General Chat

I've had it, wasn't prescribed anything but at my next RA appointment the nurse flipped and said I should have stopped my meds. Hey. I said, I'm still here, alive and kicking and suffered no ill effects :-S

Pain killers of choice, cool packs to reduce heat and DO NO SCRATCH!

Steer clear of pregnant ladies and people with a lowered immune system.

I hope you feel better soon.

Hope you start to feel better soon Carol.

Lesley x

Poor you Carol, hope the meds work soon and you start to feel lots better. Might be worth asking about the Vit b.

My late Mum had shingles and was very poorly for ages and the pain recurred every so often. You have to stay isolated while the blisters are there but once they dry off you can mix with others again apparently.

Take care of yourself

Lizxx

That sounds a realy horrible thing to have, Carol. Hope you're feeling better this week.

At least lots of things were proven to work on Tuesday. Not too bad. My car and my cat are both 13 and they are not doing quite as well as you. And I bet you are even older than them, Carol :-) ;-)

Carol I hope you will be feeling better soon, however it can take time, just take care and look after yourself. My Mother had it she was so poorly she had to come and stay with.me for thirteen weeks.

You can only have the jab if you are aged seventy or seventy-nine. No, I don't understand it either.

Annie

Kuros,

This has caused a lot of confusion to people, including myself that the vaccination programme only includes people aged 70 Or 79 :-S

For those that would like to get the jab outside these ages, this is on NHS Choices site :

'If you wish to have the shingles vaccine and you are not eligible for the NHS vaccination programme, you will usually need to visit a private clinic. Private vaccination is likely to cost £150-200.'



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Jo

I - aged 79! - have been offered the shingles vac - I gather it is going to be offered routinely to everyone on their 70th birthday, but that it is not very effective for the 0ver-eighties - those of us who are still 79 are getting it as well on this first round. I'm certainly going to have it - I remember years ago my MIL getting it and getting no sympathy from her doctor, no painkillers but a jolly "ha ha! we doctors call it hellfire" which made it rather worse!

Not had it myself,but my mother suffered a lot with this...said it was like knives stabbing her,and it was along old peritonitis scars.
I got her some cream from the Body Shop which she said helped more than the prescribed cream...can't remember what it was,but must have been a cooling one.
Do hope you soon find some relief ..and rest. X x <3

I shall have to wait a bit for mine!! :-( :-(

Anyone aged 70 on September 1 2013 (born between 2/9/42 and 1/9/43) is eligible for the new shingles vaccine on the NHS.
If you were aged 79 on September 1 2013 (born between 2/9/33 and 1/9/34), you will also be able to have the shingles vaccine on the NHS as part of a catch-up programme.
If you were aged 71 to 78 on September 1 2013, your next opportunity to have the shingles vaccine will be when you reach the age of 79. The reason the shingles vaccination programme is being staggered this way, is that it would be impractical to vaccinate everyone in their 70s in a single year.
Anyone aged 80 and over on September 1 2013 will not be able to have the shingles vaccination on the NHS because it seems to be less effective as you get older. However, there may be some people aged 79 on September 1 2013 who will have turned 80 by the time they attend for vaccination, and they remain entitled to receive the vaccine.

Some years ago, we were going to a family wedding.
My youngest daughter was unwell and we took her home early.
Next day, it became apparent that she had been uncubating chicken pox.

2 weeks later, almost everyone who had been at our table had either chicken pox or shingles.
My MIL and SIL both had shingles
My oldest daughter developed chicken pox too, but later that year she got Bells Palsy, which is another form of shingles!
Rather than the nerve endings swelling and becoming extremely painful, the WHOLE nerve swells and gets trapped between 2 tightly packed bones .
One side of her face was frozen/paralysed which lasted for about 6 months.

She was 12years old at the time, and now aged 26yrs, a small area above her eye still doesn't move!