Hi Zoe, I've been applying Brooks mix to the patches which calms them briefly. Between that and the GB issues, I feel like I'm in one of Dante's circles of hell. I'm drinking CS as well and taking 3g of L-lysine. Already on 15g of C a day along with 15g of Himalayan salt. I'm Rifing the herpes Zoster frequencies, in hope that they can reduce this.
My husband is understandably nervous about my misery and brings up the 'D' word ( as in doctor), but I don't want black box pharma, not with Lyme disease on board. He's presently off to the nat. food store and pharmacy for some topical cremes that are supposed to help. How has your battle been? I've only been fighting this a week and can't imagine how you've hung on. What other tricks have you used. Are you still sane? I have a very high pain threshold, but this is something else. Thanks and be well, Léna On Oct 24, 2012, at 5:01 PM, Zoe W wrote: > Lena, I've been battling shingles since January this year. CS is now being > used effectively , someone gave me a recipe for Brooks Mix which is > essentially, CS,DMSO and glycerine. s I substituted Coconut oil for the > glycerine and it works OK, just have to shake it up since oil and water ( > you know the drill). Later Brooke spoke up and said he was now using Aloe > gell instead of the glycerine and it was much more effective. > > Also LYSINE 3 grams daily. I was put on L-lysine initially but not > enough. B vitamins especially B-12 and lots of Vitamin C. > > Mine have calmed down considerably but I still get a hefty reminder when its > time to take more Lysine. > > The first two months of this stuff was almost unbearable, what with the pain > and the itching. Ice packs 24/7 helped keep things bearable, eventually I > didn't need the ice any more but its very slow going. Shingles are much > nastier than anyone can imagine unless they have experienced them. My Doc > said I had the worst case he had ever seen, so I guess I'm lucky that they > have improved this much. The scars from the lesions are still clearly > visible. > Then I tried Chapparel tincture both applied topically and taken > internally. It does seem to help but tastes and smells pretty nasty. > > zoe > > From: Lena Guyot <[email protected]> > To: silver-list <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, 23 October 2012, 23:34 > Subject: CS>possibility of shingles! > > Hi Everyone, > Well, in the midst of some upper back-pain that I suspected was referred pain > from GB issues, my psoriasis (over the same area) was also getting painful: > extra itchy and hard to ignore. No blisters to indicate shingles, but for 5 > days, it's been uncomfortable and confusing. > > I sponged the area down tonight with concentrated, topical CS I make and keep > in an urn in the bathroom and things feel somewhat better. Hope this is > turning the corner as it's been a rough few days so far. > > Does anyone have any experience with CS for either GB issues or shingles? > Tonight, I also used CS and MSM under the tongue to get it throughout my > system more efficiently. I'm also drinking a couple oz. of my regular CS. > > Being a Lymie, I really don't want to go to the allopathic folks at the local > hosp., as their remedies for both issues have side effects contra-indicated > for Lyme. > > BTW, my CS is generated with a Silver Puppy. For topical use, I put it on > manual and run it longer, but for ingestion, I only use the auto setting. > > Thanks for any advice you can give. > Be well, > Léna > >
