Here are a few things that I have learned about shingles in the last two weeks:
1. when you get over the chicken pox as a child, the virus lives on your nerve endings, waiting for you to be an adult.
2. it's not an 80 year old person disease...anyone can get it, who is of the adult age.
3. it's the most painful thing i have ever experienced, it has to do with it living on your nerve endings.
4. it takes more than two weeks for it to go away- as of day 16 the last of it is scabbing
5. the medicine you take causes more pain, as it gives you a severe headache
6. the doctor at the walk in in Bristol,RI has NO bedside manner, he likes to use words like determental, horrible, terrible, melted cornea...all before explaining to you what it is you have.
7. the walk in in Bristol, RI also sends you an extra bill after you have paid the bill in full at time of service
8. you typically don't get shingles in your eyes if it starts in your scalp and forehead....you can get it in your eyes if you get it on your nose and cheek area.
9. the eye doctor knows what's best for your eyes, don't question him
10. my real doctor in Endicott, NY has wonderful bedside manner and made it all feel better....the RI guy should take some lessons
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I got shingles after I had my third kid. I guess it's brought on by stress and the doc thinks the lack of a working epidural MAY have been stressful :) Anyway, just wanted to commiserate with you. It has been gone since March and I STILL get the sharp shooting pains. Not everyone does... that probably didn't make you feel any better! Hope all is well (minus the shingles)!!
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