cold sores
"Yesterday at noon I noticed the bump and that soggy skin feeling. It was beyond the tingle stage and the white pistule was visible already. Found the valocyclovir in the medicine cabinet, and took the pills. I could see notable improvement by 6 hours after I took the first two. I will note that it did seem to give me a pretty bad headache, and I don't normally get headaches ever. It is now 30 hours after my initial dose, and 18 hours after the second 2 gram dose, and the sore is almost gone. Literally a miracle for me."