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Re: Shingles shot
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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02/05/2019 10:07 PM
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I need to check with my doctor. I got the 'old' shot last year. Need to see if it's too soon to get the new one. My insurance pays at a pharmacy but not doctor's office, also.
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Re: Shingles shot
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02/06/2019 07:57 AM
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My wife had the first shingle vaccination and has had two mild cases of shingles since. Supposedly it was only about 50% effective but perhaps lessened the symptoms when she did get shingles. She and the doctor are not sold on her getting the new one, at least not yet.
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Re: Shingles shot
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02/07/2019 07:25 AM
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Both of her cases were very mild with minimal discomfort. The doctor had medication started early and he also believes the vaccine lessened the impact.
I also had two mild cases (one just prior to and during a trip to SXM), got on medication right way and also had minimal discomfort but I also have a pretty high pain tolerance. No vaccines for me.
I personally know several people who had severe cases with extreme pain and discomfort.
J.D.
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Re: Shingles shot
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02/07/2019 09:55 AM
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Eric had a very severe case of the shingles, partially because he didn't know what it was and didn't get treated for quite a while. He thought it was poison ivy or something and ended up finally going to the ER because the pain was so severe.
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Re: Shingles shot
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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02/07/2019 02:27 PM
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I never have more than one shot at the same time, as I worry about interactions between shots. My totally uneducated opinion is that you might be having that kind of a reaction.
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Re: Shingles shot
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02/07/2019 04:02 PM
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The time I had my shingles shot, the pharmacist asked me about doing the flu shot at the same time and I declined. He said there would be no interaction between them, but I didn't want to take the chance. Sorry you had this happen.
Carol Hill
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Re: Shingles shot
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02/09/2019 07:26 PM
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Thank you. On the mends now. Went out and shoveled the foot of snow we got last night and now am tired. You seem to be a very intelligent man. Why are you shoveling snow?? I am serious, worked in an emergency room years ago and cannot tell you how many heart attack victims we treated. And age is really not a factor. Please be careful, I know men have that ego that they can do anything but your heart will tell you different. There is a town in NJ that has warning on their snow shovels. Scubaman, BE careful. People do care.
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Re: Shingles shot
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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02/09/2019 07:45 PM
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No, you won't trade with me, sorry!!! I left snow behind in Virginia and I don't care to see any more!!!
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Re: Shingles shot
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02/12/2019 07:13 PM
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This is why I do not do flu, shingles or any other vaccine. And, they involve needles!
J.D.
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Re: Shingles shot
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09/07/2019 10:55 AM
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Just got my second Shingrix shot yesterday. Bit of a sore arm but knew that from the first shot. Then I woke up in the middle of the night with unbelievable shakes. Seemed like it went on for an hour but the clock said maybe 10 minutes. Looked it up today and one of the known side effects to the vaccine is "shivering". Hmmmmm, that seems like too mild of a word.............but all is well now and since I've had both Shingrix shots and Zostavax a few years ago, I hopefully won't get shingles!
Seems like a bit of overkill since I've never even had chicken pox, but when I got the CP vaccine there wasn't any definitive answer to my question if since it was a live vaccine I would now have the possibility of getting shingles. I am erroring on the side of caution, shingles is something I do NOT want to deal with if at all possible!
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Re: Shingles shot
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09/07/2019 11:39 AM
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Huh, I always thought you couldn't get shingles if you hadn't had chickenpox. I need to look about getting the two part shot, I guess. Had Zostavax, but 'they say' it's not always effective. Eric had shingles several years ago and it was unbelievably painful for him.
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Re: Shingles shot
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09/07/2019 02:25 PM
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Yes Carol that is true, you cannot get Shingles if you haven't had Chicken Pox. The virus lies in wait at the base of your nerves to potentially return as Shingles at a later date.
But since the Chicken Pox vaccine is a LIVE vaccine, the current thinking is that there may be enough virus left in your body to in fact make shingles a possibility. Less likely than someone who has had chicken pox and probably not as severe, but like I said, I'm going to err on the side of caution!
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Re: Shingles shot
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09/10/2019 01:04 PM
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OK, I remembered you had a reaction to something. I was thinking it was the shingles shot. The pharmacist wanted to give me a shingles shot and flu shot at the same time, and I declined. Didn't seem wise.
Carol Hill
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