So, as I said yesterday, I'm pretty sure I had a shingles flare up, which would explain the rashes I had on my legs. I feel 100% better now than I did last week. If you're a person of a certain age, and if you had chicken pox as a kid, GO GET THE SHINGLES VACCINE. I've read horror stories of people who get full on shingles.
@LiberalLibrarian
1. First and foremost, I agree WHOLEHEARTEDLY with the urging of people to go get the shingles vaccine. Shingles SUCKS.
2. If you had the rash on both legs, then it wasn't shingles. Shingles flareups will affect a single nerve (from the trunk outwards), and so are relegated to one half of the body. The "one side of the body only" nature of shingles is one of the easiest ways to tell if you have shingles.
@Nikto I had shingles *for certain* once, in 2018. I was able to get the vaccine the following year when I hit 50. Fortunately, it was a mild outbreak. I've heard stories of people getting shingles on their faces. No thank you.
@LiberalLibrarian had it three times myself...turned 50 last month and went in to get the vaccine as soon as I was eligible.
Best way to describe the pain is the rash/blisters that form are from the never firing strongly enough to blister the skin. It's excruciating.
And yes, face would _suck_. Some poor souls have gone blind from it hitting their ocular nerve.