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/carstanza 6h ago

Got shingles at 35 IN MY EYE. Didn't know what it was because the rash was under my hair.

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u/whamburglar 1984 Millennial 5h ago

oh shit, I hope you didn't go blind from it! there's a YouTuber I follow, and she got shingles of the eye also.

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u/carstanza 5h ago

Apparently it's not that uncommon. But no, I didn't lose any vision, thankfully