We were the same when hubby had his attack. We thought he had overworked his shoulder/back since the hurting started around the shoulder blade, before the rash appeared. We started treating it as such. But days later the rash appeared and nothing helped. He got up in the middle of the night and said I have to go to ER for his burning pain. Luckily I described to my mother who said it sounds like shingles. I was like, what? So I looked it up and bingo! Hubby called our regular doc. It’ll take a while to feel really better.
Umpfh...I’ve heard that it takes a while, and it’s hard to be patient. I’m so glad he’s over it...and sorry it took so long to get his diagnosis. He must have been miserable!
If it hadn’t been for the pain over my kidney, I would have probably waited longer, too.