[Magdalen] Shingles.

[Grace Cangialosi]

I did, Bob. The eye itself didn't look any different from the outset. I noticed a few little blisters on my temple in the hairline, and because a family member had recently had shingles, I was suspicious at the way they looked (no, you can't get them from someone else, but I knew what they looked like. Since I was a hospital chaplain, I was concerned and went to our employees health center. They weren't allowed to make diagnoses but sent me over to our outpatient center. The doc took one look, confirmed it as shingles, gave me scrips for two medications and told me to make an appointment with an ophthalmologist immediately. 
Because shingles attacks nerve cells, the concern when they get near the eye is that they will attack the optic nerve. At my first appt. with the eye doc they hadn't migrated into the eye, but by the second visit a few days later, they had. So then it was just wait and see.
Because I caught it so quickly and started on medication right away, I was spared most of the searing pain that is so typical. I had a couple of painful days, but that was all. And my vision is fine...

> On Oct 31, 2014, at 9:44 AM, Robert Rea <gapetard at stsams.org> wrote:
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>> On Friday, October 31, 2014 09:26:58 AM Robert Rea wrote:
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>> Do it. I never did and now I have shingles. Not fun.
> 
> Will whoever talked about shingles in the eye tell me about it. My eyesight 
> seems ok but my eyelids is puffy and the eye doesn't open all the way.
> 
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