Feeling Better

[threeringedmoon]

I seem to be on the mend from my case of shingles. I think I have a fairly light case: only one or two days of excruciating pain. Today I have almost no pain, though I am still having a lot of tingling and pins and needles feelings. At least these are far less bizarre than the weirdest sensation, when I felt invisible insects crawl on my arm. My various patches of rash seem to have reached the point where I should no longer be shedding chicken pox virus, so that is a relief.

I have been trying to get stuff done in the early part of the day, because when I get tired I notice the pain a lot more. Then all I want to do is read while resting my arm on a hot pack. The worst times have been in the middle of the night. Half asleep, I will toss and turn trying to find a comfortable position for my arm, when there are no comfortable positions.

Comments

[elainegrey.livejournal.com]

Hope you come through it all soon. I understand it's painful and does take a long time. I imagine my discomfort in the psoriasis/eczema flares magnified many times over and shudder.

[ashcomp.livejournal.com]

Glad you're feeling better...several acquaintnces have come down with this in the last couple of years, including one who had it make her face look terrible.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed: what I hear about this condition is that it is essentially a very late recurrence of chicken pox, which I had many years ago. Evidently the organism just lies doggo until late middle age or beyond, and comes back to visit.

Hope it's just about over for you.

[neonnurse.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear you have turned the corner and are on the mend. I think I am as well, which is a relief. Someone was telling me her grandmother had them ongoing for a year and a half! Yea ghods!

[threeringedmoon.livejournal.com]

Yes, my small animal vet says she is still having symptoms after a year and a half.

[neonnurse.livejournal.com]

You might suggest the lysine. That info comes from actual medical studies, not just some health nut's imagination. It's inexpensive, too, so giving it a try is harmless.