[pavulon]

Thanks all. I'm about a week into symptoms and still no rash (a 'thing' I was unaware of but get lots of time to research when too uncomfortable to sleep). So far, the least fun part is being initially diagnosed with epididymitis and put on an antibiotic not supposed to be taken with NSAIDs--the first line of pain control for shingles. I'm sure all can extrapolate to the experience from there.