Hello Cherie, so sorry to hear that you have shingles; I know how painful they can be, as I had the same thing four years ago, and the scars still, to prove it... plus my right hip, where the shingles finally settled/came through, still occasionally experiences extreme sensitivity and nerve pain! Considering how common singles is, you would think doctors would be better equipped to properly diagnose and prevent the worst of it, but nope! Four different doctors claimed I did not have shingles while a rash roamed my body for months and I experienced traveling nerve pain also. The last one said one of the most ridiculous things I have ever heard a doctor say to me about the numbness I had, just before the actual shingles showed up, wrapped around my hip, extending onto my back and upper thigh. I hope yours are not too painful, and that they are located in a place that does not cause too much discomfort or pain. May you return to work soon, fully healed![/QUOTE
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WOW, Magenta, so sorry to hear about your terrible bout with the Shings - for myself, a few years ago I had an appointment with
my doc for a 'check-up', and showed him where I thought I had a bug bite that might be getting infected, well, he took one look and told me that I had the Shingles', I was stunned, as I had looked at several vids about people who had them and also had known and seen several of my friends who had gotten them, so it was hard for to believe that I actually had it - anyway, he told me that the rest of my Shingles were 'internal' - and I did experience a different discomfort and different kind of mild-pain, although it was nothing
to distress me or cause me concern, just a little baffled, as I said before what I had read about the extreme and intense pain that so many experience, as well as some of my friends...I felt very Blessed, as I was at that time experiencing much nerve pain from a broken neck, etc...
Thanks Sister, for always stepping-up to (help and encourage) your fellow man...
Hugs...