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Originally Posted by Margies3
You have my sympathy for those shingles. I've heard that they are HORRIBLE  Are they better yet? |
Yes. It was a tiny patch (1.5 inch by 2.5 inch) on my right leg, about halfway between my knee and ankle. Before the eruption, my sciatic nerve hurt worse than it had EVER hurt in my entire life, and I'd had issues with this nerve before. Then the skin on the whole leg from the hip down became EXTREMELY sensitive, to the point where I wore a pair of very smooth rayon slacks to sleep in because even the bedsheets were too much stimulation. Finally, there was the eruption (as I said, tiny patch).
Of course, I may have a lot of education and suchlike, but on some things I'm just DIM. I had no idea I had shingles until a week after the eruption, when I thought I might check Dr. Google to see why I was continuing to have this extreme leg sensitivity. A few searches and pictures later, yep, I was convinced. The problem is, I waited too long to get any medication, so I had to just tough it out. The doctor offered me patches for the pain, but I was controlling it just fine using topical anti-itch and pain relief creams. And, by comparison to the root canal I'd had the previous month (which was a 7 on the 1 to 10 pain scale), shingles came in at 4.
I was told to get the vaccine, but I have to wait two more months because it's a live virus and if I get it now, I could have another event, and it could be MUCH worse (go look at the pictures on Google for examples).
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