Uggggggggggg SHINGLES!

Tink · 04-18-2007, 08:44 AM

I've got shingles! No, not the kind you put on your roof... the kind that come from having had chicken pox as a child that make an ugly rash on your skin on localized areas. A Rassenfrassen viral assault!

I can't help but think it's just another sign of my age. Hrumph grumble sigh...

Passionfruition · 04-18-2007, 09:06 AM

Oh NO! I'm so sorry.

I know that's one of the most miserable things ever. My mom has had shingles two times in the past few years and it breaks my heart to see her so uncomfortable. I hope you get better soon!!! I'll be praying!

Janet · 04-18-2007, 09:38 AM

Oh Tink, you poor thing!! Are you doing okay? My mother had shingles and it was so very painful for her. I do hope you're not in much pain. I can't remember with my mother right now, but how long does it usually last? Been to the Dr.?

Mandy · 04-18-2007, 11:10 AM

I have heard its very painful. Hope you feel better soon!

AngieDoogles · 04-18-2007, 12:39 PM

Aww, I'm so sorry Tink. That sounds awful. I hope you feel better soon...

Gina · 04-18-2007, 02:52 PM

Oh No Tink! I know plently of women who are up there in age ,have them and they are awful and painful. I hope yours wont give you to much pain. I get scared because as a child I never had the chicken pox. My children both did and they even slept with me. I don't want to jinx myself.. < crossing fingers> lol Feel better

Taurus Babe · 04-18-2007, 04:06 PM

OUch! I hope you don't feel to horrible, and get well soon!

DianaB · 04-18-2007, 05:23 PM

I'm so sorry Tink that you have shingles. Just take care of yourself so you'll get better quickly!

Forgivenmom5 · 04-18-2007, 06:33 PM

Hope you feel better and get well quickly.

Marilyn · 04-18-2007, 06:56 PM

Oh, Tink, hope you don't have them very bad. Lots of my friends have had shingles, but I did not have the chicken pox until a couple of years ago, and then they weren't sure it was chicken pox, but some kind of similiar pox. I had a very mild case.

What a mess!! Will be thinking of you and hoping you are better very, very soon.

highlans · 04-18-2007, 11:54 PM

Sorry to hear you are unwell Tink hope it goes soon, I understand stress can also bring on shingles and you have been under a lot lately you need to de stress.
Get well soon. xx

Janet · 04-19-2007, 02:28 AM

Tink, just wondering how you're doing. Hope you're feeling a little better.

Tink · 04-19-2007, 05:49 AM

Thanks all.
I'm more itchy than in pain. I had my gallbladder out the old fashioned way with the huge incision nearly 30 yrs ago, during which time nerves were cut that never reconnected. Ironically, it's in this same area that my shingles are. I have an area just above the scar that's never had a return of full sensation, so I guess this time I lucked out because the skin doesn't really hurt like one might expect it to.

Weird huh? LOL

DianaB · 04-19-2007, 07:19 AM

I have a friend from church that has shingles really bad. The doctor said that it's the worst case that he's ever seen. She's been really miserable with it.

Chandra Amaya · 04-19-2007, 09:42 AM

I've seen it in the nursing home I worked in. It does seem to be terrible. I hope it continues to not be horrible for you Tink.

04-18-2007, 08:44 AM	#1
Tink Donating 4WT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Rural Wisconsin Posts: 3,707	Uggggggggggg SHINGLES! I've got shingles! No, not the kind you put on your roof... the kind that come from having had chicken pox as a child that make an ugly rash on your skin on localized areas. A Rassenfrassen viral assault! I can't help but think it's just another sign of my age. Hrumph grumble sigh... __________________ 'A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in.. And how many want out.' England 's Prime Minister Tony Blair'

04-18-2007, 09:06 AM	#2
Passionfruition Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Berlin, Germany Posts: 492	Oh NO! I'm so sorry. I know that's one of the most miserable things ever. My mom has had shingles two times in the past few years and it breaks my heart to see her so uncomfortable. I hope you get better soon!!! I'll be praying! __________________ "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."- Dr. Seuss

04-18-2007, 09:38 AM	#3
Janet Moderator Donating 4WT 18K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: INDIANA Posts: 21,624	Oh Tink, you poor thing!! Are you doing okay? My mother had shingles and it was so very painful for her. I do hope you're not in much pain. I can't remember with my mother right now, but how long does it usually last? Been to the Dr.? __________________ To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. ECCLESIASTES 3:1

04-18-2007, 11:10 AM	#4
Mandy Donating 4WT 4000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Who cares! Posts: 4,587	I have heard its very painful. Hope you feel better soon! __________________ Many people will walk in and out your life, but only true friends leave footprints!

