"Jeßus" wrote:
>
> On Sun, 1 Jun 2014 17:52:27 +0100, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
>
> >"Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
> web.com...
> >> Just as I was enjoying the freedom of being able to get around and drive,
> >> I came down with shingles. It's on my left arm and hand.
> >
> >Commiserations I've never heard of it on the arm and hand before. I get
> >it in my side.
>
> I've had it in a line from my upper right arm, across the shoulder and
> up to the base of my neck. Didn't seem all that bad to me, or at least
> nowhere near as bad as others experience.

I've had it twice, 34 years apart, both times
in exactly the same places -- two small patches
on my left forearm. Didn't hurt worse than
a mosquito bite, but I guess I'm lucky in that
regard.