[Magdalen] Shingles.

[Jay Weigel]

My mother had horrible facial shingles which, TBTG, did not get into her
eyes, but we were all at a loss to know how not. She was hospitalized in
isolation for a week, and no one who hadn't had chicken pox, and no
pregnant employee, was allowed near her. Forever after, she had episodes of
pain in the area where the shinges had been. My shingles were on my back,
under feminine undergarment straps (damned inconvenient!) and said not to
be severe, but they hurt all the way to the bone. I figured out what they
were right quick and went next door to the urgent care clinic, where I was
given antivirals and pain meds which I started on right away and which may
have significantly decreased the severity. Still, I'd just as soon not go
there again.

On Friday, October 31, 2014, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> I did, Bob. The eye itself didn't look any different from the outset. I
> noticed a few little blisters on my temple in the hairline, and because a
> family member had recently had shingles, I was suspicious at the way they
> looked (no, you can't get them from someone else, but I knew what they
> looked like. Since I was a hospital chaplain, I was concerned and went to
> our employees health center. They weren't allowed to make diagnoses but
> sent me over to our outpatient center. The doc took one look, confirmed it
> as shingles, gave me scrips for two medications and told me to make an
> appointment with an ophthalmologist immediately.
> Because shingles attacks nerve cells, the concern when they get near the
> eye is that they will attack the optic nerve. At my first appt. with the
> eye doc they hadn't migrated into the eye, but by the second visit a few
> days later, they had. So then it was just wait and see.
> Because I caught it so quickly and started on medication right away, I was
> spared most of the searing pain that is so typical. I had a couple of
> painful days, but that was all. And my vision is fine...
>
> > On Oct 31, 2014, at 9:44 AM, Robert Rea <gapetard at stsams.org
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >
> >> On Friday, October 31, 2014 09:26:58 AM Robert Rea wrote:
> >>
> >> Do it. I never did and now I have shingles. Not fun.
> >
> > Will whoever talked about shingles in the eye tell me about it. My
> eyesight
> > seems ok but my eyelids is puffy and the eye doesn't open all the way.
> >
> > --
> > Bob Rea
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> >
> >
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