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Mosby

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37. Lower back pain? Like at the base of the spine?

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #35)

Fri Dec 4, 2015, 11:45 PM

Dec 2015

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What Thanksgiving? I'm laid up still with Shingles and my poor daughter in law is [View all] CTyankee Nov 2015 OP

Sick at the holidays sucks. redwitch Nov 2015 #1

Oh, man . . . Bertha Venation Nov 2015 #2

I'm so sorry that you and your daughter-in-law aren't well LiberalEsto Nov 2015 #3

i keep thinking it's gonna be over and then it's not over... CTyankee Nov 2015 #4

Have you tried Manuka honey? IdaBriggs Nov 2015 #13

do you get it from a health food store? I never heard of it... CTyankee Nov 2015 #16

I picked it up at a local healthy grocery store type place. IdaBriggs Nov 2015 #17

For me the shingles pain lasted for five weeks. kiva Nov 2015 #15

I have a good deal of laundry that have necklines that show residue from the drying up CTyankee Dec 2015 #26

So sorry to hear this CTyankee! Coventina Nov 2015 #5

May your day be lovely blogslut Nov 2015 #6

Oh, God, I feel your pain. I had a shingles outbreak 2 years ago. It started with a slight catbyte Nov 2015 #7

OMG, you poor thing! It's horrible. CTyankee Nov 2015 #9

it's sunday morning and I am still in pain. On my way home tomorrow I'm calling my doc's office CTyankee Nov 2015 #11

Capsaicin helped a relative of mine that suffered from nerve pain from shingles oregonjen Nov 2015 #12

The daily antiviral helped me a lot. Does your doctor have you on prednisone or other catbyte Nov 2015 #14

VERY sorry to hear it, yank; elleng Nov 2015 #8

glad you are with the kidlets...such a happy time for you now... CTyankee Nov 2015 #10

Shingles are awful (as if you didn't know) ailsagirl Nov 2015 #18

yes, to the shot but after I am healed for about a month... CTyankee Dec 2015 #19

That's it. I'm getting the shot! n/t TexasBushwhacker Dec 2015 #20

I wish to hell I had! smh... CTyankee Dec 2015 #23

So sorry to hear this. I had shingles years ago and it's terrible pain. suffragette Dec 2015 #21

I keep a couple of cold packs from the drugstore and alternate them, wrapped in CTyankee Dec 2015 #22

What I liked about the peas is they conformed to various curves and there were no sharp edges suffragette Dec 2015 #25

thanks. I think it developed to be more of a migraine headache not the sinus thing... CTyankee Dec 2015 #27

So sorry to hear this. geardaddy Dec 2015 #24

I got them but it was too late to do much good. I was on the Acela heading for D.C. CTyankee Dec 2015 #28

Aww that sucks. geardaddy Dec 2015 #29

So sorry, you gorgeous DU/human-you. n/t UTUSN Dec 2015 #30

Oh, thank you so much for that...I have felt hideous for the last several weeks with CTyankee Dec 2015 #31

Hang in there CTyankee-- this WILL pass ailsagirl Dec 2015 #32

and my blessings on you too, ailsagirl... CTyankee Dec 2015 #34

Right back 'atcha!! ailsagirl Dec 2015 #36

Ugh. I've been to shingle-land myself. elias49 Dec 2015 #33

I note that the good news in all this is that my spinal arthritic pain has stopped...my guess is CTyankee Dec 2015 #35

Lower back pain? Like at the base of the spine? Mosby Dec 2015 #37

yes, right around the tailbone... CTyankee Dec 2015 #38

This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Dec 2015 #42

I had it when I was 16 weeks post-partum. Laffy Kat Dec 2015 #39

oh, dear god, I can't imagine what you must have gone through... CTyankee Dec 2015 #40

I hate to tell you this, I still have pain. Laffy Kat Dec 2015 #41

Oh, I am so sorry. Munificence Dec 2015 #43