Shingles one month after my Mom passed away.
Left side of head.
Every time I combed my hair or even touched my hair it felt like the skin was shredding or dripping off.
Left side of face looked like I’d run into brush and brambles.
Left side forehead was on fire.
Left eyebrow felt like it was burning
Left eye socket felt like I had been punched in the eye
extraordinary pain behind my left eye.
Took the medication made famous by Jessica Alba and Alyssa Milano: Valtrex for 10 days.
Apparently Shingles is a form of herpes.
Today I have Post Hepartic pain mostly around my eye and behind it.
Some days it hurts so bad I have to stop what I am doing and when I get home I just turn out the lights and lay down.
If I put myself under pressure, which I like, it can be pretty painful and forces me to touch my phantom pain.
Phantom in that it’s not the skin, it’s not the muscle, it’s not the bone which you would touch or rub to soothe.
There is zero possibility to touch the pain or area and soothe it, hence it is my phantom.
I take Lyrica and have no idea if it works but, won’t stop taking as I think the pain would be worse.
Two years now...
Happy?
That’s terrible. I’m very sorry you’ve had to endure that.
But other than that was it a good experience? Freegards
Had it in 1967 in lower back and buttocks. Felt like multiple wasp stings 24/7. Got treatment in Germany (was stationed there). Multiple B12 shots which knocked it out.