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Anyone gotten shingles while undergoing chemo?
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Sep 1, 2022 | Replies (6)Comment receiving replies
Every other week. I am due for me second infusion on Monday. It sounds like they are going to check my numbers and then determine whether it’s ok to go forward. They say it’s very important to try and stay on the 2 week schedule as it’s has a significantly better outcome with triple negative bc that a 3 week rotation. 🤷🏻♀️
I am amazed by how painful they are!
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@ahurlbert30
You poor thing... you certainly didn't need shingles at a time like this! My aunt acquired shingles on her buttocks during chemo... I got shingles on one side of my face shortly after I retired (but long before chemo). Besides taking the prescription for it (Zovirax or Famvir), I used Abreva on the sores (which seemed to dry them up fairly quickly), avoided foods high in arginine until I healed (tomatoes, sugars, cashews, grapes, blackberries, blueberries, peanuts, chocolate), ate foods high in lysine (meat, fish, cheese, eggs, milk, avocados, pineapple, green beans, apples), and took lysine supplements. For nerve pain (after the sores healed), I used Topricin Fibro Cream (which I use even now for my chemo-induced peripheral neuropathy; available on Amazon). It's homeopathic, mostly arnica, has no adverse effects nor drug interactions.
I do hope that you feel better soon! Take good care of your sweet self.