I’m an optimist. I can tell by the way I keep saying things like, “And thusly ends the tale of my skin infection.”

I’m up to five doctors and I’ve lost track of the number of appointments I’ve had. (Thank heavens for medical insurance!) Nothing much has changed. I have something that looks like an allergic breakout but must not be an allergy because it responds to antibiotics. It itches and throbs like it’s shingles but is definitely not shingles. Blood results have yielded nothing other than the fact that I’m healthy. Hopefully a skin biopsy of one of the little devils will reveal something.