Date: July 29th, 2026 10:49 AM Author: Richard Ames
I had shingles years ago and it was extremely unpleasant. Despite people saying that "stress doesn't cause it," it is absolutely a driving factor for cases in younger people.
It was really quite brutal for the first few days, but thankfully all was well after about a week or so with medicine.
Date: July 29th, 2026 11:09 AM Author: useless big crackhouse boistinker
I got shingles in Germany on my way back to the states. Had no clue what it was until I talked to a doctor about it during outprocessing in Texas. I told him about the splitting, agonizing headaches, nighttime nausea, and paralyzing fatigue and he was like "yeah right. Everybody has that. If you didnt get treatment in the middle east, you can go" and then i said "oh I also have this herpes explosion on the palm of my hand" and he said "oh nevermind, you have shingles"
Date: July 29th, 2026 7:33 PM Author: Razzmatazz Idiotic Shrine
I had a very mild case at 40. It lasted like 6 weeks. I had it on my shoulder and back. I didn’t have an plaques but it kinda felt like a bad sunburn with tingling pain and sensitivity. It was unpleasant and made carrying a backpack a pain in the ass.