My mother has had shingles for over a month and doesn't feel much better. She's had two rounds of drugs and pain pills for it and now has begun those patches to help with the pain. Her 89th birthday was Sunday, and she's always been healthy and active. This has slowed her down and is the worst thing she's ever experienced. I hope this goes away soon and that she can enjoy her life again.
This is Easter in her back yard with Brendan.
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Interesting, Joy, my husband had a similar bout with shingles last year, luckily mild in his, but the pain from the line of lesions was unbelievably strong! We found that using strangely enough a sports rub available here http://www.sportstek.net/prices/percutane.phpcase
worked - the capsacin in it dulls the nerve transmission which is causing the pain. It kept him off the strong painkillers, thankfully, as we still had to work, and we would recommend it to our customers in the pharmacy, but it's out of stock at the moment! A victim of it's own success, apparently.
Thanks. Do you know if we have anything similar? I'll google tomorrow and see what I can find since a quick search just had it there and the UK.
I know our pharmacy carries some kind of rub that has the word capsacin in it. I'll look when I go up to the store this afternoon.
Glad son is doing good.
I'd like to get some for my back and knees, too. Jointastic works well, but I'd like to try that one, too.
http://www.valuenutritioncenter.com/ageadjoparec.html
you are so blessed to have your Mom around still. I've heard that shingles is so painful.
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