I would absolutely NOT recommend prednisone when you have shingles, or prednisone use after having shingles.
A rash with prednisone could be shingles. With age and reduced immune system this is a danger. We do NOT want to have shingles!
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Good story.
Thanks for sharing.
Back to the story - I hadn't really thought of shingles as a result of adult chicken pox, but that is one miserable condition to have. Hmmmm, maybe that Venusian dude that got banished could catch a dose of it?