Don't start a major sympathy, support, and condolence thread, folks. It's just a petty annoyance, at least if not more severe than what I have. I woke up (on vacation, at a bread and breakfast) with symptoms Thursday morning. I was just noticing that I was having a hard time drinking coffee without slobbering, when my wife looked at me and announced that I didn't look right. (Even more than usual).
I was pretty sure what it was, so I didn't panic. But I'm no expert, so we headed for a doctor for confirmation. He just diagnosed me and, as we were coming home that day, told me to see my regular doc right away. I'm on a week of methylprednidolone and famciclovir, which both docs said might or might not make any difference.

Have any of you enjoyed this experience? Did you recover fully? How long did it take?
                     Dean