[Magdalen] Prayer pats needed

[Jay Weigel]

The worst pain is actually in the back of my head and it isn't constant. I
have recurrent neuralgia in an area just above and behind my left ear that
is the result of an auto accident when I was 25. I was in a VW bus that
rolled over down a hill and I am quite convinced that if I had not had my
seat belt on (lap belts only in the rear seats) I would not be here. I
cracked my head hard on the window frame and got a nasty concussion. No
fracture, but a pretty ugly laceration, and by the time I got to the
hospital ER it was so swollen that the best they could do (as far as I
remember) was pack it with gelfoam. I only remember that the doctor had a
very ill-fitting toupee and kept marveling that I was alive at all. Anyway,
that area is apparently at the end of the shingles-affected nerve and
everyonce in awhile it rises up and just gives me a ZOWIE of pain. Thank
heaven for good drugs. Except that the prednisone makes me absolutely
ravenous all the time, which is NOT a good thing!

On Tuesday, August 11, 2015, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> Oh, Jay, I'm so glad you caught it so quickly! When you posted that note
> last evening about the pain up into your forehead, that's when I said "Get
> it checked!" I was working at the hospital when I had mine, and I walked
> over to our outpatient care center to get checked. They started me on the
> antiviral and pain meds immediately and told me to see my eye doc ASAP. I
> went the next day. Didn't gave them in my eye at that point, but at the
> follow up a few days later, I did, so they added some steroid drops.
> Hopefully, Jay, your eye won't be involved!
> I did pick up a few little factoids during the process. Shingles in that
> particular location will not cross the midline of the head. Also, it is
> common to have one lesion/blister on the tip of the nose. (I was spared
> that indignity, thank goodness!) I didn't have to stay home, but I think I
> had to avoid direct patient contact for a week.
> Prayers for a speedy and uncomplicated recovery, Jay!
>
> > On Aug 11, 2015, at 6:09 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >
> > Update: I saw a nurse practitioner at the Urgent Care Clinic today, and
> > yes, I have shingles. I knew I did when I got up this morning and saw
> tiny
> > blisters on my forehead. Thank goodness I followed my instincts and took
> > S/O's Valtrex; she said that was a good call. I now have my own
> > prescription, plus some prednisone and pain pills. Oh, and it's not in my
> > eye; that was apparently just nerve irritation, but I'm not to wear my
> > contacts until this clears up and I'm to see my eye dr. this week. But
> she
> > said the outbreak will likely not be as severe because I started taking
> > antivirals right away as soon as I had symptoms.
> >
> >> On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 9:48 AM, cady soukup <cadyasoukup at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >>
> >> Jay -
> >>
> >> Gentle prayer pats for pain relief, the ability to get to the
> >> appropriate health professional for whatever care you need!
> >>
> >> hugs too - Cady
> >>
> >>> On 8/10/15, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >>> Yes ma'am!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> On Monday, August 10, 2015, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Just get it checked!
> >>
>