Hi bebop,
You know we can all get shingles and especially when we are immunosuppressed. Treatment with for example acyclovir should be initiated immediately.
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/s...s/shingles.htm
Hopefully your father has got treatment that will have good effect!
Kind regards
Birgitta-A
71yo, dx MDS Interm-1 May 2006, transfusion dependent since dx, Desferal and Exjade for iron overload, Neupogen for low WBCs since 3 infections Sept 2007, Thalidomide and Prednisone since June 2010 for bone marrow fibrosis