I was a little confused by somehow having new and unfamiliar postoperative pain after 12 days, but figured what the heck, the lung surgery was done internally with lasers, so who knows how it can heal. I took some of my usual pain stuff and it got a little better.

Later in the day, I went to apply some lotion to my upper body and... SHINGLES! Lesson for the day: THINKING about getting a shingles vaccine does not have the same effect as ACTUALLY GETTING a shingle vaccine.

Please be sure to thoroughly wash your hands after reading this. We don't want to take any chances.