So my ear ache isn't an ear ache...

[wishfulthinking]

I've got shingles. And it's bloody excruciatingly painful.

It was only when I went back to the doctor the second time to say that my ear was so swollen I couldn't get the drops in and please #$%%% give me antibiotics. After she prescribed me antibiotics, I just happened to mention this mark on my cheek that came up about the same time. I said it could be a pimple [sometimes I get a blind one around the time of the month, and sometimes it can be sore and red for a day or two], but it felt funny, sort of tingly when I touched it. That was the nerve.

Anyone else got/had shingles?

 

[CharleyH]

I've got shingles. And it's bloody excruciatingly painful.

It was only when I went back to the doctor the second time to say that my ear was so swollen I couldn't get the drops in and please #$%%% give me antibiotics. After she prescribed me antibiotics, I just happened to mention this mark on my cheek that came up about the same time. I said it could be a pimple [sometimes I get a blind one around the time of the month, and sometimes it can be sore and red for a day or two], but it felt funny, sort of tingly when I touched it. That was the nerve.

Anyone else got/had shingles?

Sorry for you luck. Can you have sex with this?

 

[wishfulthinking]

As long as they have already had the chicken pox

 

[BlackShanglan]

Sorry for you luck. Can you have sex with this?

What, with that person right there?

*glances at AV*

Well, I'd try ... but I think I might get hurt.

Shanglan

 

[kendo1]

Been there.
It's not very pleasant.

Little hugs.

 

[SeaCat]

I've got shingles. And it's bloody excruciatingly painful.

It was only when I went back to the doctor the second time to say that my ear was so swollen I couldn't get the drops in and please #$%%% give me antibiotics. After she prescribed me antibiotics, I just happened to mention this mark on my cheek that came up about the same time. I said it could be a pimple [sometimes I get a blind one around the time of the month, and sometimes it can be sore and red for a day or two], but it felt funny, sort of tingly when I touched it. That was the nerve.

Anyone else got/had shingles?

Nope, I haven't had that displeasure although I have taken care of plenty of people who have had it. Hopefully this is a mild case. (It sounds like it.) I have had too many people who come into the hospital with it because of how painful it is.

Cat

 

[SeaCat]

Sorry for you luck. Can you have sex with this?

Yes they can, as long as the partner(s) have had Chicken Pox.
Although from the paitents I have seen sex is the last thing on their minds.

Cat

 

[wishfulthinking]

I'm all for sex if it dulls the pain

I'm sure horsey would be gentle with Charly, but I can't promise the vice versa

 

[BlackShanglan]

My aunt has had it and fortunately it's cleared very quickly; I hope the same for you, Wishful!

 

[CharleyH]

What, with that person right there?

*glances at AV*

Well, I'd try ... but I think I might get hurt.

Shanglan

EDITED

 

[rgraham666]

Yes, I've had it. Almost thirty years ago.

I broke out just where my pants rub against my stomach. Made sitting down an interesting experience for a while.

Only treatment was mild pain killers. Lasted about two weeks as I recall. They haven't come back, thank Christ.

 

[CharleyH]

What, with that person right there?

*glances at AV*

Well, I'd try ... but I think I might get hurt.

Shanglan

Yes, she'd turn you into a sorry ass.

(apparently I had a better one hiding in me - let me erase that blemish I wrote earlier.)

 

[SeaCat]

Yes, I've had it. Almost thirty years ago.

I broke out just where my pants rub against my stomach. Made sitting down an interesting experience for a while.

Only treatment was mild pain killers. Lasted about two weeks as I recall. They haven't come back, thank Christ.

The worst ones I have seen were the poor people who had an outbreak in the groin region. The lived on Morphine for a few days.

Interesting thing about Shingles. In some cases you can follow the nerves by sight. (I had one person I was taking care of who's shingles manifested in their back. They had red stripes with the "pimples" showing the nerves as they branched away from the spine.)

Cat