Mary Lou - Sorry about your news from your Dr.. It seems to me when my mother had shingles it was over in about 5-6 weeks.  I agree with others that she was probably giving you a worse case scenario. At least now you have the right meds&#33;<br /><img src="http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm44/deb1220/glitter-11.gif" border="0" class="linked-image" />