Hi all, I can recommend the ice. I have nerve pain (that's what the doctor calls it, damaged nerves) where I had the shingles, around the chest area. This pain can come suddenly, and make you 'holler'' out, even if you are in public place...it is terrible.I have gotten up at night and dabbed with ice cold water. It stops it for a period of time. I think the scars stretch...as we age and 'get larger'' in skin size or something. I was a 10/12 size always until now, I am in between 14/16 size...leaning toward a 16 in hip size. It is a puzzle...still weigh within two pounds of what I always weighed. My weight varies, about two pounds, up, then down. I asked the nurse one time...how can we wear larger sizes...and get out of shape, and weigh the same...she said we lose muscle, plus I don't carry any fat, she said.I know I have lost over an inch in height, due to discs in my back, I suppose. Have any of you lost any height? I was 5'71/2" Now I measure about 5' 6". Talking about shingles, I asked about the vaccine, not to have shingles again....and my doctor said it did not keep you from having the nerve pain.. Hope all you with the snow, are enjoying it.Ours was more of an ice storm.Everything here shut down! Some schools closed the whole week, in east Alabama. Take care....stay well. Stella