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Scott,
Sorry to hear that - they're a nasty thing! Hopefully they've got the antibodies into you ASAP - as they help speed the recovery up - depending on the severity of the bout.
My wife had them recently - with a concentration of the rash that came up through her hair, down one side of her face and through one eye.
With many trips to the eye specialist (who incidently picked up it was shingles before the GP did) lots of TLC, a whole lot of time off work (was nearly 6 weeks in the end) she has made a full recovery - with only some minor nerve damage to the face - full eyesight in that eye is ok.
She was basically constrained to being locked in a dark room/house for 6 weeks - as the medication for the eye to relax the pupil to prevent damage meant it was permanantly dialated for that time - a truly miserable time for her.
Full recovery time was more like 3/4 months for energy levels to return to normal etc - it was a really scary time.
It's more common than you think - speaking to a few friends and colleagues about it - you'll find a few who've had it - those who have are quite fearful of a return bout ... it's nasty!.
Jamie.
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