Shingles and CBD (hemp) oil

Gary O'

Gary O'

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Around 5 weeks ago I managed to develop a hardy case of shingles…involving my inner ear.

Five weeks is a very long time while dealing with the discomfort of this evil virus.
Had to sleep sitting up.
No so now.
Thanks to the CBD oil drops.

Rather angry with myself.
I’ve been ODing on ibuprofen all this time while my precious bottle of drops sat in the medicine cabinet.

Got my first decent night of sleep last night.

Still have noticeable discomfort, but not the jagged shards of pain deep in my ear.
 

Shingles is bad news for sure !

I've got a buddy that the pain was so bad from shingles (just wearing a shirt would drive him up the wall) that he finally had to have surgery and get wires implanted in his back and a pain management device put under the skin on his right side last fall to control the pain.
 
IKE said:
Shingles is bad news for sure !

I've got a buddy that the pain was so bad from shingles (just wearing a shirt would drive him up the wall) that he finally had to have surgery and get wires implanted in his back and a pain management device put under the skin on his right side last fall to control the pain.
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It ain't fun, that's for sure.
I can do pain...but for 5 weeks...it'll put ya around the bend
 

2 weeks ago @ our weekly coffee sit down, one of the newer members was complaining about his knee operation & recovery. I have tried MJ (it's legal here). Didn't care for the feeling. ate an edible. Took 2 didn't work right away then whammy, couldn't focus, felt out of body. Didn't care for that. Reading about CBD, am going to try that for my type II. I suggested maybe he should look into it.

He jumped down my throat, he said he is a recovering alcoholic & wouldn't touch the stuff. I grew up with an alcoholic father, brother & many close relatives. I don't drink & me being one who doesn't avoid a good argument came back with, 'So you're willing to live on opiates but refuse to try something else? You're argument is apples & oranges, one has nothing to do with the other. I wasn't asking you to become a pot head, just was suggesting an alternative.' He's looked the other way since & refuses to acknowledge me.
 
Gary O' said:
Around 5 weeks ago I managed to develop a hardy case of shingles…involving my inner ear.

Five weeks is a very long time while dealing with the discomfort of this evil virus.
Had to sleep sitting up.
No so now.
Thanks to the CBD oil drops.

Rather angry with myself.
I’ve been ODing on ibuprofen all this time while my precious bottle of drops sat in the medicine cabinet.

Got my first decent night of sleep last night.

Still have noticeable discomfort, but not the jagged shards of pain deep in my ear.
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Hemp oil is great stuff. It’s grown in fields around here.
Good thinking Gary.
I hope you find comfort.
 
Roadwarrior said:
2 weeks ago @ our weekly coffee sit down, one of the newer members was complaining about his knee operation & recovery. I have tried MJ (it's legal here). Didn't care for the feeling. ate an edible. Took 2 didn't work right away then whammy, couldn't focus, felt out of body. Didn't care for that. Reading about CBD, am going to try that for my type II. I suggested maybe he should look into it.

He jumped down my throat, he said he is a recovering alcoholic & wouldn't touch the stuff. I grew up with an alcoholic father, brother & many close relatives. I don't drink & me being one who doesn't avoid a good argument came back with, 'So you're willing to live on opiates but refuse to try something else? You're argument is apples & oranges, one has nothing to do with the other. I wasn't asking you to become a pot head, just was suggesting an alternative.' He's looked the other way since & refuses to acknowledge me.
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From where I'm sitting, you're probably better off.
 
Gary, I'm glad you found something to help with the shingles. Ugh, that crap is awful. I had them last December, from my left shoulder and down my left arm to my hand. Oddly, when the pain started I thought it was a pinched nerve in my shoulder/neck. Then a couple of days later the blisters appeared. I was shocked to have shingles because I didn't believe I had ever had chicken pox.

I was treated with the "typical" acyclovir and gabapentin. Spent a couple of weeks with my heating pad, too. So you have my sympathy and I hope yours gets better soon. The blisters left scars on my arm so I hope your hearing isn't adversely affected.

To those of you who have not had the shingles vaccine... GET IT. Shingles is terrible.
 
C'est Moi said:
Gary, I'm glad you found something to help with the shingles. Ugh, that crap is awful. I had them last December, from my left shoulder and down my left arm to my hand. Oddly, when the pain started I thought it was a pinched nerve in my shoulder/neck. Then a couple of days later the blisters appeared. I was shocked to have shingles because I didn't believe I had ever had chicken pox.

I was treated with the "typical" acyclovir and gabapentin. Spent a couple of weeks with my heating pad, too. So you have my sympathy and I hope yours gets better soon. The blisters left scars on my arm so I hope your hearing isn't adversely affected.

To those of you who have not had the shingles vaccine... GET IT. Shingles is terrible.
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The good news;
it's in my bad ear

I've read some horror stories of the pain lasting months, years, and in some cases, for life.
I'm hoping for a few more days or weeks.
I'm not a good person to be around with long term illness.
But
that CBD oil has rocked my world in a very good way.
 
