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I had chicken pox when I was a kid, so my doctor thought the shot would be a good idea.
It was free and didn't hurt.
And I haven't gotten the Shingles yet.
I wish they had a shot for Arthritis.
And constipation.
My MIL has them right now. When my sis was a kid she came down w/ them and my mother asked the doctor as she always heard, "only old people get shingles". My MIL is saying they hurt and they are bothering her and all. Even effecting her vision.
Funny story on the shingles:
My oldest had the chicken pox when she was 2. The next year when the chicken pox were going around she got a few "blisters" on her midsection that stayed there for about 2 weeks then went away. I figured it was shingles. Same thing again the next year when kids in her preschool were coming down w/ the chicken pox the director found them as they were searching for kids w/ the chicken pox. I had already seen them and figured once again, shingles. They never really bothered her at all but just to confirm it and have it in her medical file I made an appointment to the doctor. Mind you at this time we were with a CRAPPY HMO. My daughter had about 8-10 of these "blisters" on her midsection when we went into the doctor and NOTHING anywhere else and they had already been there for a week the same ones in the same spots. Doctor comes in, not our normal peditrician as it was an HMO, in FULL gear covered from head to toe as she is pregnant. This woman, I won't refer to her as a doctor after this visit, told me they were BUG BITES! And was PISSED! I asked her how on earth my daughter could get 8 bug bites on her midsection and they are still "fresh" after a week and not a single one on her legs, arms or anywhere else. Again, this woman kept saying they were bug bites because they had a "blister". She tried to tell me that my daughters BED probably had bugs in it. Right , and they don't bite anywhere else but her MIDSECTION! As she was walking out of the room I did say to her, "These ARE shingles and you can document that and now maybe you will know what they are."
My MIL has them right now. When my sis was a kid she came down w/ them and my mother asked the doctor as she always heard, "only old people get shingles". My MIL is saying they hurt and they are bothering her and all. Even effecting her vision.
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my mother had them in her eyes, and drove to work, and the pain-bad, the eye dr, did say i will not
give you pills for the pain? I guess, I will bite the so called --, and go for the shot, insurance did say
I am ok with getting it.
My primary health care team at Williamstown Medical told me it was NOT covered by Medicare, that I would have to pay for it completely by myself, get a prescription, fill it at a drug store which would likely have to special order it, then bring the shot back to them to be administered and pay them a fee.
They also frowned a lot, told me it was only 50% effective, and acted like I was nuts to even ask for it.
I did some research, and they were not entirely incorrect, though clearly rather annoyed I even asked.
Quote:
How effective is this vaccine?
Zoster vaccine was studied in approximately 38,000 individuals throughout the United States who were age 60 years and older as part of its pre-licensure testing. Half received the vaccine and half received a placebo. Study participants were followed for an average of three years to see if they developed shingles and, if they did, how long the pain lasted.
Researchers found that the vaccine reduced the occurrence of shingles by about 50% among persons age 60 years and older. The vaccine most effective for those age 60-69 years (64%); effectiveness declined with increasing age to 41% for those age 70-79 years and 18% for those age 80 years and older.
In individuals vaccinated with zoster vaccine who still developed shingles, the duration of pain was a bit shorter than for those who received a placebo. The severity of the pain did not appear to differ among the two groups.
I did decide to get the shot, it was a tiny pinch, and wait for 15min at the doctor office. I would rather
do this, and insurance did say 100 per-cent covered. I heard they are bad with pain, if you do get them. My mother had them, and other people, said the pain was bad.
If you knew what shingles were, you would know there is no possible way on earth colloidal silver could have ANY effect on them....either positive or negative..
Your "treatment" did nothing....but your family member is lucky he she was not left with debilitating chronic neuropathic pain, post herpetic neuralgia, which can occur after a bout of shingles if they are not "correctly" treated with an appropriate antiviral...
By the way, as far as your "case" study, if you had done nothing at all the rash would have likely disappeared in 12 days also..
"The rash starts as blisters that scab after 3 to 5 days. The rash usually clears within 2 to 4 weeks."
It appears the gremlins ran off with my last reply to you but as I'm entitled to the right of rebuttal I'll try again...
[If you knew what shingles were]
-I do.
[no possible way on earth colloidal silver could have ANY effect on them]
-Yes it can.
[Your "treatment" did nothing]
-My documented treatment speaks for itself.
[lucky he she was not left with debilitating chronic neuropathic pain, post herpetic neuralgia, which can occur after a bout of shingles]
-That could hardly be called luck then could it?
[scab after 3 to 5 days]
-From all the blisters evident only a handful actually scabbed, and I'm talking half a dozen maybe? 99.9% of them seemed to heal from the 'inside' keeping any scabbing to an absolute minimum.
[rash would have likely disappeared in 12 days also] and [rash usually clears within 2 to 4 weeks]
-I don't see a difference between "disappeared" and "clears", however the rash had practically 'vanished' in 8 days which is when I stopped documenting as I saw no point in continueing any further due to his "as good as" total recovery.
To conclude: From day 1 when pain over a large area and lumps were becoming evident on the head and on the right side and ear I stopped documentation at day 12 because he was pretty much 'over it', other than some minor pain still which was *very* localised and would have not been evident given another day or three perhaps...the point is he was effectively cured and returned to work shortly after...'nuff said!
Both of my folks had them more than once. It was terribly painful.
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She tried to tell me that my daughters BED probably had bugs in it. Right 
, and they don't bite anywhere else but her MIDSECTION! 
She needs an MD - eye specialist NOW!!!!
