tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12219968.post2735730612998773717..comments2024-03-19T02:17:31.503-07:00Comments on The Essential Herbal Blog: Adventures with ShinglesTina Samshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01723071355189498268noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12219968.post-40561640052263849002019-03-12T11:49:49.064-07:002019-03-12T11:49:49.064-07:00A good answer, yes. Thank you for letting us know ...A good answer, yes. Thank you for letting us know your opinion. I'm up in the air, still. I know you think about these questions, too. Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00989112228749810477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12219968.post-40686346336723358702019-03-11T17:36:22.640-07:002019-03-11T17:36:22.640-07:00When I was picking up the last (thankfully!) pain ...When I was picking up the last (thankfully!) pain medication, I joked with the pharmacist that I would happily stand there and talk people into the vaccine. At the time, there was no vaccine - it was all gone! <br /><br />I need to do a little research, but this vaccine just doesn't make any sense to me. What is the difference between a vaccine and having had it already? Or having chicken pox earlier? If they can give a vaccine against shingles, why can't they do the same for genital herpes? The chicken pox vaccine is really too "young" to say, yet I've heard that it only lasts a couple decades, and then those who had the vaccine as children are in more danger than they were when they were small.<br /><br />This isn't a great answer, is it? <br /><br />As an aside, I was at the doctor's for a routine check up the other week. I was telling the doctor how grateful I was that it was found and treated so early. She told me that although it isn't something she generally sees all that often, I was the third case she'd seen in less than a week.<br />Tina Samshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723071355189498268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12219968.post-32396927191510761512019-03-11T17:26:31.933-07:002019-03-11T17:26:31.933-07:00Truly sorry to read about your bout with shingles,...Truly sorry to read about your bout with shingles, Tina. Thank you for writing about your experience. From what others have said, shingles can be just awful. <br />So... (I'm wondering a few things, because my doctor has asked if I want a shingles vaccine and I haven't agreed to one yet. I have never had a flu shot, but because of foraging and gardening I did pay for another tetanus booster.) My questions... Did you have a vaccine? Would you recommend one? Can you get a vaccine after a bout of shingles? What are your thoughts about the shingles vaccine? Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00989112228749810477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12219968.post-20720422129066524542018-11-12T12:41:29.554-08:002018-11-12T12:41:29.554-08:00Tina, you are so lucky that you caught this early ...Tina, you are so lucky that you caught this early and started treatment. I had no early signs or pain until it was full blown and all the way around. Mine started on my tail bone and came around where leg and torso connect. The only thing that helped gave me relief besides the doctor pharmaceuticals was Witch Hazel soaked paper towels laid across the blisters, a few hours and then refresh. The doctor also sent me to the hospital to have a nerve block on the nerve....it worked for one day, and then came back. the whole episode lasted a month, a month off work. Some wonderful people from this list sent me products which I tried, but sadly they didn't help, I have forgotten what they were as all of this was 10 years ago. I am sure the conversation is still on your yahoo list.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11580072114035491288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12219968.post-8067815363786261112018-11-12T07:11:22.005-08:002018-11-12T07:11:22.005-08:00So how do you feel about the shingles vaccine?So how do you feel about the shingles vaccine?Maggey and Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00069213023725295690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12219968.post-7186334265946374672018-11-12T06:08:49.600-08:002018-11-12T06:08:49.600-08:00I also just came through a bout of shingles but my...I also just came through a bout of shingles but my first symptom was a swollen area on my forehead. Thinking it was an infection or spider bite and since I could feel it spreading out under the skin, I started taking a very strong bidens fromdosa tincture every two hours. I also used a plantain/ calendula salve. Within hours it had arrested the spread but it took a couple of days for the swelling to go down enough for me (as an RN) to recognize it as a shingles rash. I honestly believe the bidens tincture worked as well or better than antivirals would have but I can’t say for sure that it wasn’t simply a very mild case of shingles. Like yours, it never got oozy and it dried up quickly. Once I recognized the rash I used goldenseal topically as well. For the pain I used ibuprofen and Passion flower tincture. I would be interested to hear if anyone else has treated shingles with bidens. Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04377561782448589659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12219968.post-997004363083735192018-11-11T20:00:25.612-08:002018-11-11T20:00:25.612-08:00Glad you are feeling better. They can be miserable...Glad you are feeling better. They can be miserable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12219968.post-35776010767731646132018-11-11T17:18:22.392-08:002018-11-11T17:18:22.392-08:00Thank you very much for sharing this Tina. Thank you very much for sharing this Tina. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com