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Shingles Pain

Patti1
Patti1 CSN Member Posts: 109 Member
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
It seems like its always something, now hubby has a nasty case of the shingles,
they are finally after 3 weeks healing but the pain is unbelievable and its wearing
him down. He is on Gabapentin, Vitamin C and Oxycodone. Any thoughts any non-drug relief. He hates being drugged up on pain meds. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Patti
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  • abrub
    abrub CSN Member Posts: 2,174 Member
    #2
    Acupuncture
    Has he considered acupuncture?
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  • John23
    John23 CSN Member Posts: 2,121 Member
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    Ditto


    My wife had shingles a bunch of years back; One acupuncturist
    didn't help, so she tried another and got great results.

    If you Google "shingles", you'll find that acupuncture is the most
    often recommended procedure, but it's results can vary....

    It's that damned chicken pox virus that stays inside us for our
    entire lives, coming out every-so-often as "shingles".

    Oh well.... just another day in the bucket, ehh?

    Hope he feels better.


    John
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