I think I wrote this before, but —what the hell— I can write it again. Shingles, as we all know, are terribly painful. Fortunately one can get a shingles shot these days to prevent the nightmarish malady attacking you. Having seen the television commercial I got a shingles shot, though I'm not sure I ever had chicken pox. Still, my doctor says you can get shingles without having had chicken pox. What I don't get is that the commercial says, "One in three people will get shingles in their lifetime." If that's so wouldn't you think I would know at least two people that had shingles, and I don't. Do you? I mean with one in three people getting shingles we should all know dozens of sufferers. You don't suppose the commercial would lie about the statistics to encourage us to get the shot, do you?
Note: This photo is ridiculously mild. It doesn't really even convey the torment of shingles. But the other photos were so creepy and scary, I figured I didn't even want them on my blog.
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