I find it interesting how different ailments hurt folks in different ways. I passed one kidney stone and it was just tiny grains of sand that about killed me. Gout has about killed me way over a thousand times. I had shingles once and for me it really wasn't that big of a deal compared to gout or kidney stone. But, doctors were handing out Percocet's like candy for shingles. The doctors seem to think the shingle pain was much worse and treated accordingly. For me Shingles was a 2 and Gout a 10.

Hopefully, yours will ease up. It's been about 15 years since I had shingles hopefully yours stay away also.