I caught shingles around 3 months ago, they were on my face and around my eyes. I was lucky that they were only a few spots and they didnt involve my actual eye but that side of my face and around my eye was very swollen and painful. I still have a couple of scars from the spots. The worst part however was how tired and ill I felt. I was so exhausted and felt depressed and tearful, I wasnt prepared for feeling like that.

I ended up having 5 weeks off work since it left me with post-viral syndrome. Even when I went back to work I felt so tired, on my days off I was sleeping for 12 hours at a time.! It was partly as a result of this that I reduced by hours of work by half.

Although I feel much better now I find that if I work particulary hard or have a late night I feel exhausted for a few days.

Take care of yourself and dont try and do too much too soon.

The only good thing about the illness is that it forced me to look at my lifestyle and change my work/life balance for the better.