contagious, especially in the aged. Could be my dm telling me old wives tales again

My GP says it is contagious in the early stage but it would be chickenpox not shingles.

Could you have a visit for one or two afternoons and ask them to occupy themselves for the rest of the time?

Lough yes I do think that could be an idea, and have done that sort of thing in the past. For example arranging to meet both of them at a cafe for lunch while the children are at school, and then another day meeting them somewhere with the children after school. However just now I think I'm not up to it.

We might be going away to a cottage for a few days to escape and so my husband can help support me. Then they can come maybe when the children are back at school and when I am a bit better.