Comments on: Shingles who has had it? http://www.teenslivingwithcancer.org/2010/10/16/shingles-who-has-had-it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shingles-who-has-had-it Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 22 May 2013 21:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Elijha Couch http://www.teenslivingwithcancer.org/2010/10/16/shingles-who-has-had-it/comment-page-1/#comment-3466 Elijha Couch Wed, 20 Oct 2010 16:38:04 +0000 http://www.teenslivingwithcancer.org/?p=1809#comment-3466 Wow I just had shingles a few months ago and trust me I know it’s painful, I used to fall on the floor because of the pain, but the good news is that it gets alot better over time, I’m still taking some meds for it but I have no pain, you’ll make it through this and I missed out on a bunch of high school activities, because I got diagnosed in the second semester of ninth grade, so I know how you feel, missing out on everything but just know that you’ll be wiser and stronger and you would be able to help someone else. good luck hope you feel better :)

]]> By: Leah Shearer http://www.teenslivingwithcancer.org/2010/10/16/shingles-who-has-had-it/comment-page-1/#comment-3461 Leah Shearer Tue, 19 Oct 2010 21:56:48 +0000 http://www.teenslivingwithcancer.org/?p=1809#comment-3461 I know that this is hard…but will you trust me on something? It gets better.
As someone who missed plenty of homecomings and special events that the teen years are supposed to be made of—I felt that pain. It was hard to get through and it made me so angry.
And boy can I relate to the “lifetime capacity of crap” statement. Sing it!

But—-and you knew there was a but—right? Your mom is right. Uh–oh—you’re going to get me for saying that…aren’t you…?

It’s true. Through pain and through the tough stuff in life you develop insights. When you get through these rough spots you are going to be able to look back and see how much you learned and how much you grew. SURE you don’t want to have to face this stuff…and I wish you didn’t have to—but sometimes in life we are thrown something that we have to find a way to deal with.

Take a minute every now and then to let it out. It is frustration beyond measure and you have to vent. But remember–then you have to have a plan for yourself…
Goal setting can be done even from a hospital bed. Even if the goals are small for that day or the joy is something simple —reach for it–and when you get there—celebrate.

I don’t know your name but I am cheering for you. YOU can beat this thing—and I believe you can do it by saying Cancer…you will not get the best of me.

Hang in there. :)

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