Oh Liriodendron, how I sympathise having experienced the same thing. I knew it was not going well when the GP said ‘Drop your trousers, lie on the couch and face the wall.’ Definitely shingles but, he added, I have ever seen it there. It was worse for my wife who was delegated to take daily photos to check on progress. I had to be on best behaviour for weeks for fear of those pictures being posted on Facebook or the village noticeboard.
I investigated getting a shingles vaccination after my experience. It’s not particularly cheap - c. £250 for the standard vaccination which has about a 70% success rate (this is the one you get free on the NHS if aged 70 - 79) and c. £450 for a newer, more efficacious (c.90%) vaccine. You’ll have to search hard to find someone who can deliver this second vaccine which, if I remember correctly, needs two jabs a week apart.
It's the mysterious body biter season. Unlike the usual flies which sting when they bite, the first I know of these is tha angry, itchy red lumb and it's always just beyond where I can reach or just inside my bra or waistband so gets woken up a lot.
Grump, scratch, grump.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Do you get harvest mites in your area, Obelixx? They're notorious for burrowing inside even tight-fitting clothes - and have a particular penchant for underwear, I believe.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
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Thanks @Obelixx - we will investigate the shingles vaccination later.
Grump, scratch, grump.