My Foot In My Mouth?

This past Sunday my husband and I went to watch our son Austin play in one of his college golf meets, and his girlfriend of two years came along with us. I felt great that day and it was a beautiful warm sunny day, and we had a great time. For mid September we couldn't have asked for anything better. Halfway through the meet, my tongue was burning, as if I just tried to drink something hot and burned my tongue. Weird, but whatever. 

When the meet was over we decided to drive through somewhere to get something to eat before we took our 3hr drive back home. My tongue still feel burnt, so I asked my husband to stop at a convenience store so I could get a small container of ice cream to eat. While he was in the store I decide to look in the mirror at my tongue, and I was shocked to find it was swollen in the center and deep deep red. Within 30 minutes I started to feel little blisters inside my cheeks, soon followed by more on the roof of my mouth, on my tongue, and even inside my lips. My husband was concerned I was having a severe allergic reaction, but I was able to breathe just fine so we continued on home. My mouth resembles this picture, but I actually have even more sores.

The next day it was still just as bad so I figured I better call the doctor and was diagnosed with hand foot and mouth disease. I remember hearing about that when my children were little and someone in school was diagnosed with it. But did adults really get it? In my case, yes they do. 

I immediately called my son and his girlfriend in case they developed any symptoms. Poor Jay is so worried about getting it, he won't even touch the remote after I have until I wipe it down with a disinfecting wipe. I assured him it was safe because I havent licked the remote recently. LOL

Because it is very contagious, I am to be basically be quarantined for up to a week. Thank goodness for iPads and Internet or I just might go crazy.... Although some would argue that already there. Ha ha