I got shingles, too, in late August. Didn’t know what it was at first, and thought I’d been bitten by ants on the patio (but why didn’t I notice when it was happening?) Finally when the rash started swelling painfully, I did an internet search on “types of rashes people get”. There are so many! I scrolled through all the pictures and descriptions, going “nope...nope...” until I reched Shingles, and said “That’s IT!”
I never expected to get it, and was not under particular stress. My husband had it years back, and it was mild. Of course we had both had chicken pox as young kids. I started taking Lysine and avoided consuming certain foods in excess (like nuts, which I love). And sent an e-mail to my Homeopath telling her what happened, and she emailed back saying I should take a dose of my remedy - the one that helped me so much with my allergies and my breathing earlier in the year. I thought she might have some ideas for something specific for the shingles, but that one remedy is supposed to straighten out or minimize most of what might ail me.
So the worst part lasted about a week. The redness took longer to go away after the blisters drained and the pain had subsided, and to this day if I look hard in the mirror I can see a very faint pink mark where it manifested (it was only a small area on my right upper back).
Then I heard from another unjabbed friend my age who I hadn’t talked to in eons, and she’d had shingles too this year! It was mild for her as well.
My son in Colorado got shingles last year, bad case.
Not vaxed.
He things he got it from someone who was vaxed and shedding.
So glad to see you.
re: L-lysine for shingles.
How much? And how often per day?
Yep, shingles here too. The pox all over my body so bad as a kid my family was praying for my recovery.
Then early 90s I got shingles, stressing over divorce and kids. It was like acne on my right temple, headaches so bad with pressure building so bad thought my eyeball was gonna pop. Took the meds (forgot script name) then eventually switched to lysine and usually only reoccurs with mild shingles bouts in the fall.
But about 5 years ago I must have been stressing over laser surgery on my eyes. Even though the surgeons, staff and I all went through a long series of health history questions no one thought to ask about shingles. So the day of the surgery shingles breaks out on the tip of my nose. Decided that was God telling me save your money, skip the surgery.