I feel so very bad for him - he is in so much pain - he found out he had them on Monday morning and he cannot sleep or move around much for that matter - he said he is so weak and the blisters just keep getting bigger and bigger.
I am a mom figure to him since I took care of him after my mom died. So he has been calling me about 3 or 4 times a day - he just keeps saying - why is this happening to me. You know when you are sick or in pain all you want is your mom - well I am the closest thing that he has to a mom now. I know he just wants me to tell him everything will be okay. I went online to find out ways to help him and e-mailed him what I found - I just wish there was more that I could do.
The doctor says it was brought on my stress - he is moving his whole young family across the country and does not even have housing set up on base yet - so of course he is mentally stressed but also he has recently gotten into bodybuilding and has put alot of stress on his body physically as well - so maybe that is why this happened. I always thought older people got shingles - my brother is 27 years old.
The doctor says the pain could last anywhere form 7 days to 100 days and may cause permenant weakness - and he will have scars - it is all over his back and stomach.
So there is my reality check - Here I am complaining about what I do not have and saying life is not fair - but life could be alot worse.
I hope my brother gets well very very soon.
8 comments:
Acupuncture is very good for conditions like shingles. Has he tried that yet? Hope he gets better soon!
I am so sorry to hear about your brother. I will be praying for a fast recovery!
im very sorry to hear about your brother! wish & praying him to have a very fast recovery! shingles are awful, & truly painful. I hope he can soothe the pain soon!
Oh mannn. I hope your brother feels better soon! You are such a good sis/mom for trying to help him. I would recommend Googling the crap out of it, but it sounds like you already did that :)
I am so sorry about your brother Jackie! I will never forget when I had shingles a few years ago, like you I told the doctor I thought only the elderly got shingles. Hopefully they caught it early enough that he won't be in pain for too long.
How horrible for your brother. I am so sorry for him and I will be thinking about him and adding him to my prayer list. Keep us updated on his recovery.
Ugh, shingles are the worst. My husband came down with them a little over a year ago and was in lots of pain as well. We went through the whole, I thought only elderly people got them too!
Hopefully the meds they got him on will help it to clear up quickly.
:( poor guy
xx
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