Advice on health

[Orangesandlemons77]

Does anyone else get given well-meaning but somewhat annoying advice on their health condition?

I'm recovering from Shingles at the moment and have been told it can take about 5-8 weeks.

All I want to do is curl up with a hot water bottle and rest / sleep.

However after a week or two of this from DH I'm being told I've 'got to fight it' 'get up and go something' etc etc. In this cold weather as well, this is NOT appealing.

From MIL I keep getting told it's 'been going on a long time' as if I am sort of making it up

It's irritating me this idea that I am sort of 'languishing' around

Anyone else in the same boat? Share the annoying advice here...

Do you have children? Are you working?

I do have children yes, I am not working due to another health condition.

I wasn't sure of that was stuff you had been asked Gwen or questions for me.

If you’re genuinely very unwell with it you need to seek further medical help. They can prescribe things like amitriptyline to help with nerve pain or anti virals depending on how long you’ve had it already. Don’t suffer on with it.

I have various autoimmune diseases (Addisons, lupus, pituitary issues etc) and was unlucky enough to be diagnosed with shingles on the first day of a holiday one year - I actually thought I’d been bitten by a spider so saw a doctor and they said the rash was shingles. I felt really rotten but had two children with me and couldn’t get home so had no option but to carry on through it. I’m not suggesting you do that if you have an option but there is a balance - you shouldn’t be bed bound with it; there are medications that can help.

It keeps coming back. When the rash goes in one area it pops up in another.

I have already had antivirals and they said ten days is enough. I don't want to keep going on about how it's not totally cleared though.

Hoping it will settle down soon. Maybe have got some kind of post viral fatigue as well.

They have diagnosed me with neuralgia and I now have 150mg pregabalin 3 time a day plus co-codomol for a different health condition.

"if you are genuinely very unwell" I have to say sounds like I'm making this up, here, too!

I wan't posting in AIBU< but in health and asked for other's experience, not judgement!

I do usually go swimming etc but unsure about that if I have a fresh rash as the GP said it may be contagious. Ditto seeing people.

You’re being over sensitive, I didn’t mean it that way. I just meant shingles can affect people really differently - perhaps I didn’t word that well. Sorry.

It can affect people differently. If you are worried I would talk to your gp as it does sound like it’s going on a long time for you.

I have had it twice with a swollen eye and a lot of pain before the rash but the rash was quite mild and then I felt fine. I noticed Eamonn Holmes was on the news this weekend with pictures of a horrible bout of shingles on his face which can be dangerous.

Yes mine has been on my face this time too I have been having vertigo, tinnitus and deafness as well as severe pain. It's not been too bad in the eye though.

It's been pretty nasty, still in a lot of pain. All the places it has been before on my right side are flaring up too.

GP going to do some blood tests when it resolves a bit such as Vitamin D and ferriting as been low in the past when have had it.

I'm 46 and also going through perimeopause so will have some tests for that as well.

Just to say if you’re 46 and wanting to start HRT because you’re having menopausal symptoms the current NICE clinical guidelines state they shouldn’t do blood tests to diagnose the menopause as you can’t actually rely on them as hormone levels fluctuate so much. However you should have blood tests to rule out other causes for the symptoms you have. Newson health clinic website is very good for fact based information about the menopause.

Op you’re constantly in the health boards with various ailments

perhaps your dh and mil are tired of constantly picking up the slack. Understandable but unreasonable (within reason) nonetheless

Why shouldn'i I ask on the health boards about such stuff? Yes I have been unlucky recently with my health.

You don't know me or how I feel yet seem to be judging. If you're not interested in my post them why not move on to another one.

Thanks, that's useful

Definitely don't go swimming. Shingles and neuralgia are awful. It's hard having chronic pain and people not understanding. I have Fibro and ME, I feel like I have the flu and hungover everyday and people don't understand the level of pain either. You need to rest or you will end up with post virus complications. My ME started off with shingles on my face, then post hepatic neuralgia and it's been one thing after another since lol. You asked what people say is annoying and mine is, get well soon lol. Aye no bother I wish it was that easy. As a pp said Amitriptyline is best for nerve pain.

Thanks, yes I understand. They offered amitryptilline or pregabalin and I took the pregabalin, they are increasing it up so it helps more. They have now diagnosed me with neuralgia as I've had similar pain from previous episodes of shingles.