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TobaccoRhoda |
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I read about capsaicin, but I don't know if I'm done breaking out. I've also read about a new topical called Neurogen, which helps for nerve pain.
Don't know what's in it, but I'll try anything at this point.
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Anne Boleyn |
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I'm a lousy typist. The "5" is just above my "2" and I missfired.
Are you going to pound me again? |
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Anne Boleyn |
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PS - I asked my mother when A**** got the vaccine if she was sure I hadn't had chicken pox. She said neither me, nor my brother who was 2 1/2 years younger
had them. The brother who is 12 years younger did get them though. Inferior genes.
I'd check with her again but she was cremated three years ago. |
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merkyl |
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tried laying still with no clothes onCan we get back to this when you're feeling better? |
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MMMadcow |
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My sincere sympathies, ma'am. My kid got shingles last year, at 16. It was awful. Her doctor gave her Valtrex, of all things. *insert herpes jokes*
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Zeep |
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TobaccoRhoda wrote: No, no. First paragraph on page 2: One morning, after she was awakened by her bedside alarm, she sat up and, she recalled, "this fluid came down my face, this greenish liquid." She pressed a square of gauze to her head and went to see her doctor again. M. showed the doctor the fluid on the dressing. The doctor looked closely at the wound. She shined a light on it and in M.'s eyes. Then she walked out of the room and called an ambulance. Only in the Emergency Department at Massachusetts General Hospital, after the doctors started swarming, and one told her she needed surgery now, did M. learn what had happened. She had scratched through her skull during the night-and all the way into her brain. Eeeewwwwww. |
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TobaccoRhoda |
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You can get a blood test that will settle the question once and for all. If you test negative for herpes zoster, you should get the vaccine.
The shit I read about is Neuragen. Neuragen RL Transdermal Oil for Treatment of Pain The first fast-acting topical treatment for severe, disabling neuropathic pain-the result of over ten years of research. Neuragen RL is sold in Canada and Neuragen PN is sold in the USA Neuragen is a US FDA registered proprietary natural medication for treating diabetic pain, shingles pain, fibromyalgia and other neuropathic pain by topical application. Extensive use of Neuragen, including several controlled clinical trials, demonstrates its effectiveness as a topical analgesic which quickly relieves nerve pain in a variety of situations without harmful side effects. Most topical analgesics now on the market are useful for muscle aches and related inflammatory pain, but not for neuropathic pain - Neuragen helps for pain the others don't touch. Neuragen is non-toxic, does not numb the area of application and can be applied repeatedly. The key active ingredients of Neuragen are specific purified varieties of several essential oils, carefully isolated from years of clinical testing. With neuropathic pain, people experience pain due to damage to the peripheral nerves. Neuropathic pain is often characterized by burning sensations or shooting pain, or may occur as numbness or chronic itching. All the local pharmacies are out of it. |
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Shorty |
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Go with the Neuragen. That stuff sounds more promising than the Zostrix.
I bet more stuff like this is going to be showing up more now cause too many doctors and pharmacists are having to deal with the loveliness of people that have gotten hooked on pain meds. I have too many funny, sad, and scary stories of the people I've had to deal with! People do need relief. But the drugs out there now so often just create a bigger problem for people down the road. I honestly feel for you. I've heard this is one of the worst things you can suffer. |
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TobaccoRhoda |
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One of the side effects of shingles is you don't read long enough to get to page two.
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r |
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After she scratched away all the itchy skin why was it still itchy enough to scratch through her skull?
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Shorty |
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I just decided to skip on any greens for lunch.
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Zeep |
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So, I've heard there's some kind of connection among shingles, chicken pox and herpes. Nutty!
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CBRetriever |
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awwww, in case it didn't come across or I forgot to say it, my deepest sympathies and my fervant hope that I never, ever have it again
and madcow's story puts paid to it being an old folks disease |
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TobaccoRhoda |
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The pain is in the nerves In the nerves. In the nerves. I could remove all of my skin and it would still be in the underlying nerves. Nerves.
I'm currently supplementing my morphine patch with lidocaine patches. I look like a leper. |
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Remington Steele |
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Some nerve! |
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CBRetriever |
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and the nerves keep zinging
chicken pox and shingles are both caused by the herpes zoster virus from CNN The following are other tips to help minimize the pain and manage the symptoms of shingles. Take an over-the-counter pain reliever or anti-inflammatory drug, such as ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin, others). Apply an anti-itch cream or calamine lotion to the affected area. A nonprescription hydrocortisone cream, containing at least 1 percent hydrocortisone, can temporarily relieve the itch. A nonprescription oral antihistamine, such as diphenhydramine (Benadryl, others), may be helpful if itching is severe. Wash the blisters twice a day with regular soap and water but don't bandage them. Apply cool, wet compresses to the blisters to relieve the pain and itch. Use water or water mixed with white vinegar - 1 ounce of vinegar to 32 ounces of water. Apply the compresses three times a day. Take a comfortably cool bath. Sprinkle the bath water with baking soda, uncooked oatmeal or colloidal oatmeal - a finely ground oatmeal that's made for the bathtub (Aveeno, others). |
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So, I've heard there's some kind of connection among shingles, chicken pox and herpes. Nutty! I just hope that having chicken pox keeps you from getting mad cow disease.
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TobaccoRhoda |
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Fuck that shit. I'm opening a vein.
Later gators. |
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Shorty |
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I wonder if you can get any Neuragen from Canookia. Or are you that desperate?
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merkyl |
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I'm no doctor, but wouldn't it be faster to open up an artery?
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