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Shingles

nicnacs_4u — Fri, 15 Jul 2016 22:28:22 GMT

Went to the doctor yesterday and I have shingles..have been feeling achy for over a week and 2 days ago I got an itchy/sore rash.Would be interested to hear if anyone has had shingles.tia

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***super_nova*** — Fri, 15 Jul 2016 22:38:51 GMT

Yes, I had it about 40 years ago; all I remember that it was very painful. It is actually secondary chicken pox; the virus stays dormant in your body since childhood and flares up in time of extreme stress. I remember it took about month to get over it.

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nevillesdaughter — Fri, 15 Jul 2016 22:46:12 GMT

Were you prescribed the medication for it? There is a very specific treatment but it needs to be started within the first 3 days after the appearance of the rash to be effective.

Marina.

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ooak3 — Fri, 15 Jul 2016 23:04:23 GMT

about 8 years ago i got a pain in my side towards the back , thought i had pulled a muscle , it got worse and worse over a few days , i

was putting heat packs on but then i started vomating and could not sleep at all the pain was so bad

hubby took me to the hospital in the middle of the night waited all night to be seen they gave me a shot for the pain but no idea what was wrong

same thing the next night another shot and they did a cat scan - nothing

they had no idea what was wrong my whole back then started to feel numb to the touch

i was like it for days but dident go back to the hospital ( thought i was a gonna the pain was so bad )

anyway slowly started to get better after a few weeks

saw my ordinary Dr eventualy, he sent a skin scraping off shingles !

but i had no rash at all it must have all been internal

i do hope your Dr gave you the medication i have since heard that if taken early it does help

i wish you a quick recovery !!!!

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lionrose.7 — Fri, 15 Jul 2016 23:14:53 GMT

My friend has Shingles and has a really bad time with it, this scared me.

I have had a lot of rashes and pain in the past and have been told it is a autoimmune disorder

Still worried me so when I was free of the rash I had the Shingles inoculation cost me $250 in New Zealand.

I have just had my Gallbladder out thursday a week ago had a mild rash on my back disappered after the operation

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ooak3 — Fri, 15 Jul 2016 23:29:43 GMT

i dident know there was an inoculation !

worth every cent if it stops you from getting it id say

it can vary each case is different i think, but it's always nasty

i hope your recovering well from your gallbladder op , that would not have been fun

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nicnacs_4u — Fri, 15 Jul 2016 23:47:55 GMT

Thanks for those who have replied.Yes I`m on medication and pain relief(panadol forte) & hopefully I have gotten on top of it.Bit run down atm with a couple of other health issues so perhaps my system is a bit in turmoil..

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cmcoins2000 — Fri, 15 Jul 2016 23:51:39 GMT

Get well soon Nics.

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lyau086 — Fri, 15 Jul 2016 23:54:28 GMT

I had shingles about 10 years ago. Was on my scalp and I ended up with Bell's Palsy because it affected a nerve in my face.

I couldn't shut my right eye and because it also affected my lips I could only drink through a straw.

Took about 6 mths to heal completely....but I have not had an attack since.

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imastawka — Fri, 15 Jul 2016 23:55:16 GMT

Sounds awful Nics. Rest up and get better soon

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freddie*rooster — Sat, 16 Jul 2016 00:08:35 GMT

Sorry to hear you are one of the sickies Nic's

My dear old Mum had shingles about last August started on her back and the rash ended up following the nerve

line around to her chest. She didn't complain as much as I would have thought, now and again she would say

something like "there it is again" when asked she would explain it like a burning electric shock. The rash hung

on for well over 6 weeks - she never really picked up after those shingles - she was diagnosed with liver

and kidney cancer in April and passed away at 91yrs on 25th June. RIP My Princess.

All the best Nic's I hope your Doctor can keep you comfortable ♥

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*tippy*toes* — Sat, 16 Jul 2016 00:54:38 GMT

I've never had it, but I do know it's excruciatingly painful because it runs along the nerve paths. So glad to hear they have prescribed drugs.

If you are a blood donor, go and give blood. I know it sounds crazy, but they can extract the antibodies from it to give to immunosuppressed kids to help stop them getting it. Of course it would go without saying to ring them first to make sure they can get you straight in. That is also true with chicken pox. The blood bank would love you forever!

Hope you're feeling better soon.

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tasfleur — Sat, 16 Jul 2016 01:11:17 GMT

Nicnacs, I'm so sorry you have shingles, very uncomfortable and can be quite debilitating ...

Hope it doesn't affect you too badly and that you have a good recovery and come through it without too much pain, make sure you get plenty of pain relief (your doctor might have told you there is a really good analgesic spray you can apply too ....

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tasfleur — Sat, 16 Jul 2016 01:13:56 GMT

Hope you are recovering and feeling so much better now after your surgery Rose ... xxxxx

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lionrose.7 — Sat, 16 Jul 2016 01:44:08 GMT

Thank you Tas and ooak, all good now, stupid doctors told me I had IBS for 4 years, got sick of the pain and paid for a ultra sound.

Half a hand full of stones ranging from small to large, just key hole surgery, 4 small cuts, home the same day.

Nic hope you recover XXX

The Shingles inoculation only works if you are shingle free at the time

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lind9650 — Sat, 16 Jul 2016 03:06:00 GMT

Dear nicnacs, I am so sorry to hear about your shingles. I know how painful and debiliating it can get. When I had shingles a few years ago, it was all around the left side of my waistline. Doctor gave me painkillers and told me it could take many month to go away. (big help?---NO)

My youngest daughter told me to go to the Chemist and get some ZOVIRAX cream. It is a cold sore treatment, but as shingles are from the same virus, Zovirax has a healing effect as well as relieving pain. It is a very small tube and costs about $20.-, but is used sparingly and helps to stop the virus spreading.

I do hope it will help you as well.

Rose, I am pleased to hear about your gallbladder OP, and that you recovered from all that pain now. Some Doctors don't care much about older women when they complain. It's all put down to old age and attention seeking. My own Doctor needed a good push to send me to a Vascular Specialist.when I kept complaining about painful legs and not being able to sleep despite taking Penadol Osteo every night.

Two weeks ago I had some blocked artheries opened and am on six monthly checkups. No more leg pain.

Hugs to both of you,

Erica

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the_great_she_elephant — Sat, 16 Jul 2016 03:58:58 GMT

@nicnacs_4u wrote:
Went to the doctor yesterday and I have shingles..have been feeling achy for over a week and 2 days ago I got an itchy/sore rash.Would be interested to hear if anyone has had shingles.tia

Oh, yuk. You poor thing. I've never had it myself but I believe it can be really painful.

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lionrose.7 — Sat, 16 Jul 2016 05:42:43 GMT

I have the stones in a little container , going to the doctors next week for check up after op, going to give then to him as a present, to show I was not paying all his bills for his company 🙂

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ooak3 — Sat, 16 Jul 2016 05:48:43 GMT

are they pretty or boreing

i know whats a very strange question but i think that i have heard they can be pretty ??

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lionrose.7 — Sat, 16 Jul 2016 07:53:21 GMT

Sort of pretty green, one of the big ones looks like green/grey glass would make a nice ring ha ha