Permit me to back up a bit;

(this may be redundant in places)

Back around the last week of May I had a sensation.
Not a good one.
Had some pain in my inner ear.
And to what I thought might be a tooth.
Saw a dentist.
She didn’t see anything worthy of the pain, but offered filling a small cavity and a cleaning.
Set up an appointment.
Developed these cool little festering sores on the side of my face.
The pain got a tad worse (much freaking worse).
So bad, after coaxing from my lovely lady, we made a trip to emergency.
The NP said ‘you’ve got shingles’
Gave me a hand full of prescriptions.
At first my lady and I thought she was waaay wrong.
Saw and ear nose throat doc.
Said my throat nose and ear looked normal.
He mentioned some possibilities.
Set me up with a cat scan.
He thought maybe I had some brain issues.
(Dummass, thought I had a brain)
Anyway, the pain worsened.
All points, symptoms revealed it truly is shingles.
OD’d on ibuprofen for weeks.
It helped, some.
Still couldn’t be horizontal without much discomfort.
Came to the understanding one could actually sleep standing up if one became exhausted enough.
Then remembered the little vial of CBD (hemp) oil in the medicine cab.
It helped more.
Thing is, the doc mentioned the possibility of this crud lasting more than the usual 3-5 weeks.
Could be months.
Or
Phooking Forever (not a direct quote)
I read where Ramsay Hunt syndrome could develop, causing facial paralysis.
Looked up the symptoms.
I had most of those.
I calmly solemnly sat back and thought ‘SHIT!!!’
Around the fourth week I developed despondent thoughts of sitting out in the meadow with a large pile of smoldering weed and some aged single malt scotch, sipping, wafting the smoke into my face with both hands, and when I got so plastered and happy, I’d get someone down the path to take a 54 oz hickory baseball bat and swing for the fences thru the back of my head.
Then, sometime in week five (a day or two ago), the pain abated.
The sharp shards of knife stabs became dull to sometimes nonexistant.
I could be vertical without grimacing, even without 5000 mgs of ibuprofen.
I could put a half dropper of hemp oil under my tongue and sleep…in the bed.
Today? By God I’m almost back to normal.
I don’t have to force myself to do chores, or projects.
They’re all happy things again.

Nutshell;
This shit ain’t for the weak of mind.
I mean, I can do pain.
Old people are like that.
But five freakin’ weeks?
Nobody should have to do that.
I’m just so very happy to be almost over it.
The sun shone today.
Didn’t matter.
If it rained or snowed, it would’ve been the most beautiful day ever.
The capper; I enjoyed it all with my caring patient lovely life mate.

None of us have tomorrow
but
By God I had today

and hey
tomorrow looks strong whether it comes or not
 
Gary O' said:
Permit me to back up a bit;

(this may be redundant in places)

Back around the last week of May I had a sensation.
Not a good one.
Had some pain in my inner ear.
And to what I thought might be a tooth.
Saw a dentist.
She didn’t see anything worthy of the pain, but offered filling a small cavity and a cleaning.
Set up an appointment.
Developed these cool little festering sores on the side of my face.
The pain got a tad worse (much freaking worse).
So bad, after coaxing from my lovely lady, we made a trip to emergency.
The NP said ‘you’ve got shingles’
Gave me a hand full of prescriptions.
At first my lady and I thought she was waaay wrong.
Saw and ear nose throat doc.
Said my throat nose and ear looked normal.
He mentioned some possibilities.
Set me up with a cat scan.
He thought maybe I had some brain issues.
(Dummass, thought I had a brain)
Anyway, the pain worsened.
All points, symptoms revealed it truly is shingles.
OD’d on ibuprofen for weeks.
It helped, some.
Still couldn’t be horizontal without much discomfort.
Came to the understanding one could actually sleep standing up if one became exhausted enough.
Then remembered the little vial of CBD (hemp) oil in the medicine cab.
It helped more.
Thing is, the doc mentioned the possibility of this crud lasting more than the usual 3-5 weeks.
Could be months.
Or
Phooking Forever (not a direct quote)
I read where Ramsay Hunt syndrome could develop, causing facial paralysis.
Looked up the symptoms.
I had most of those.
I calmly solemnly sat back and thought ‘SHIT!!!’
Around the fourth week I developed despondent thoughts of sitting out in the meadow with a large pile of smoldering weed and some aged single malt scotch, sipping, wafting the smoke into my face with both hands, and when I got so plastered and happy, I’d get someone down the path to take a 54 oz hickory baseball bat and swing for the fences thru the back of my head.
Then, sometime in week five (a day or two ago), the pain abated.
The sharp shards of knife stabs became dull to sometimes nonexistant.
I could be vertical without grimacing, even without 5000 mgs of ibuprofen.
I could put a half dropper of hemp oil under my tongue and sleep…in the bed.
Today? By God I’m almost back to normal.
I don’t have to force myself to do chores, or projects.
They’re all happy things again.

