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Shingles and Postherpetic Neuralgia and Pain
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Hi @tikigod18 it must be frustrating to watch your daughter have such long lasting pain.
I wanted to introduce you to fellow connect members @cdcc @oranbaughn, @sjsmall5286, @joanlee, and @barbarn as well as my fellow Connect moderator @lisalucier as they may be able to offer support and advice?
Back to your daughter, does the pain medication get rid of the pain or help it?
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My Son had a spinal cord simulator put in in his back about ten years ago, it got infected, they took so long removing it he is now paralyzed from the waste down. Most days he can’t even hold a cup of coffee without spilling it. He is 44 years old, now in a wheelchair living in a nursing home because I can’t take care of him. I would never recommend the stimulator to anyone.
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@ethanmcconkey: yes, the pain medication helps. It is just costing me my health, since I cannot afford my asthma medication, so I take over the counter ephedrine, that is not helpful for my Coronary Artery Disease. Sigh...there are no solutions....just venting here I guess. I sometimes hope I go into heart failure, o it will all be over. That is NOT a statement of a plan to end my life; just a thought that it would sure be easier.