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Gay Houston man with Monkeypox says just being awake is excruciating.There are now 57 cases of confirmed Monkeypox in the Houston region with 183 across the state, according to the Texas Department of Health and Human Services.For the people behind the statistics, the virus causes misery and loneliness.“It hurts to exist. Because my face isn’t touching anything. It’s not like sleeping on a pillow, 'Oh it hurts.' It just hurts to exist to the open air," Wesley Wallace said.Wallace says just being awake is excruciating."As you can see, from the time it started, it’s just progressed and has gotten worse and worse," Wallace said.It’s right there on his face – what he first thought – was just a pimple soon turned out to be Monkeypox. He has eight different lesions on his chin, and even one in his mouth.“Every sip, every bite, I'm just like 'Oh I can’t, I can’t. It hurts, it hurts,'" Wallace said.And it’s spreading.