General Chat

Monday 18th November.
Having felt very unwell all weekend, with cronic pain in my midriff & right side, I got an appointment with GP at 10am.
Sent straight to Surgical Assessment Unit at our local hospital with letter from GP, via A&E as no bed available.
12.30 a bed available so taken up to ward
I am kept Nil by Mouth, examined twice, told registrar will be there soon, but they have had a surgical emergency. Given paracetamol for pain.
Finally at 1030pm the registrar arrives, examines me and ... I have a rash :-0

SHINGLES... ISOLATION

I then spent Tuesday in solitary confinement, with a brief escape to have a scan.
I escaped home on Wednesday evening, with a bag full of anti-virals & pain killers

Starting to feel a bit better in myself now but still very sore

I have Googled, but nothing like finding out from people who have actually had it.

What helped?

Hope u r feeling better soon

Oh Carol
So sorry to hear this. Rest as much as you possibly can and take the painkillers.
Really hope you feel better soon
It's horrid and so painful.
Take care
Von

I'm pleased you're on the mend Carol, I have never had it myself, but I'm sure someone on here will be able to help with some advice.

xx

Terrible terrible pain un discribable ........


But it feels like a pot of maggots wiggling under your skin!! Lumps under your arms neck and grain ....and it goes on for weeks and weeks and if you are un lucky which you are not! years

Take the anti virial drugs even if you dont bother with the pain killers or the years will apply

REST REST and REST is the only treatment

Mine comes and goes if I,m run down and its here now and hurts so much I want to cry! :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-\ :-\ :-\

I hope you are felling better, rest and take care and listen to your doctor.

I've had it three times - but not as badly as you Carol - you can now get a shingles jab

Berona on the Aussie thread had it very badly, it lasted for a very long time, she may be able to help

Gosh Anncardiff I,ve had it 3 times aswel but also have the shingles neuralgia which can happen after

I feel for you so much Carol

Oh dear.......*makes appt for shingles jab* :-(

I feel really sorry for all the sufferers, get well wishes to you all.

xx

I have never had Shingles...........My Dad had it and i know that it is very, very painful.

I do hope you feel better soon Carol.............and anyone else who is suffering with Shingles.

:-( :-( :-(

Hope your feeling better soon Carol,its not nice at all <3 <3

Thank you all.
At least I now know that my gallbladder, pancreas, liver & kidneys are all healthy. (From scan done on Tuesday)

My husband had shingles about 5 years ago. Here they give you what you had in UK plus vitamin B complex to help with the damaged nerve endings which is what causes the pain. He was out of pain very quickly, reduced almost straight away and all gone in a couple of weeks.

Hope this helps. Get well soon Carol :-)

PLENTY OF REST REST REST,AS YOU KEEP TELLING ME..


GET BETTER SOON
LOVE DIZZ

Get well soon, Carol. I had shingles many years ago and my doctor gave me Vitamin B12 injections and I had no problems. Just an occasional twinge in the spot that comes and goes.

I had it and it was diagnosed too late for anti viral but I didn't suffer from neurological pain afterwards and had no problems since. Daughter had it and suffered pain afterwards for a while but not any longer.everyone is different. I hope yours will go and not return.

Aw Carol, poor you!

My Mother had shingles, she said it felt like something inside was chewing!

Rest, rest & more rest, and take the meds.

<3

OH had it last year, round his waist. VERY painful, but told to live a normal life as far as possible and no medication except painkillers. It lasted about 3 months and he still has the scars!!

My father had it on his scalp and it was so painful he was on morphine for months.

As Ann said, it seems to affect everyone differently, so I hope yours is fairly mild and you feel better soon.

I had shingles many years ago. i had a line of spots going across my midriff in a straight line. They started off itchy but soon became extremely sore.
Went to my Gp, he diagnosed shingles and asked if i was under any stress at work or home. At the time, my job in a bank was really stressing me due to staff shortage and i wasnt sleeping.

he said this was the cause and signed me off for 2 weeks and gave me painkillers. i felt tired and sore all the time.

Shingles is a dormant virus caused from having chickenpox poss when you were a child. It lies dormant in the bodys nervous system until someonething triggers it, can be stress. the spots follow the line of the nerve either across or down the trunk of the body.

there is a more nasy version and that is in the eye, really horrid.

Really sorry to hear you have this carol but heres hoping you will get over it fairly soon.
Take care and rest up with regular pain relief.

Not being nosey, but are you under any stress at the minute?

Take care
Florence
in the hebrides :-)