Damn shingles...

Ricardo
Ricardo Posts: 10,636
edited October 2009 in The Clubhouse
Had a slight back/side pain since Saturday; didn't pay much attention because on Friday our son moved to his dorm and I helped carry some boxes; thought it was just some muscle thing....but it grew worse and moved internally, and today I felt really bad; even breathing hurt, so I decided to go have it checked. The nurse looked at my back and she laughed. There I was concerned that I had something in my lungs and she said "it's just shingles". I had not noticed the rash..

It hurts like hell. Anyone else had it?
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  • megasat16
    megasat16 Posts: 3,521
    edited September 2009
    Shingles from roofing? How did that get attach to you? J/K :)

    I hope you feel well soon!
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  • seeclear
    seeclear Posts: 1,242
    edited September 2009
    You should ask about getting steroids, too. Taken early on, it can help a lot with the post-Herpetic neuralgia. Wait too long and they won't do much good.

    I had a mild case a couple years ago. Luckily little discomfort and no neuralgia, knock on wood.
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited September 2009
    I got steroids, antiviral thingy and a reaaaaaaaally cooooooool paaaaaaain kiiiiiiiiilleeeeeeeer druuuuuuuuug...;)
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited September 2009
    Ricardo wrote:
    and a reaaaaaaaally cooooooool paaaaaaain kiiiiiiiiilleeeeeeeer druuuuuuuuug...;)

    Enjoy.......
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,663
    edited September 2009
    Shingles can be attributed to stress. They can happen at any age.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited September 2009
    Shingles sucks! had it a few years back. I never want to get it again.

    Ricardo, hope you feel better soon. I think it just has to run it's course though.
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,663
    edited September 2009
    Had them also. Mine were directly related to stress.
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited September 2009
    Thanks for the reminder... I'd forgotten to go out and take a look at my roof. Found some shingle pieces on a porch roof below the main earlier today. Got out the binoculars... looks like I'm losing shingles at an alarming rate :(.
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  • SKsolutions
    SKsolutions Posts: 1,820
    edited September 2009
    Shingles are better than the Clap -
    Find the bright side :-P
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  • Rodeo0530
    Rodeo0530 Posts: 797
    edited September 2009
    I'm only 27 and had shingles a few years ago. I was always very healthy and in great shape, but I had a rash around my lower back/side. Went to the doctor and he said the only thing he thought it could be was shingles, but odd for someone my age. About a month later I went home to visit family and no longer had shingles, but wasn't feeling right for a while. Going to the bathroom all the time, thirsty, vision was good one day and not the next. I asked my dad to check my blood sugar because he's diabetic, so is my sister. Long story short...blood sugar was really high, went to ER, was told I was a type 1 diabetic and had to take insulin daily in order to live. I believe that was the reason for the shingles, the stress my body was going through from becoming diabetic. Be careful that everything else is ok! And having to get a prescription filled for Valtrex when your 25 does NOT look good to the cute girl working in the pharmacy. They assume herpes, not shingles...at least it seemed that way! Hope you feel better.


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  • seeclear
    seeclear Posts: 1,242
    edited September 2009
    Hate to break it to you, but shingles IS herpes. Herpes Zoster, the same virus that causes chicken pox.
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited September 2009
    I had that shite in h.s., and did it SUCK! I was out of school for almost 3 weeks.
    I had it on my groin/ thigh area, and that was NASTY!
    IIRC, it's a form of the herpes virus, that's emitted from the lower spine, and once you get it, you'll never get it again, like detergent poisoning dermititus, which I ALSO had!:mad::(
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  • nguyendot
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    edited September 2009
    Ricardo wrote: »
    I got steroids, antiviral thingy and a reaaaaaaaally cooooooool paaaaaaain kiiiiiiiiilleeeeeeeer druuuuuuuuug...;)

    That antiviral thingie is probably VALTREX. You know, the same drug they give you when after you start itching down there.

