We surely will. As soon as the Valtrex regiment is over, she'll be taking lysine on a regular basis too to try to prevent future outbreaks. She will be susceptible to this from now on.
Acupuncture seems perfect as it would interfere with the nerve signals. Some doctors are starting to use Botox also. With some people, after the shingles go away, they are left with lingering pain. I hope she's not going to be one of those people. --- Pete Theisen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 05 October 2006 19:40, Michael Madigan > wrote: > > Hi Michael! > > If she doesn't continue to progress tell her to > visit an acupuncturist. Good > results on shingles with acupuncture. > > Regards, > > Pete > > > My girlfriend was diagnosed as having shingles > > yesterday. Shingles is a recurrence of the > chickenpox > > virus due to stress or low immune system. My > > girlfriend had just got over a bout with > bronchitis. > > > > > http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/shingles/shingles.htm > > > > Well the doctor put her on Valtrex, an anti-viral > > medication. The stuff costs $10.00 a pill, and > > requires 3 a day for a 10 day cycle. The total > cost > > is $300.00, all out-of-pocket > > > > > http://www.valtrex.com/shingles/whatis_shingles.html > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, > are the opinions of the author, and do not > constitute legal or medical advice. This statement > is added to the messages for those lawyers who are > too stupid to see the obvious. > Mark Foley Gear http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingmike _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
