Wow. I'm really glad you are OK, and it wasn't anything serious!
I talked to my brother yesterday, and he's had a re occurrence of shingles. He's been less than optimum for about 10 days, but he says the good news is the pain meds are good enough that he doesn't care :)
Glad you are going to be back in the saddle.
I was glad too when the doctor told me that it wasn't anything serious. Really didn't fancy an extended stay at the hospital!
Oh that sucks, it's something that can take a while to go away indeed. And even when it does, you know it can still happen again after some time. The pain meds are nice though, too bad I'm stuck with paracetamol :P