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Old 09-19-2013, 12:56 AM
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Originally Posted by redwitch View Post
I've had seven major bouts of shingles since my 20s. The first was painful. The second and third were irritants. The fourth had me in tears. The fifth was mild. The sixth and seventh were worse than the fourth. For me, the pain of shingles seems to vary from location of shingles (shoulder no biggie; anywhere on spine or neck and pure agony), my stress level and the humidity.
Redwitch, since you are so suseptible to shingles, would getting the Shingles Prevention Shot help? I ask because I've had shingles twice and my family doctor does not know whether I would be a candidate for a prevention shot.
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