Did you consider yourself healthy before shingles?
First time here, M26, 6 days since the rash appeared. I consider myself a very healthy person. I sport 9 times a week, eat mostly healthy, don't get sick often, and I wasn't particularly stressed (always a bit, but I mean, who isn't).
Still I suddenly got hit with this, at what everyone describes to be a very young age for shingles. I'm concerned about what that means. I hope it's just really bad luck but I'm afraid it might be some underlying, more serious condition.
This subreddit isn't particularly helpful at easing my nerves since it seems to be filled with only the worst cases. But I'm curious if there's anyone who's in the same boat as me. I'm also curious if anyone here discovered they had some other condition that caused the shingles. Would love to know your stories.
As for how I'm doing right now, the pain is annoying and trying to sleep absolutely sucks, but it's manageable. I should probably be eating more but I have very little appetite. Only meds I'm using is paracetamol which I feel like is mostly placebo but whatever. Going to the doctor next monday. I don't think she can do much about this right now so it's mostly just to bring up these fears with her.
Posted Aug 1, 2026, 3:51 AM UTC