I am on the other side of healing from Shingles. And YES they are as painful as you have heard, times 10. Because I keep myself healthy I was shocked that I developed them... Too add insult to injury more people than I care to count asked me "How did YOU get Shingles?" I had plenty of time to think about that when I was in my house either naked or wrapped in a sheet. Here's what I came up with... I was vulnerable and then around lots of sick people. The vulnerability came after I did some heavy supernatural warfare for my family, was burnt out,needing to rest and recover.
I was beginning to start the dance of recovery when I was around lots of people who had the flu. I got blanketed with the flu and it morphed into shingles. I believe it was because I was vulnerable to begin with. However once you have shingles it doesn’t matter why you got it, you just have to learn how to crawl through broken glass to get through it. Incase you missed the key point... Be careful of being burnt out... and if you are... rest and stay away from sick people!
First thing I did was research shingles and found out that Shingles can leave a person with permanent nerve damage. Well since that idea just didn’t work for me... I started using a Gamma Linolenic Acid product called Super GLA to heal the nerve and myelin sheath. I sucked those babies down every few hours for 2 months. Yes I still take them but now only 2 a day. I saw that the pain Shingles comes with are in two different areas of the body. The first area is the nerve sheath. Your nerve sheath is everywhere inside your body. Now imagine a wooden branch with lots of hard, sharp pickers being shoved into your nerve sheath and when you move or breath the branch moves and the pickers rip, tear and cause big pain to you. That’s pretty close to how it was. The next area is the skin. I had a very bad case... where a large section of my front and back on the right side was invaded with shingles. For some reason shingles only affects one side of the body... I have no clue about that but rest assured it affects your whole body.
Along with taking Super GLA I took VS-C, Olive Leaf Extract because the root of Shingles is viral and VS-C and Olive Leaf Extract have anti-viral properties. I used Pau D’Arco lotion and Silver Gel on my skin to help heal the blisters. People who haven’t had shingles think that it’s all about the blisters on the skin... I pray you never first hand find out the fullness of this ailment.
So not only was the pain so intense but I was unable to sleep and that drove me to the doctors... those who know me will realize that I must of been desperate because I’m just don’t lean towards allopathic medicine . Fortunately my doctor understands and respects that I live on the natural side of life. I did not want to go on any pharmecuticals ...but was willing to use a Lidocaine patch for the outer skin pain. She strongly suggested that I also take one teeny pill at bedtime to shut down the pain center in my head so I could sleep. Since I tried everything natural and couldn’t get more than 15 minutes sleep... I accepted her plan. I was able to sleep with only waking up 1-3x a night... and that was much better than 15 minutes a night.
When I went to the doctors I asked the question “How long should I have to go through this”? The doctor, her physicians assistant and many people told me horror stories about how long shingles lasts. The general consensus was that a person with shingles could be in severe pain for 6 to 12 months. I was mortified! I was determined not to be in shingle hell for that long. So I did what I do with everything... I prayed, then I stayed away from people... hard to be social going out in a sheet... even a 400 count sheet. I took my supplements, used the patch and when that wasn’t on I put on the Pau D’ Arco Lotion and Silver Gel for healing treatments. After one month I cut the pharmecutical pill in half the strength and took it for another month. I gotta tell you I didn’t like the way it made me feel... but I strongly believe a person has to do whatever he/she has to do to survive. So I got off the drug after taking it for 2 months. It was a week adjustment period and I was able to go to church because HOORAY I could finally wear clothes... and I got prayed over and the prayer broke any residual effect from the pill... I slept like a happy, blessed woman that night.
One more thing... Once you have shingles you have no choice but to feel the pain and crawl through...There is NO Easy answer... Just some natural help and a few suggestions that can help you shorten the time you are in pain and get a little relief. One suggestion that saved my sanity and helped with sleep was using soft gel freezer bags to lay on when I went to bed. I bought several large square soft gel packs so I could switch them when I got up at night... One pack went in the freezer and one came out. The pain was so harsh when I laid down using the large gel bags were a huge help. ...So the ice pack is a necessary tool for surviving shingles along with Super GLA, VS-C concentrated, Olive Leaf Extract and the lotions and silver gel for my skin.
The fabulous news is that I was only in severe pain for about 2 months not 6,7,8,9 or one year... only 2. I thank God, My wonderful church who prayed for me and Nature Sunshine Products who all helped me survive shingles. May this never happen to you or to anyone you love. Keep in balance and rest when you are tired, eat when your hungry, drink lots of water, PRAY and keep believing. Remember to BE WELL BALANCED because the adversary roams like a lion looking for who he can devour.
Be Well,
Deborah
