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Feb 09, 2013

Shingles

Wife has Shingles. Cousin had them Nov and Dec an may still. Haven't talked with her.
I've ran across mentions of others having shingles over a wide area the last several months.
The Doctors talking with me yesterday about scheduling nerve surgery on arm and the subject came up. I have some spots on arms. I couldn't seperate any pains from it if I had it from the other.
I had the Shingles shot last year or before.
Wife and many others didn't get it because of cost.
Maybe everyone had Chicken Pox about the same interval of time and now Shingles is erupting?
Maybe it is the Chicken Pox virus in the air?
As far as I know we haven't been around anyone we knew had either.
Get the shot. It's somewhere higher than 250.00 I hear.
If you're a Vet and VA health benefits you can get it free I think. I did. That pain in your shoulder or anywhere and any kind of spot or and eruptions; get it looked at. It may be why I had to just lay around for a month with a cold.
  • My wife has shingles as we speak. She has had them before. She has had MS for years. We Love to camp, enjoy nature, do our daily walks and that is good for everyone. The shingles are a lot of pain and make you weak. She is up and down all day. She gets up to eat, go to the bathroom and then back to bed to watch TV. It just takes time and rest to get over shingles! We have a busy year planned but for now, it is "One Day at a Time!"
  • I had shingles 3 yrs ago - that was NO FUN! Felt something wront on Thanksgiving evening and ddn't get to doctor until week later. Not much he could do for me - so I had to suck it up. Episode lasted about 4 mos.

    DW got shot shortly afterward. After much co9nversations with Blue Shield, finally got her shot reimbursed. They handle shingle shot differently that other shots.

    As I understand it, if you had chicken pox, the shingles virus is dormant in your body until body's immune system lower than BAM.