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I had shingles when I was in my early thirties. The only places you could see rash was inside my eye and on my arm on my left side. The first med gave me an extremely rapid heartbeat. The second one worked, but it screwed with my mental health. I wish I could describe it, there are a few published articles about the neurological side effects. Of course then there was the pain and discomfort of shingles, lol. When the doctors call their friends to look, it’s not great but you know. There were a couple hospital visits involved. Things have never been quite the same.
Oh I forgot about my bout with shingles. It was a really obvious stripe of blisters and redness on my left side at my waist, I diagnosed myself with it instantly (trained as a microbiologist, not just random) and got myself to the urgent treatment centre where I got a prescription for an anti-viral. Was so unforgivingly itchy and heat sensitive. I'm terrified of it coming back.
Badass that you were able to get treatment early though. I am also scared of a second round. What a nightmare that was, lol.