My God, Ron. I'm so sorry for her. Shingles anywhere are no fun, and that disease is especially nasty around the face. I hope she'll recover soon and nicely. Margaret L >OK, George, you win. > >Let me also apologize for having a short fuse yesterday. I have spent >the last two days with Vivian at both an ophthalmologist and urgent >care, as she has come down with a nasty case of shingles that have >caused the pathways along her cranial nerves to swell to the point that >her left eye was swollen shut, with weeping blisters on her eyelid, not >to mention what the whole left side of her face looks like. > >Sorry to have gone off like that; stress does strange things to a >person. > >Ron