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Gedsbones

17/09/2019 at 22:15

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i have just finished six sessions of R Chop chemotherapy for lymphoma and three weeks later developed shingles. I can honestly say I have never known pain like it. I am now had this 3 months with no sign of this improving and the pain is still terrible. Just wondered if anyone has suffered the same and any idea I what I could do. Would appreciate your views. Many thanks

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18/09/2019 at 14:50

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Hello @Micheleo‍ @Sallyk‍ @susie8‍ ‍ @Debbie 65‍! Have you experienced chemotherapy with such a side effect?

@Gedsbones ‍hi, there is already a discussion about shingles. You can join the members and discuss your experience by clicking on this link: https://member.carenity.co.ukhttps://www.carenity.co.uk/forum/other-discussions/living-with-cancer/can-shingles-be-a-side-effect-of-cancer-2225#12847

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Shingles https://www.carenity.co.uk/forum/other-discussions/living-with-cancer/shingles-2928 2019-09-18 14:50:51

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22/09/2019 at 11:56

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I had shingles twice ,just after I finished my radiotherapy made me feel very ill and very weak it started under my right boob and it made my chest hurt really bad was told not to scratch the rash and to get plenty of rest but it left me with a lot of pain trouble is I cant fight any illnesses off as I dont have any immunity in my body this is all caused by my coeliac disease,

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Shingles https://www.carenity.co.uk/forum/other-discussions/living-with-cancer/shingles-2928 2019-09-22 11:56:30

Jenita64

20/10/2019 at 12:26

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I feel really sorry for both the above posters who developed shingles after their cancer treatment. I had shingles many years ago (on the bone at the back of my ear and down the side of my neck). This developed three weeks after I was involved in a very bad car accident and I was told it was the trauma of it that brought the shingles on.

In 2017 about three months before my cancer diagnosis, the GPs surgery offered me a shingles vaccination which I accepted. I didn't realise you could get shingles more than once until the nurse told me she had had it twice. It's such a painful illness and having to contend with it just after cancer treatment is terrible for for you.

I hope things really improve for you both very soon.

Shingles https://www.carenity.co.uk/forum/other-discussions/living-with-cancer/shingles-2928 2019-10-20 12:26:04

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21/10/2019 at 09:44

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Thank you it was very painful but I was told that you have to be 70 to get the injection so I cant have it but I do agree with you it was hard having cancer and that to contend with but the radiotherapy that I had has left me now with emphysema and lymphoedema so I dont think I can have anything else as I believe I have just about every illness that is going if it isn't then I must be lucky I know I feel like a walking miracle lol you take care love and hugs Tiger xxxx

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Shingles https://www.carenity.co.uk/forum/other-discussions/living-with-cancer/shingles-2928 2019-10-21 09:44:05

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