'Time Bomb'
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Yeah, I'm a baby about shots but would be a bigger baby about shingles.
Not one, but TWO friends of ours got shingles in their eye, and it messed them up for quite a while. One of the guys had to take a long leave of absence from his job because his eye couldn't tolerate any light. Even when he was indoors with the curtains drawn, he had to wear sunglasses.
Oh, yeah, shingles is horrible and painful and to be avoided in general but I hear eye involvement is a whole other level of bad. I'm so glad there's preventive care available!
I recently talked to a lady who had had shingles 8 times -- evidently it took until the reliable vaccine came around that it stopped happening every single time she was stressed.
I had shingles in my eye and it was impressive how fast my GP turned me over to the ophthalmologist and washed her hands of me. I was still seeing him six months later.
evidently it took until the reliable vaccine came around that it stopped happening every single time she was stressed.
If I knew that every time I got stressed I would get shingles, I'd be pretty stressed about that.
If I knew that every time I got stressed I would get shingles, I'd be pretty stressed about that.
Seriously.
My mother had shingles, but it wasn't that bad. Which she will insist on telling you, which I actually appreciate! Because everyone's always like, "Oh no! That's terrible!" and she's like, "Meh."
My mom has had shingles twice. I have a small "shingles like" but not really shingles, more a localized chicken pox remenant virus re-emerge when I am stressed ( but how often am I stressed?? Hahaha) actually when my body is stressed, so approx once a month with my cycle if I am in anyway stressed or sick.
It's super annoying and mostly untreatable because viral. The variations of the herpes virus are really a mess.
Both my folks had really bad cases of shingles. My dad all over his face and neck; My mom mostly on her torso. My dad was on pain meds for over a month and not able to do much; My mom pretty much couldn't wear a bra for the duration and had residual issues for the rest of her life.
Get the vaccine.
shingles in their eye
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO DO NOT WANT NO NO
I had shingles last year (boob/armpit area) and it was definitively The Worst. And the pain lasted for months.
I had chicken pox so bad as a kid -- down my throat, literally everywhere -- that if I get shingles, it will seem like a bad sign from the universe. That said, I should get the vaccine.