From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2017022219381190684-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > Are you getting past the shingles ?   As I probably mentioned, I've had   
   > two episodes of that.   
      
   TWO???   
   I've heard it's possible to have more than one attack. I was only 42 when I   
   got it BAD, couldn't afford going to the hospital for pain management so I   
   had no choice but to tough it out at home - sleeping whenever it was   
   possible because when the pain got really intense, rest was totally out of   
   the  question, at least without general anesthesia.   
   I remember how it started too...an abrasion-like sensation on the left upper   
   body, growing worse and worse with each day.   
   Soaked the blisters with calamine lotion, which dried them up really well,   
   and helped reduce the pain - from unbearable to merely horrible.   
   They finally cleared in around three weeks, but I do seem to have some   
   postherpetic neuralgia although it is very slight.   
      
   > Triggered by the stress of a major life change.  Or so I absolutely   
   > believe.   
      
   Stress does all kinds of horrible things, and ultimately kills.   
      
   > The virus is in you, dormant until something causes it to flair up.   
   > Really painful. No matter what anyone says, it's bad bad bad.   
      
   Yeah, it's nasty, as though the original infection by the varicella zoster   
   (chicken pox) virus wasn't enough.   
   A good immune system is the best defense, as always.   
      
   > The first time I had it was the worst.  Second time, several years later   
   > was milder. Haven't had a flairup in years ... like 30 or so. So, there is   
   > that, it can just go away, or at least go dormant for a long long time   
      
   Jim   
      
   How old were you when you first got hit? I was 42 and the doctor told me   
   that was quite young an age for shingles...so 'lucky' me...only problem was   
   that the  'luck' wasn't very good.   
      
   I had only one attack, so far, God willing, almost 19 years ago..a lot of   
   dabbing on the  calamine, something I'm not soon to forget and hope to Never   
   repeat!   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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