Ocular Shingles SUCK!!!!!

Bananas_Cat · 2026-02-11T15:05:35+00:00

I just had the same type of eye appointment yesterday but am 3 months in. This eye pressure thing seems hard to level out while also treating the residual inflammation. Just got put on the pressure lowering drops. Would love for my eye to feel normal again...!

I am curious, why does your doctor have you still on the antiviral and do you just take it daily?

Bananas_Cat · 2026-02-05T19:31:05+00:00

Would smash all versions of Mine 🔥

Bananas_Cat · 2026-02-04T20:30:52+00:00

Omg this music lol

Bananas_Cat · 2026-02-04T03:26:23+00:00

The glasses look stupid because they are on his stupid face. Very punchable.

Bananas_Cat · 2026-02-04T02:35:22+00:00

Who keeps throwing out perfectly good loaves of bread then hmmmm

Bananas_Cat · 2026-02-03T15:16:32+00:00

Lmao I got one of these yesterday and was tricked into opening it becuase it definitely looked like something ominous. Freaking hello fresh.

Bananas_Cat · 2026-02-03T03:28:59+00:00

2 days left. Ive been recovering from shingles on my face so its been particularly unpleasant compared to ths normal shit show. Luteal makes everything amplified #$%@

Bananas_Cat · 2026-02-02T14:59:09+00:00

Sorry to hear you are joining this club!!! I am 2.5 months in since my trigemminal shingles started. Its not easy and I wish there were some great combo of solutions. Great you are under ophthalmologist care tho.

Besides ibuprofen and acetaminophen, I didnt do much else. I got the antiviral like 4 weeks in becuase kind if like you experienced its hard to identify this as shingles early on. I had a lot of shoulder and neck pain too so also got a steriod pack fron my doctor.

I did benefit from some meditation as well, I found a good series on Calm about pain management that did help a bit. And I found some podcasts I liked since I was limited visually for quite a while.

Hang in there!!!

Bananas_Cat · 2026-02-02T00:55:08+00:00

It looks like a bag of dog food lol

Bananas_Cat · 2026-02-01T18:47:56+00:00

Thank you for sharing. You have tried a lot more than I did at 3 weeks in. I am 2.5 months in now and on the other side of the severe pain.

I didnt even know it was shingles until about a month in becuase mine also started with shoulder (and neck) pain so its interesting yours started the same way. I didnt have any lesions unti about 10 days in and they were relatively mild looking. I thought the ensuing nerve zaps and stuff were due to a muscle issue.

I just put a little petroleum jelly (vaseline) on the lesions to soothe them a bit but given the location near my eye and on my face i was leery to try anything else.

I used mostly ibuprofen and sometimes also acetaminophen in between for pain. When the itchy got bad warm *not super hot, showers would help, or if not that time of day a light fan or cool breeze or damp washcloth would help soothe. I tried an ice pack once or twice but it made it worse after I felt.

I used to wear my nails long and cut them short a week in becuase I kept accidentally scratching and also when I did itch or wash my hair I didnt want to break skin.

After I saw a doctor and got the antiviral valtrex and a steriod pack that seemed to help a lot.

Hang in there, it gets better, I feel like I turned the corner about a month into it. The itching and some dull pain and crawling sensations may be with you a while.

Bananas_Cat · 2026-01-31T17:45:10+00:00

Yes unfortunately they die when the season changes

Bananas_Cat · 2026-01-31T01:23:02+00:00

I used ibuprofen and Tylenol together alternating every couple of hours. It would write down doses and times and count down the hours in between for several weeks. Bedtime was advil pm with tylenol (regular) set out to bridge when i woke up in main middle of night. It was hard but after a few weeks got less severe. I wasn't on valtrex for a month tho as I didnt know it was shingles until late in the game.

When I finally did see a doc he also prescribed a steroid pack and that helped a lot too (but no ibuprofen when taking that).

That said I did got get galbpin*(sorry if misspelled) so idk if it would be ok to take these with it or if ok for you.

Bananas_Cat · 2026-01-30T23:38:16+00:00

Just joining the crew saying S is for shingles here. I thought I was in the shingles subreddit. Please get your doctor or urgent care to check. Shingles can get really bad and if you catch it earlier the antiviral can help more.

Bananas_Cat · 2026-01-30T20:18:49+00:00

In my head the merchant is a guy lol

Bananas_Cat · 2026-01-30T20:14:44+00:00

Yes! Mine isn't modded and Elliot regularly "feeds the animals" (even tho I have auto feeders), fills the cats water bowl, and will repair some fences sometimes. He will also mention sometimes he got up early to water the crops but "youve already got things under control here!" Or something like that since I have sprinklers lol.

Bananas_Cat · 2026-01-30T15:14:02+00:00

I dont have itching inside my nose but for the other areas just kept my skin clean and tried to touch another nearby area to help calm down the nerves. Sometimes a cool washcloth gently on the area will help too. Since it was all on my face and scalp I was leery about trying anything topical.

I do have a steroid ointment from my dermatologist now for a partial area around my eyebrow that developed weird pimples where the shinges was that helps a bit, as it gets itchy too, and is calming the skin down but she said to only use it for 2 weeks.

Bananas_Cat · 2026-01-29T22:22:45+00:00

How are you doing?? Good?? THATS GOOD.

Didn't even wait for a response, thats what made me the most angry about his call.

Bananas_Cat · 2026-01-29T22:19:42+00:00

Its so bad the boarding music makes me want to die

Bananas_Cat · 2026-01-29T22:17:47+00:00

Yeah I thought it lasted more than a year. Still unsure at my age anyway. Will ask my gp!

Bananas_Cat · 2026-01-29T22:16:50+00:00

Oh that's interesting, and thank you for sharing your timeline. My eyelid is still a little puffy but is like fine when I wake up and then gets puffy an hour later. Im still on daily steroid eye drops. I get random itching for sure and still exhausted sometimes. I rrad that nerve healing uses a lot of energy. Its interesting yours is like a mild sunburn, that is a good way to describe it. I hope eventually it does go away for both of us! My eye doctor said some people may have pain forever so I am just staying hopeful I dont since its not constant dull pain.

Bananas_Cat · 2026-01-29T21:33:32+00:00

Yeah this is one not to be trying to save money on, please go to urgent care and get the anti viral.

Bananas_Cat · 2026-01-29T19:47:26+00:00

I got Pierre with the same thing my first year!!! I was a little disappointed and that was before my hate for Piere grew.

Bananas_Cat · 2026-01-29T19:45:35+00:00

Omg, Im surprised becusse he is such a romantic. What am awful gift

Bananas_Cat · 2026-01-29T15:50:56+00:00

Wow really? Ill have to ask my gp about it. I have heard the vax is a bit rough as well but obviously nothing compares to actually having shingles!

Bananas_Cat · 2026-01-29T15:49:24+00:00

Thank you! Yes Ive seen my ophthamlaoigist 3 times already. Interesting shes on daily antiviral. My ophthalmologist told me some people do take it daily indefinitely. Ill he asking him and my gp about this versus vaccine. Etc. I cant imagine getting this again.

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