    I got shingles on my right leg/knee area around January. It didn't really hurt that much, it was a dull pain that I just ignored and put this weird cream on.
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited September 2009
    Get your shingles vaccine!
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    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited September 2009
    obieone wrote: »
    IIRC, it's a form of the herpes virus, that's emitted from the lower spine, and once you get it, you'll never get it again...(

    You can get episodes of shingles multiple times.
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited September 2009
    Well, I was just regurgitating what the DOCTOR told me 30 years ago!
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited September 2009
    nguyendot wrote: »
    That antiviral thingie is probably VALTREX.

    Right; I think it's the first time I get a prescription that totals 3 GRAMS a day.

    Woke up with a lot of pain today; rash has stayed the same. Pain killer, here I come....
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited September 2009
    so do we all have this herpes zoster in our system then? then something set it off like stress? the human body is an amazing thing.. but can also cause a lot of problems over the years.. this bug, that bug, this virus that bacteria.
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited September 2009
    danger boy wrote: »
    so do we all have this herpes zoster in our system then?

    Only if you had chickenpox. It's triggered by a weak inmune system, stress, and it usually appears after you're 50. I read 50% of all cases happen to people over 60.
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    edited September 2009
    seeclear wrote: »
    Hate to break it to you, but shingles IS herpes. Herpes Zoster, the same virus that causes chicken pox.

    I know it's herpes, but not the kind that everyone thiniks of when they hear that word. When you're 25 and getting herpes meds at the pharmacy, usually people don't think that you have shingles.


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  • doggie750
    doggie750 Posts: 1,160
    edited September 2009
    My dad had this once.....and he was in pain! Never seen my dad's weakness. Always had the vision of him being the LION w/ a golden heart. Just relax and LISTEN to your POLKgears and you'll be fine.

    ROOT cause: Stress and no time for your Polkgears....:cool:
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited September 2009
    If you have nowhere to go, ask for Lyrica. It's for nerve pain and is sometimes prescribed for shingles. It does a pretty good job, but don't expect to be able to function otherwise.
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited September 2009
    Ricardo wrote: »
    Only if you had chickenpox. It's triggered by a weak inmune system, stress, and it usually appears after you're 50. I read 50% of all cases happen to people over 60.

    Yup, you can only get it if you had chicken pox...and you can give a kid chicken pox if you come into direct contact with them when you have shingles. Nasty stuff...both of my best friends in like 2nd/3rd grade got chicken pox...so my mom loaded up on medicine, but I never got them...and still havent, thank god. I also got the 'lifetime' chicken pox vaccination, which is supposed to be 70-90% effective, but still extremely new.
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  • nguyendot
    nguyendot Posts: 3,594
    edited September 2009
    Ricardo wrote: »
    Right; I think it's the first time I get a prescription that totals 3 GRAMS a day.

    Woke up with a lot of pain today; rash has stayed the same. Pain killer, here I come....

    It's a tough one to swallow, isn't it? Biggest pill I've ever taken. I almost thought it was a suppository.

    I still have some of the pills at home along with some immune system suppressant...

    I was 26 and was getting valtrex from the pharmacy... yes it's weird.
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited September 2009
    Pfft... I've seen bigger, tablets.
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    nguyendot Posts: 3,594
    edited September 2009
    Shizelbs wrote: »
    Pfft... I've seen bigger, tablets.

    They usually go in the other end ;)
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited September 2009
    This **** is bad. Looks like the rash stopped growing, but the pain is still there. The problem is that you can't tell where it hurts. It's all over, not in the skin but inside.

    A friend told me he had it for 8 weeks :eek::eek:
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited September 2009
    How far along are you? When I had it, and it 'peaked', all I could do was lie in bed with ROLLS of paper towels to soak up the leakage. And did it smell BAD!!!
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited September 2009
    Ask your Doctor about Lidoderm(Lidocaine) or Flector patches.
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,536
    edited September 2009
    Be careful with the shingles, my son got it in his eye and nearly lost all vision in it. They are still trying to figure out how to repair it.
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