Once the doctor declared me free from shingles, I really thought my ordeal was over. But sadly, the pain persisted, up to a stage which was so bad that my family had to call an ambulance to get me to hospital. The diagnosis was postherpetic neuralgia. My granddaughter also signed me up for a TCM acupuncture session in between my trips to see the neurologist. Between the TCM, specialists and everything else, it cost me about $2,000 a month in treatment. Due to budget constraints, I had no choice but to go back to government care, and I realised there’s no such thing as a magic cure.
Mr. Sulaiman
Re-telling of the shingles story of Mr. KT Ng, diagnosed at 83 y.o.