The nerve of those shingles invading your handsome face. Fuckers.
Good to know there's no damage to your eye. Keep your chin up, B. :hug:
Oh you know me: it takes more than a bout of the Shingles to rattle me :wink:
Nothing could possibly take away from it.
I've loved you from the day we met but my love isn't blind.
I'd never accuse you of willful blindness, dear.
I'm glad there was no damage to your eye. Feel better, I know it's a drag I have a friend who this happens to sometimes.
Thank you, NY.
Oh Big B, that's horrid for you ? Did you catch chicken pox as a kid ? I hope you get better very very soon
You know the worst part of this, Hilly? I had a date tonight that I was forced to postpone. And he was a real cutie :frown1:
I have felt your pain myself. Twice stricken with that horrid stuff. Not on my face. I cannot imagine how that must feel. Mine was on the back of my thigh, That area spread to about the size of a softball..shit was it hard to sit, and I was on vacation in Florida, and the drive home ...well!!!!!! and the others was on my lower back. Not as bad. I had no scaring and I hope the same for you.
Quick healing to you.
I cannot imagine getting an attack on vacation: talk about things not having turned out as expected!
I've had them twice. The first time went from behind my left ear and over the top of my head to just before the left eye, and it left a scar on my forehead that looks oddly like
this. It has faded with time. The second time the lesions ran from my right elbow to the tips of my right thumb and index finger (including under the nails); it was unspeakably painful but has left no scar.
I have no way of predicting, but I bet there'll be some sort of residual mark below my eyebrow. At this stage of my life I'm not nearly as concerned about scarring as I would once have been, though if it went to my nose I might not feel so nonchalant.
Barring some overnight catastrophe I expect to work tomorrow (Friday) night. My left eye has opened enough to insert my other contact lens, and my doc assured me that I would not be infectious through casual contact. I really don't care what it looks like as long as I can see enough to function.
I think I'm going to get the vaccine.
Dave
I'd highly
recommend it, Dave.
at least now you can wear a sexy eye patch!
Someone beat me to it, but I was totally going to say I think you'd look hot and dangerous in an eye patch.
I'm sorry you're suffering, and hope you feel better very soon.
I've thought about checking them out at CVS. If I can get one on the ultra-cheap then that's what I'll do. There's nothing wrong with a little bit of menace, especially where I work.
Hopefully this helps:
A good friend of mine, big into herbs told me that Shingles are a form of herpes - but what makes them flare up - is a Lack of an essential Amino Acid - L-Arginine.
Valtrex and the other herpe's drugs only slowly work to reduce the outbreak - but take a long time to heal. (sometimes not at all)
By replacing the missing amino acid, the shingles dissapear quickly.
Give it a try - it can't hurt!
I don't take unregulated supplements unless specifically told to by a medical professional because of potential complications with my HIV meds, but thanks for the interest.
I had shingles only once, can't imagine it on my face. Even though the word herpes is in the technical name I thought it was caused by the dormant chickenpox virus in those that had chicken pox. When I had shingles it was on the inside of my arm and on my chest and even my shirt rubbing up against it felt like I was getting stuck by needles. It ran its course over about 6 weeks. I hear the blisters can get pretty bad but mine became more like a rash and scabbed over pretty quickly.
I have no problems with the word "herpes": it's the name for a whole spectrum of viruses. The Chicken Pox and Shingles are caused by the
Herpes Zoster virus.
If this were the worst thing concerning my health I'd be a very happy man, indeed :wink:
I'm so sorry you feel like crap and that you've got this shit flare-up. :hug::kiss: to my Uncle Buckles.
:kiss: back to my Very Good Friend jason_els :kiss:
I couldn't sit, stand, lay down, or sleep w/o pain for about 2-3 weeks. It was shear misery and I can't imagine having that pain on my face.
This is a pretty limited outbreak, and while painful is handle-able, especially with the Percocets; the only downsides to the pain meds are that they make me [even more] dopey [than usual :biggrin1:], and make me itch all over, so I'm constantly washing my hands (another MRSA infection would so not be fun right now).
The licorice will definitely hasten your recovery and help keep out breaks to an absolute minimum. It also is used as a systemic cure for reducing the swelling of hemorrhoids. A two-fer, if you will.
If you don't get better in the next few days let me know. I'll dispatch a boojum healer from Georgia's low country to your door.
Your uncle Midlifebear
I used to work for a Danish couple who'd bring back these bricks and pebbles of
andesite-hard, salty licorice: it was like chewing on tar :tongue:. I think I'll stick with the oil, which sounds intriguing (something else for the CVS shopping list).
If the boojum healer is any good at deep-tissue massage, don't wait for the invite: he can set up shop in my walk-in closet.
We ran a few errands together, it was fun. He thinks he can put his contacts in soon.
Thanks again for helping me with that, sweetheart. I really could not have done 1/10th of what we were able to accomplish if it were just me and my bike :kiss:
Whew! You poor baby. I am so glad you got to the doctor before any major damage was done. I hope you dont have the residual pain that many people experience after the shingles are gone. I still have pain in my legs from the shingles I got when I fell down the basement stairs and messed up my tail bone. The doctor said it isnt uncommon to get them in places where you have had nerve damage.
I have pretty bad arthritis in my neck, which causes migraine and TMJ, so I'm used to rather high daily pain levels. I have the feeling that any residual pain will probably be more tingling than throbbing, but I'm hoping that this will just clear in about another two weeks or so.
I've had it, too, fortunately not on my face or near my eye, but on my back below the shoulder blade. In addition to whatever meds are prescribed, it's important to take care of yourself: eat well, sleep well, and reduce stress as much as possible.
The errands Mem and I went on included a grocery shopping for basic staples, so I'm all set for about two weeks at least. If I'm going to work tomorrow night, I'm gonna need at least ten good hours of sleep, so when I unplug later I'll make sure that nothing will disturb me.
I'm glad to hear you're a bit better, Bbucko!
Thanks, sweetheart. My left eye is definitely open enough to put in both of my contacts; this has gone a long way toward allowing me to feel "normal" again.