Shingles the bad kind

wavelandscott (Scott) · #1 22-07-2012, 10:42 AM

I've been feeling poorly the last week or so and this week my wife noticed I had developed a rash on my back...went to the Doctor and discovered that I have "Shingles" (adult form of Chicken Pox)...

I am feeling pretty uncomfortable at the moment...should be on medication for a week and things whould clear up in a couple of weeks...

Of course there are clear skies tonight and forecast for the next several nights...

Liz · #2 22-07-2012, 10:51 AM

Ooh, nasty there Scott, they can very veeery painful I hear, take care.

Barrykgerdes · #3 22-07-2012, 10:56 AM

I believe it can be vary painful. However there is a vaccine under development to prevent it (we hope). My son has had them, My father had them. I have missed out. Had chicken pox as a child.

I am on the test program, two years into a five years program. I have a monthly check.

Barry

silv (Annette) · #4 22-07-2012, 11:33 AM

oh man! bugger that!
be careful and take everything the doctor subscribes.
you'll be feeling weak for more than 7 days. listen to your body and let it fight the shingles without exhausting yourself with other activities.

here is some virtual chicken soup with loads of veges *bowl*

wavelandscott (Scott) · #5 22-07-2012, 12:12 PM

Thanks all, it is uncomfortable that is for sure.

Sarge (Rod) · #6 22-07-2012, 12:17 PM

Not good Scott. Hope you are feeling better. Get well soon.

Good skies will be back.

Clear skies

Rod

RB (Andrew) · #7 22-07-2012, 12:35 PM

Sorry to hear Scott, hope you recover quickly mate.

Larryp (Laurie) · #8 22-07-2012, 12:38 PM

Best wishes for a speedy recovery

Ric · #9 22-07-2012, 03:27 PM

That's a bummer Scott

Hope they clear up soon.

blink138 (Pat) · #10 22-07-2012, 04:03 PM

i had a really good mate who got shingles in his 20's and it went up onto his face and across one of his eyes and and it went onto his cornea!
urrrggghhhh!
he went blind for the whole recovery process!
nasty business is shingles, get well soon scott
pat

Octane (Humayun) · #11 22-07-2012, 04:12 PM

Eek! Get well soon, mate!

H

Deeno · #12 22-07-2012, 04:15 PM

Nasty!
Take it easy....

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #13 22-07-2012, 04:48 PM

you poor thing. It's not nice is it.
Mum had shingles years ago. She found alpha keri oil in the bath was very soothing.

Astro_Bot · #14 22-07-2012, 05:00 PM

Sorry to hear that. I had shingles in my early twenties - rash on back and around to the front along a couple of lines (it follows nerve pathways, so they say).

They said it could be stress related - you catch the virus and it lays dormant until tiggered - it's similar to cold sores/herpes in that respect (NOT the STI kind; get your minds out of the gutter!). At least that's what I recall - medical knowledge may have advanced a fair bit since then.

Of course in my case it wasn't stress ... I mean just because it was final exams at Uni, and my gf had dumped me, and someone threw a brick through my car's rear window, and I got into a fight with my best friend, and I was flat broke ... no, definitely no stress there.

Get well soon, Scott. If it's any consolation, there have been no long-term repercussions of shingles in my case my case my case my case my case .... slap! I'm fine, trust me!

acropolite (Phil) · #15 22-07-2012, 10:56 PM

Not a nice illness to contract, I had a chuckle at your thread title "Shingles the bad kind"' didn't know there was a good kind, better move back to Australia, the stress of living away from your adopted country must be the cause...

Barrykgerdes · #16 23-07-2012, 09:37 AM

Never mind just wait another three years and the vaccine should be available. It works for me.

Barry

wavelandscott (Scott) · #17 23-07-2012, 10:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by acropolite

I had a chuckle at your thread title "Shingles the bad kind"' didn't know there was a good kind, better move back to Australia, the stress of living away from your adopted country must be the cause...

We had some roof work done earlier this year...with good shingles.

Moving back to Oz would be fine with me...just have to see what the bosses in Japan have in mind...

I am hanging in okay but it is not comfortable. I understand that for some it can be very painful...mine hurt but it is bearable. I am hopeful that they go away in the next few weeks.

jamiep (Jamie) · #18 23-07-2012, 10:42 AM

Scott,

Sorry to hear that - they're a nasty thing! Hopefully they've got the antibodies into you ASAP - as they help speed the recovery up - depending on the severity of the bout.

My wife had them recently - with a concentration of the rash that came up through her hair, down one side of her face and through one eye.

With many trips to the eye specialist (who incidently picked up it was shingles before the GP did) lots of TLC, a whole lot of time off work (was nearly 6 weeks in the end) she has made a full recovery - with only some minor nerve damage to the face - full eyesight in that eye is ok.

She was basically constrained to being locked in a dark room/house for 6 weeks - as the medication for the eye to relax the pupil to prevent damage meant it was permanantly dialated for that time - a truly miserable time for her.

Full recovery time was more like 3/4 months for energy levels to return to normal etc - it was a really scary time.

It's more common than you think - speaking to a few friends and colleagues about it - you'll find a few who've had it - those who have are quite fearful of a return bout ... it's nasty!.

Jamie.

tlgerdes (Trevor) · #19 23-07-2012, 10:43 AM

Scott, I know how you feel.

I had a dose about 5 weeks ago. Felt like Anthony Mundine had used my right side chest for practice. Pain lasted about 2 weeks, the rash suprisingly wasnt itchy (luckily).

Took another 2 weeks for the nervous "tingling" to subside.

Oh and stay away from kids, I gave my 9yo daughter a dose of chickenpox even though she had been vaccinated.

Octane (Humayun) · #20 23-07-2012, 10:57 AM

That sounds truly horrible. How does one contract it? I haven't had chicken pox, either, and am in my early 30s. My understanding is that these types of condiitions are far worse to endure when you're older.

H