Lying in Wait

Chickenpox wasn’t much fun as a kid and I understand that shingles is excruciating.   And, contrary to the myth, you apparently can get shingles more than once.  After chickenpox the virus goes dormant; after round one of shingles it goes dormant; round two comes along, you get the picture.

I’ve been thinking a lot about  these illness that inflict our bodies, respond to treatment, yet never really leave us and thus, given the right set of conditions, attack again.  Why, you might ask, am I Read more