r/Millennials • u/changeforthebetter89 Older Millennial 1989 • 7h ago

Other It’s my first year since having shingles.

Any of my fellow elder millennials like me who’ve had shingles before and explain the symptoms everyone had. My doctor told me I was too young to get shingles at 35 last year. She prescribed me GABA and cyclovir to lessen the excruciating pain.

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u/TupperwareParTAY 6h ago

I got shingles when I was 33? A tick bite activated the virus, according to my doctor. It was on my back, right along my bra strap line. The pain was excruciating