Not funny! He limped all weekend, and cried about how even the fabric from his pants made him hurt on his leg. I look, and he had a rash on the lower leg. I said it looked like shingles, but I had never seen it on a leg before. Packed him off to the MD while I did my colonoscopy prep.

Yep! its shingles! me pooping all day, and him whining about not feeling good made for an interesting day. Poor thing.

Prayers for him please.

good luck today Dej. prayers on the way up for your hubby.s to
you both.

Prayers and hugs for you both. I feel for your dh, not that I ever had shingles. My mom did tho, and it seemed to be pretty rotten. She is NOT one to let on, so if you even see her slow down, you know it's pretty uncomfortable.



Tough cookie, that one.

I know she wore differnt clothes when it was bad - stayed in a nightgown a lot when at home. That is SO not mom.

I hope he gets better and that your colonoscopy goes well.

Poor baby...shingles hurt!! Sending healing hugs for both of you crips..

My event is over. I had 3 polyps, but then...they always find polyps, and they never turn out to be anything. No real big deal that he could tell from the inside, all looked pretty good. He took several biopsies for celiac, and will know the results in a few weeks.

Finally talked the DH into taking some pain meds. Either he was gonna take um, or I was! Sheesh, he needs a nap.

Thanks all

hugs to u both and yes I am going through the shingles pain since October 9th-pain at 1st then the rash-gros-and all on my knee down to my foot and underneath my foot-dr said usng Zostrix creame and 1 Amtripilene capsule 25 mgs at night would help'mmmmmmm'' hurts like the dickens as I cant swear in here lol'so u hang in there to your hubby and u quit the bathroom runs cuz i also had that not once but thrice(3) ok pet'use vaseline for bum-bum ok'it makes a dif when u go and after'hope this helps and just hang tight ok''all the best-post me if u want to'''
hugs for now, an MS'er also and fibro and pernicious anemia and COPD-I have a list-I'm the one the emerg room loves lol'
Terry-Joy
aka TJ

The DH is starting to complain that his ribs hurt! He is on Valpro, but I am going to call and ask for maybe some zostix or something. You must know that this man could hack his leg off, and he would simply lean over, pick it up, and say "well, guess we need to have this fixed" and be on his way. He doesnt whine! Sure a cold will knock him down, but he can handle pain like the Marine they trained him to be. For him to moan about pain is huge!

His rash is red, and crusted now, but still is wet, so he is still contagious. We will miss out on several holiday parties that he was looking forward to. He is tired of this, and is complaining about cabin fever now.

My ordeal is winding down. My face is still swollen, and my cheeks puffy, and my lymphs up a bit still, but its working its way down. As for the raw heinie I had I used A&D ointment as a barrier and then used (dont laugh) maalox or mylanta as a rub on cream to my fanny during the height of the event. someone here told me to try it, and it worked like a charm! Since its the stomach acid burning, the maalox is an antacid and ta da! no more burn. No word on the biopsies, but it will take at least a week for those.

When can I have my pregnant cleaning girl back? When is it safe to expose others to my DH? Is it when the rash is gone? I think I am gonna have to take him back to the MD. Poor thing.

I believe it was Valtrex that the doctor had my cousin use. It worked wonders and she caught it in time which helped too.

Yes, Valtrex and vicodin for pain is what the Doc gave me. I got deathly ill, so I stopped both of them. Later I found out that codien makes me ill.