Before I got the rash, I had deep muscle/nerve pain that was located in the right side of my back over my ribs. The other tell-tale sign I had was flu-like symptoms that subsided about the time the rash appeared.

And incidentally, I had no clue what was going on and ended up driving up to Canada to meet and visit relatives. Also golfed through the whole episode in misery. Stupid is as stupid does.