Nutshell;
This shit ain’t for the weak of mind.
I mean, I can do pain.
Old people are like that.
But five freakin’ weeks?
Nobody should have to do that.
I’m just so very happy to be almost over it.
The sun shone today.
Didn’t matter.
If it rained or snowed, it would’ve been the most beautiful day ever.
The capper; I enjoyed it all with my caring patient lovely life mate.

None of us have tomorrow
but
By God I had today

and hey
tomorrow looks strong whether it comes or not
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Wow Gary. I’m so sorry you are going through this. It sounds incredibly painful.
Yes! People can indeed sleep standing up if tired enough.
Too bad we weren’t closer.
 
Keesha said:
Wow Gary. I’m so sorry you are going through this. It sounds incredibly painful.
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it's all in past tense now
just history

heh, I thought I appreciated life before

this ordeal, if anything good, has turned my appreciation up a score of decibels
 
Gary O' said:
it's all in past tense now
just history

heh, I thought I appreciated life before

this ordeal, if anything good, has turned my appreciation up a score of decibels
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Yep! Pain so intense that you’d rather die certainly brings about gratitude once relief comes. :sunshine:
You deserve it:heart:
 
Thankfully I never suffered with shingles, but I'm glad the CBD hemp oil is giving you some relief. I need to get some myself to have on hand, is it the GoGreen brand still? The ground gave out a bit at the river bank when we were camping recently, and my husband fell onto his fishing reel and injured his shoulder. I just happened to remember to take the CBD balm that I bought when we talked about this awhile ago, and it really gave him relief from the pain. I plan on always having some handy and trying the oil too....better than Aleve or ibuprofen, safer.
 
Keesha said:
Yep! Pain so intense that you’d rather die certainly brings about gratitude once relief comes. :sunshine:
You deserve it:heart:
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kid, I don't deserve nuthin'
(don't argue with me on this)
however, when relief comes, it's well celebrated
on my knees
or just looking to the skies

I've had worse pain
but not for five freaking weeks
I have no idea how the terminally ill do it

this is all rather humbling in regard to my mental toughness
 
I'm so glad you're feeling better, Gary. There are two things I never want to do again... shingles and gout. (Oh. My. Gawd.) Unrelenting pain is just so freakin' unrelenting. And yeah, it makes feeling "OK" seem like a miracle.
 
C'est Moi said:
I'm so glad you're feeling better, Gary. There are two things I never want to do again... shingles and gout. (Oh. My. Gawd.) Unrelenting pain is just so freakin' unrelenting. And yeah, it makes feeling "OK" seem like a miracle.
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oh gawd...the 'G' word

heard it was a rich person's illness
I should be safe
 
C'est Moi said:
When I say I could have sawed my foot off with a hacksaw, I am not joking. And you don't have to be rich, just have those shards of uric acid in your joints. They are free, apparently.
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wunnerful

I'll stick with what I had

as long as we're in the G's;

Anyone got a goiter?
I don't have, but might as well cover that too
 
Gary O' said:
gallstones are prolly the most painful, I've heard

Crap, I'm not in the running in anything G

I'm goin' ta bed before the booger man casts a spell of garish goblins on me
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I'm glad you're feeling better, Gary. My husband had shingles 25 years ago. He's about as tough as a person can be when it comes to pain, but when someone barely mentions the S-word to him, his face crumples and he's ready to start crying like a four year old girl lost in a busy K-Mart.
 
The pain of shingles is impossible to imagine-until you get it! Wouldn`t wish it on my worst enemy. Every time I hear of a new area of the body that someone has it,it sounds worse than the last. I had it in the "normal" area-down my back to the left of my spine. Bad enough. But in your ear?!? Owie! I`ve heard the eye,which sounds pretty awful too.
 
Mrs. Robinson said:
The pain of shingles is impossible to imagine-until you get it! Wouldn`t wish it on my worst enemy. Every time I hear of a new area of the body that someone has it,it sounds worse than the last. I had it in the "normal" area-down my back to the left of my spine. Bad enough. But in your ear?!? Owie! I`ve heard the eye,which sounds pretty awful too.
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I can only think of a couple places that could be worse...other than the eye

StarSong said:
I'm glad you're feeling better, Gary. My husband had shingles 25 years ago. He's about as tough as a person can be when it comes to pain, but when someone barely mentions the S-word to him, his face crumples and he's ready to start crying like a four year old girl lost in a busy K-Mart.
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I was almost there
t'ward the end of week four, I was not a nice person to be around
pacing helps, even around midnight
I can be as grumpy as the next ol' man on any given day, but this put me over the top
that bear that's been raidin' our garbage cans got lucky, ran away before I got to him
my lady, not so lucky

had a bit of a set back last night
had to take CBD oil and ibuprofen, then sit up for a spell
but, today?
tops

for some reason evenings are not so good
still
so very much better
the pain is there, but not near the intensity
for that, I'm truly thankful, so is my lady

ps
it's not the severity
it's the frigging duration
 

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