January 3 2020 Looking for pain relief from shingles

The shingles linger. Periodically through the day pain and itching flare up, often intensely . Severe. IT gets tiresome day after day.

Yesterday I went to Samaratin emergency room to see if there was something they might prescribe. The prednisone that I have been taking for 4 days doesn't seem to have helped.

The ER was so busy and the flu season rather severe, I chickened out and went home. It was mid afternoon.

Today I sleep later than I like because I was awake much of night with shingles pain. I never gt to the ER until 10:30. Not as busy as yesterday. I worry about exposing myself to so many seek people in one location.

Eventually I am prescribed Naproxin. Also told to try an over the counter Capsaicin cream

But most of the day the pain I experienced was not too bad. No more than. level 3. Easy enough to put up with.

7:30 in evening & suddenly pain starts. It is intense. I take a Naproxin pill. I coat the area of my skin with the C cream.

The pain is so bad until just about 9:30. By 10:00pm it has subsided and is now bearable.

I believe the hospital/Drs are reluctant to prescribe any narcotics, nor am I anxious to use them. But at the height of tonights pain I was wishing I had some.

If the docs N nurses had seen me I'm sure that would prescribe something of that sort.