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CLTann · 07-28-2007, 07:12 PM

I can advise you through experience on shingle. You need big guns to combat the pain. Ask your doctor for stronger pain killers than tylenol. It is critically important that you take the antiviral pills immediately, otherwise you may get the post herpetic neuralgia. Timing is the essence. My husband still has the residual pain after 15 years of his shingle event, simply because the emergency doctor misdiagnosed the shingle pain as a twist of back, giving him the worst possible prescription of heating pad to relieve the pain! The shingle virus had a field day wrecking his nerve system without mercy. For immune compromised people, shingle virus strike them easily.

07-28-2007, 07:12 PM	#3
CLTann Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 476	I can advise you through experience on shingle. You need big guns to combat the pain. Ask your doctor for stronger pain killers than tylenol. It is critically important that you take the antiviral pills immediately, otherwise you may get the post herpetic neuralgia. Timing is the essence. My husband still has the residual pain after 15 years of his shingle event, simply because the emergency doctor misdiagnosed the shingle pain as a twist of back, giving him the worst possible prescription of heating pad to relieve the pain! The shingle virus had a field day wrecking his nerve system without mercy. For immune compromised people, shingle virus strike them easily. __________________ Ann Stage 1 dx Sept 05 ER/PR positive HER2 +++ Grade 3 Invasive carcinoma 1 cm, no node involvement Mastec Sept 05 Annual scans all negative, Oct 06 Postmenopause. Arimidex only since Sept 06, bone or muscle ache after 3 month Off Arimidex, change to Femara 1/12-07, ache stopped Sept 07 all tests negative, pass 2 year mark Feb 08 continue doing well. Sep 09 four year NED still on Femara.