I'm sorry to hear that Blue!

I had shingles for the first time back in March, I was getting the weird sharp pains everywhere, and I saw a circular rash on my back and I had thought that it was Ringworm(had it when I was younger). It just so happened that it was when I was going to New York for the weekend with my mom and we drove there(11 hour drive from me), the second day we were there I woke up in a crap load of pain and the rash spread like crazy. I was in tears on the way home because my back hurt so much and I couldn't sleep, and I didn't know what it was and so I kept scratching it.

Ended up forking over $160 for pills, which the doctor said "may or may not work". Gee, thanks for the comfort doc.

I haven't seen a rash show up yet, but I've been getting the random pains lately and they're sudden, and I just feel like I might be getting it again.

I have never heard of antiviral medication for it..I'm in Canada, and I'm not even sure that we have that here, but thank you for mentioning it! I will definetly see if there is anything here.