I'm a 56 year old man that had an outbreak of shingles two years ago on my
right chest side.  Since then, I've been dealing with the aftermath of PHN.
I've gone thru almost everything to help during this time.  I've done the
following:

I've been getting a lot of tingling on my face (cheeks mostly) and a burning
feeling - there is no rash there at all, but I have also had tingling on the
tip of my nose. I was wondering if you can get shingles without a rash - it
isn't really pain I'm feeling, just lots of ...

for a while now i have gotten a tingling on my lip-always in the same
spot.  never any kind of sore or anything.  just some pain and
tingling.  out of habit, i put on blistex or oxy pad it and generally
it goes away.  i often feel it after i kiss someone which i think is

How do you deal with Sexuality? Do you have to eliminate it, just
because you've made a choice to not infect people or have to limit
your sex life to other persons with the same virus(es) you have? This
can be a considerably depressing playing field if you're infected with

I've recently been diagnosed with Herpes.  I was in some dispair for a
while, but have gotten over that for the most part.
I was looking online for treatment options outside of traditional Anti-
Viral medications.  In doing so, I found a like to a product by David

I've recently been diagnosed with herpes and was wondering what your
experiences have been on your dating life? As an older larger woman I
don't have all that many dates. Do men understand women with herpes?
Lynda Beavis

I tried posting this same question in picking up the pieces, but didnt get a
response, but I figured it was because of the heated discussions on
alternative medicines, anyway....
I've had genital herpes for probably about 12 years+