Same thing happened to me 12 years ago in Ames, IA. Miss diagnosed shingles by our local nurse practitioner for 5 days and put me thru hell. She said she thought I was a drug seeker and prescribed erythromycin. When I started to go blind I went to the ER and they took care of me, but the damage was done. Since then I have had 3 shingles vaccines and 4 jabs for Covid. Pain scares me too. My robot left lobe surgery is at the end of September up at the Mayo, let me know if the Team prescribes Gabapentin and how long your pain lasts. They won't let me use THC or CBD during Chemo & Immunotherapy, I wonder if they will let me have gummies after surgery.