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cooby Sep 16 2016 10:29 PM

I've had a weird summer. Now to top it all off, I have shingles. Things you need to know about shingles! (Click bait imitation) You don't have to be elderly Yes it hurts like hell. Starting with an excruciating backache several days earlier Babies don't get their chicken pox shots til age one so thank heavens my grandson had his birthday as I was with him all day yesterday They aren't very contagious unless you touch them (and who would?) I am lucky. I have a very small, mild case on my tummy. Some of the pictures the doctor showed me were terrifying

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 16 2016 10:42 PM Re: Shingles

I had a bout w/ shingles a couple years ago -- also, thankfully, a mild case. "Hurts like hell" is right. It felt like I had the worst tequila hangover ever *plus* a ridiculously painful localized backache (and frontache) that hurts both internally and to the touch. I went to the Dr. complaining of cancer, that's how awful I felt. Key is getting it treated right away and if you're lucky like me the drugs will stop it dead in a day. Been told stress will bring it on, which makes sense given my boss at the time. (He's since been fired! Ha-ha!)

cooby Sep 16 2016 10:48 PM Re: Shingles

Yes the backache just cannot be described I told my daughter that I spent Sunday night on the couch basically waiting to die.

themetfairy Sep 16 2016 11:17 PM Re: Shingles

I had a mild case in 2013, which I recognized thanks to Fman's discussion of the symptoms. Not at all fun. Heal quickly coobs!

Rockin' Doc Sep 16 2016 11:19 PM Re: Shingles

The key is early diagnosis and treatment with oral antivirals (acyclovir, famciclovir, or valacyclovir) in order to control the outbreak. I have to treat 4-5 patients a year due to Shingles outbreaks on their face or on the cornea of their eye. Shingles (or Herpes Zoster) is wicked stuff.

MFS62 Sep 16 2016 11:41 PM Re: Shingles

Rockin' Doc wrote: The key is early diagnosis and treatment with oral antivirals (acyclovir, famciclovir, or valacyclovir) in order to control the outbreak. I have to treat 4-5 patients a year due to Shingles outbreaks on their face or on the cornea of their eye. Shingles (or Herpes Zoster) is wicked stuff. My mom (may she rest in Peace) had shingles in her eye. It was before many good remedies were available. It was very painful and lasted many months. Be well, Coob. Take your medicine. Later

Frayed Knot Sep 16 2016 11:51 PM Re: Shingles

I had a case once of aluminum siding and, let me tell you, that's no picnic either.

cooby Sep 17 2016 12:11 AM Re: Shingles

LOL, FK. When I was looking for photos of shingles, it took me a while to figure out why I was getting pictures of roofs. Heehee Anyway, yes I am taking my meds five times a day... Acyclovir. What is ironic is that about a year ago I looked into getting a shingles shot and I was told I was too young! Don't hear that very often any more! I'm glad now that I didn't get one because I didn't realize then that babies don't get their chickenpox shots until one year old and Vinnie the D wasn't that old yet and I might have been infectious from the shot (Doc maybe you know...it's a moot point anyway since he's all good :D )

d'Kong76 Sep 17 2016 12:57 AM Re: Shingles

Feel better soon, coobster. They can really be bad so anyone blessed with a small outbreak is lucky. I have a nif who had them so bad he missed like two weeks of work.

Rockin' Doc Sep 17 2016 01:04 AM Re: Shingles

I'm not an expert on the Shingles Vaccine (Zostavax). However, to the best of my knowledge, I do not believe that individuals receiving the vaccination pose a risk to other individuals. I have never heard of anyone getting either chicken pox or Zoster from exposure to someone having received the Zostavax vaccination.

Edgy MD Sep 17 2016 01:27 AM Re: Shingles

I once saw Herpes Zoster hit for the cycle against the Orioles. Get well, Coo, and all other shingly sufferers.

Mets Guy in Michigan Sep 17 2016 02:22 AM Re: Shingles

Keeping you in our prayers, Cooby. Get better!

Fman99 Sep 17 2016 03:28 AM Re: Shingles

Yes, MF remembers well, I had them in 2013, also, they developed during my training to run the Ottawa Marathon (my first race at that distance). What I thought was some heat rash on my chest turned out to be shingles. I was lucky, too, in that the first round of antibiotics cleared it up. But, yeah, they suck, and, running a marathon with shingles probably exacerbated the problem at the time.

cooby Sep 17 2016 12:38 PM Re: Shingles

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: Keeping you in our prayers, Cooby. Get better! Thank you :D Looks like a bunch of us has suffered. That in itself makes me feel a little better!

cooby Sep 17 2016 12:39 PM Re: Shingles

Don't take that the wrong way :D

Zvon Sep 17 2016 05:11 PM Re: Shingles

Shingles! Youch.

cooby Sep 18 2016 02:01 AM Re: Shingles

So far, no improvement, but thank you Z! :D

dgwphotography Sep 20 2016 06:53 PM Re: Shingles

Mrs. DGW started The Great Chicken Pox Outbreak of 1999 with her case of the shingles...

Ashie62 Sep 21 2016 09:47 PM Re: Shingles

Get well Coob!

cooby Sep 21 2016 09:54 PM Re: Shingles

Thank you :) Slowly getting better. Back still pseudo-itchy, and front hurts all the time like I'm hungry. Getting used to all that!