Shingles

Posted by lovemygrands @lovemygrands, May 14 7:47pm

I’m in my 4th week of shingles. So much pain. What are helpful things I can do for myself on my own? I do take Gabapentin 2x’s daily, 300mg.

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katgob | @katgob | May 15 1:37pm

Have you put shingles in the search bar? I had them a decade ago but i went through the cycle that is described. By week four I was nearly healed. It likely depends too on where your shingles are.

itchyrich | @itchyrich | May 15 2:25pm

A week before my shingles rash appeared, I had all kinds of aches and pains. I was at the lab which is in the same building as my doctor and the lab tech said to just go try to see a doctor. I did and lucked out and when the doc started looking at me to prepare for an EKG, he saw my chest and said "you've got shingles". Sure enough, i had red welts halfway around my chest and back that weren't there that morning. He prescribed Valtrex which I started taking that evening. The rash turned to blisters and I used Gold Bond Medicated lotion which helped a lot. That part wasn't too bad, probably due to the Valtrex. After the blisters dried up, the postherpetic neuralgia set in and was more painful. I took Gabapentin for a couple months, which seemed to help a lot. It finally just went away. All in all, Shingles wasn't nearly as bad as my Grover's Disease.

bjwilliams | @bjwilliams | May 25 7:18am

In reply to @itchyrich "A week before my shingles rash appeared, I had all kinds of aches and pains. I..." + (show)

It wasn't as bad because it was caught early. Very early.

bjwilliams | @bjwilliams | 5 days ago

I remember those “pre-shingles” aches and pains. Mine were in my chest.

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