Gary, my dad had shingles when he was about your age -- it got in his eye, too, very painful. Do EXACTLY what your physician tells you, and take care of youself physically, and you'll be fine, I'm sure. Hang in there!
I must say that had I not felt really lousy the first two months of being affected by the shingles condition it would have driven me to distraction. Being basically unable to anything more than sit in a chair and watch the TV with one eye, my weakest one at that, was a trial.
Iola isn't the dark heart of America's Dairyland, IMO. Now where Frank Mentzer lives is well described as that