My shingles was confined to the right half of my front torso, and it lasted about four weeks. The pain was bad, but minor compared to a kidney stone I'd had removed not long before. That one plugged up the entrance of my right ureter into my bladder -- and the back-pressure was the worst pain I've ever experienced!
My gout went thru three bad attacks un-diagnosed -- before my daughter (a PA & Army EFMB Captain) diagnosed it over the phone from 1500 miles away. That last attack -- before medication & diet modification -- kept me on crutches for nearly two years. Couldn't stand a bedsheet on my feet!
I've often wondered if my "minor" shingles was due to the fact that I had brutal chicken pox as an adult (in the USAF). Kept me quarantined for four weeks!
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I wasn't dismissing your shingles problem -- just truthfully answering that "which was worse" (for me) question...
Prayers lifted for you and FR's other shingles (and gout) sufferers -- from the deep Piney Woods boondocks of northeastern Texas!
FRegards, TXnMA
