Stuck SMS notification...not the usual "permanent" notification

[SharpTJ]

SO I have searched and read the stickies, and unless I am missing it, I can not find the answer to my problem. The SMS indicator will not clear off unless I read the messages multiple times. Example: I have 4 messages from someone, I have to go all the way out to the home screen and back in 4 times for it to clear all 4 notifications. I have seen where people are having problems with a notification that will not clear at all, but that is not he case with me, as it will clear but is annoying to enter a message 4 times just to clear the notifications