Well it's a good morning. Yesterday's other, left ear pressure is not there today. I have two nights if sleeping on my right, affected ear. Plus two nights without the eye patch as the right eye as it can close in both positions. I still put ointment in it though to make sure no trouble.

I was having a strange dream that I won't describe except I was singing a beautiful chant. My plan is to assist in singing this evening so that is a good omen. I still do not know if the spot in my ear is a stray vesicle or steroid acne. No pain with it and as I recall, the three vesicles that did appear on my ear when this started, we're painful.

As I tell people it's two steps forward, one backward.....a couple of good days then a day I don't feel so well.

Other issues: weight gain from inactivity. When I needed to eat more at odd times so pills wouldn't make me sick, plus steroids the first week, I was eating things I don't normally eat. This created bad habits of bread and peanut butter as well as leftover holiday chocolate. According to naturopathic doc these are a no no with shingles but I was doing it anyway. I have curtailed it for many days now so hopefully will lose that weight. When I was really ill it didn't matter but now it does as clothing is tight.

One thing I've been doing is eating at home, making delicious soups and roasted vegetables. I am writing these things imagining some future person with RHS will read this and find my progress and concerns helpful.