Your story really touched me. It's hard to believe what people go through and come out of it so positive.

On the shingle parts. I had them on my right side back in the 80's and now deal with pain there a lot. I wanted to mention Lidoderm patches to you. It might be that you can wear one at night for the pain. They are 12 hours on and 12 hours off and they do help with the pain.

The lidoderm patches are prescription so you will have to ask your Dr. for a script. YOu can actually wear 3 of them at a time.

I know you will find some great help here and also great support.

Ada