shingles is chickenpox the 2nd time around..
what chinese call "sea chua" (snake or something like that)...
chickenpox virus will not die the first time around.. it retreats
into your nerves or spinal cord... and when it decides to activate,
you get a rash around your body, or your face.. it attacks nerves
so it's very painful... the chinese sinsehs (the bad ones) will try
to "burn the eyes of the snake" with joss sticks, aggravating it...
the only way to get rid of it is to go to the doctor's and get
anti-viral drugs.. expensive but worth it..
if unchecked, the nerves are destroyed.. and those who get it on
the face will have some of the face paralysed... it's a very
painful illness.. i thought i broke my ribs! it was that
painful!
tonsillectomy is where i went to remove my
tonsils.. i was having sleep apnea (where you snore so much and
your throat closes, cutting off oxygen when you sleep.. bad health
effects)... since it's surgery, got hospitalisation leave.. was
weakened pretty much as i could not eat solid food and totally lost
my voice while my throat healed...
side effects of sleep apnea is high blood pressure and heart
problems.. also, you do not get proper sleep as the body is starved
of oxygen...
slipped disc is when you throw out your spine
badly and one of the discs that cushion each bone of your spine
goes out of place.. mine went out of place when i was doing my
IPPT.. hurt like HELL! back was painful, could not walk properly,
legs hurt because the disc was pressing on a nerve.. had to have
surgery to correct the damage...
my body's a mess 
