Shingles?

Doug has had a rash for a few days now. The rash started on his left side and has moved around to the left side of his back.  We think it is probably shingles, since it seems to be all in a line on the left side of his torso. His other symptoms he describes are tiredness, body aches, headache and he thinks he might have had a fever for a short time yesterday. He mostly states like it feels like he has a cold in that area of his body.

The doctor has given him Triamcinolone .5% (a corticosteroid cream) to apply to the affected areas and Valtrex 1GM to take orally twice a day.

The rash is very itchy, but he's not having the stabbing pain usually associated with this disease.