04-18-2007, 12:39 PM	#5
AngieDoogles Donating 4WT 4000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 6,509	Aww, I'm so sorry Tink. That sounds awful. I hope you feel better soon... __________________ "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." ~MT

04-18-2007, 02:52 PM	#6
Gina Donating 4WT 500 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 6,025	Oh No Tink! I know plently of women who are up there in age ,have them and they are awful and painful. I hope yours wont give you to much pain. I get scared because as a child I never had the chicken pox. My children both did and they even slept with me. I don't want to jinx myself.. < crossing fingers> lol Feel better

04-18-2007, 04:06 PM	#7
Taurus Babe Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 668	OUch! I hope you don't feel to horrible, and get well soon! __________________ Taurus Babe aka Thorsmomma

04-18-2007, 05:23 PM	#8
DianaB Moderator Donating 4WT 13K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Kansas Posts: 16,069	I'm so sorry Tink that you have shingles. Just take care of yourself so you'll get better quickly! __________________ ´¨) ¸.•´¸.•´¨) ¸.•*¨) (¸.•´ (¸.•` ¤ Diana Baker ✞ You and I are friends....... Always remember that if you fall I will pick you up...... After I stop laughing!!!

04-18-2007, 06:33 PM	#9
Forgivenmom5 4WT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,409	Hope you feel better and get well quickly. __________________ ~Debbie~

04-18-2007, 06:56 PM	#10
Marilyn Donating 4WT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: South Texas Posts: 4,907	Oh, Tink, hope you don't have them very bad. Lots of my friends have had shingles, but I did not have the chicken pox until a couple of years ago, and then they weren't sure it was chicken pox, but some kind of similiar pox. I had a very mild case. What a mess!! Will be thinking of you and hoping you are better very, very soon. __________________ Marilyn If anyone would like a free Bible Study CD or book entitled "Searching for Truth", PM me with your mailing address and I'll send you one. "And you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free." John 8:32

04-18-2007, 11:54 PM	#11
highlans Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: london uk Posts: 462	Sorry to hear you are unwell Tink hope it goes soon, I understand stress can also bring on shingles and you have been under a lot lately you need to de stress. Get well soon. xx

04-19-2007, 02:28 AM	#12
Janet Moderator Donating 4WT 18K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: INDIANA Posts: 21,624	Tink, just wondering how you're doing. Hope you're feeling a little better. __________________ To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. ECCLESIASTES 3:1

04-19-2007, 05:49 AM	#13
Tink Donating 4WT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Rural Wisconsin Posts: 3,707	Thanks all. I'm more itchy than in pain. I had my gallbladder out the old fashioned way with the huge incision nearly 30 yrs ago, during which time nerves were cut that never reconnected. Ironically, it's in this same area that my shingles are. I have an area just above the scar that's never had a return of full sensation, so I guess this time I lucked out because the skin doesn't really hurt like one might expect it to. Weird huh? LOL __________________ 'A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in.. And how many want out.' England 's Prime Minister Tony Blair'

04-19-2007, 07:19 AM	#14
DianaB Moderator Donating 4WT 13K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Kansas Posts: 16,069	I have a friend from church that has shingles really bad. The doctor said that it's the worst case that he's ever seen. She's been really miserable with it. __________________ ´¨) ¸.•´¸.•´¨) ¸.•*¨) (¸.•´ (¸.•` ¤ Diana Baker ✞ You and I are friends....... Always remember that if you fall I will pick you up...... After I stop laughing!!!

04-19-2007, 09:42 AM	#15
Chandra Amaya 4WT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Tn Posts: 1,646	I've seen it in the nursing home I worked in. It does seem to be terrible. I hope it continues to not be horrible for you Tink. __________________ Traci

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