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Health
Katelyn Catanzariti

Shingles can rob energetic adults of their future

Robert Bakewell was energetic and full of life until shingles struck. (HANDOUT/LIBBY BAKEWELL)

A week before he fell ill, Robert Bakewell was his usual, spritely self, 88 years young, independent, energetic and full of life.

Within days, he was covered in an excruciatingly painful rash that left him unable to eat and barely able to speak.

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