[hula77]

Originally Posted by mrsD

Welcome to NeuroTalk:

Sounds like lots of suffering to me.

Have you had Vit D and B12 tested? Low D will lead to more easily contracting infectious diseases. Fixing it will give better resistance to infectious exposures.

Have you had thyroid tested? After babies are born, sometimes that is when the thyroid tests low.

Were your shingles on the arm or neck?

Autoimmune disease can present after pregnancies too.

But I am thinking you strained your arm lifting little children so much. Your lifestyle would have you doing that alot. I threw my back out once lifting my son when he was 8mos old, and had to call hubby to come home. Some women lift their children alot...
I knew a gal who lifted her 5 yr old boy alot and she threw out a knee removing him from the car once! After I threw out my back, I didn't lift my son much when he became a good walker.
We just went slowly everywhere. At home he climbed into my lap on the couch or in be with me for closeness. (I was 35 then and my back could only take so much then).

Spurs do show on MRIs.

Have you tried icing the shoulder? Have you had herpes titres drawn (blood work) to see if they are still high? Do NSAIDs help at all?

I'd ask on our Myasthenia Gravis forum too. Just to see what they think of your eye issue.

There are Lidoderm patches, for post herpetic neuralgia, and with your diagnosis your insurance should pay for them. Have you tried them on the shoulder? Placement might be tricky, and you might have to experiment with them to find your sweet spot.

I have had all the bloodwork done, all things are normal. Thyroid, while on the verge, is still normal.

It's likely a lot of this happened due to having two young kids together. For two years I would carry them both up the stairs to our house together (husband works a lot, home alone often)... one on each arm was often the way I had to go as they were both very active little buggers. I couldn't leave one alone to take them up one at a time without duct-taping the one to the wall... lol

I've done heat and ice... both seem to help here and there. My joints really seem to be painful lately... almost all my joints I swear ache. Lots of electrical shocks all over. Lots of ticks and jumps.

I see the NP at the pain mgmt clinic tomorrow. I'll ask about the patches. Usually she just refills my narcotics, and sometimes trigger point injections help a little. She did lidocaine/novacaine one once all over my shoulder blade and up the side of my neck and for about 3 days I felt AWESOME.

Thanks for the advice!!! I appreciate so much that you care enough about a stranger to offer advice. I just dont want to be in pain anymore. This sucks.
-Kaura