4 times in 6 months vent
27m, I have had shingles four times within six months and the second time around my eyes. After looking through all the posts on this subreddit mine seem to be mild compared to others but my god I’m so tired of this.
I felt the weird tingling sensation the night before around my left eye and hoped I was just being paranoid but no, It started reactivating yesterday morning with left eye being swollen and bumps around it and my lips on FIRE, yes I made an appointment with doc and went same day. It’s spreading so much quicker than the other times, I don’t have as large of a rash as I’ve seen on here but it’s now on both sides of my face, back of neck, both arms and both lower legs, my freaking ears and around both of my eyes.
I’m miserable, I can’t sleep because of the itching and pain, oh my god it feels like tiny hot needles poking me. Medicine isn’t even taking off the edge this time, the only thing that has been my saving grace is cold compresses.
I’ve been trying to convince doc to help me find a way to get the vaccine but due to my age she says I can’t have it, I don’t think I can do this for the next 20 years with it being worse than the last time.
How do I find relief? I’m ready to rip my nerves out.
Blue shirt and lips are yesterday morning, other eye is from this morning. It has now grown alittle bigger and spread down my face on the right side, along with new spots showing up every couple of hours. The pictures make the bumps look light but in person they’re very red.