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

Sat Dec 5, 2015, 10:59 AM

Dec 2015

how long did the pain last? I'm at the end of 5 weeks now and have yet another refill of my Percoset prescription ready to take to the pharmacist. Hoping he'll give me encouragement and maybe some ideas about topical stuff that is readily available. The Percoset only goes so far...

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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 Dec 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