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Sandra
My shingles was/is under my right arm pit,(T1,T2 & T3). When it first started it was like a heart atack about 10 hammer blows. I could not wear T shirts or any thing that touched my skin,I ended up buying XXL hoody type jackets with the soft fluffy insides, wore them in bed at nights because even duvet/sheets etc. caused pain, to help cool it and take the pain away I used[u] Piroxicam 0.5% w/w gel[/u] (prescription) which lasted about 2-3 hours, Aqueous cream cools it but don't take the pain away,
If you get pain in another part of the body my shingles pain seems to disappear while the other pain take control
I have thought of using a "tens" machine, any one used one?
I'm sorry to say that shingles can really bring you down, so be really careful of infections
Lorry

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Hi Jen
when I had the stem cell replacement it seemed to start when that finished,I put it down to the 3 months recovery, but have been in remission for the last 18 months and I am only taking Bonfos (Sodium ciodrnate), so not taking any chemo drugs as such, chemo fog seems like early dementure, and I seem to get it when I feel down or poorly, (I've had shingles pain for the last 6 months) and this cycles into depression,
Lorry

ps
It been a right bugger trying to get this answer to sound right……

I'm 58..

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