I had shingles when I was 25. Didn't know it until I had a doc appt for something else and he said the rash was shingles and was surprised I hadn't come in 3 weeks earlier. I just felt flu sick for a couple of days and then had the lesions for about 3 weeks. I just figured the rash would go away and since I had been clearing the nasty weeds behind my house I thought they were bug bites.

I'm grateful it was a small outbreak and just stayed above my hips.