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  1. girl on the hill

    ER visit, puzzling symptoms

    ER visits are rough unless you have something obvious (read broken bone). I’d definitely follow up with your primary. Just out of curiosity did they check for gallstones? And I have had shingles a number of times. It is odd he would suggest it at the end. The shingles rash is very specific...