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I had it years ago. I had no problems with it. My husband had shingles before the vaccine was available. He suffered terribly. I am a retired RN. Since vaccines started when I was a child, we began with polio drops on sugar cubes. I have seen so many less terrible diseases happen.
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I know someone who suffers from shingles, in the groin area, and he is in pain during a flare. After seeing this, I decided to get the Shingrix 2-dose vaccine in 2019. My insurance covered it 100%, so I'd say it was worth it. The vaccine side effects that I experienced were pain at the injection site, chills at night and fatigue for a couple of days.
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Having experienced shingles I would urge EVERYONE, even someone who did not have chicken pox, get this shingles vaccine!
The shingles issue is one of irritation and really bad itches 😉 while that sounds mundane, it is HORRIBLE... (as in digging into your skin Halloween-ween style)...
I urge everyone who has not developed shingles to take that vaccine, please...
#StaySafe
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The newest, I hope
Shingrix - a 2-dose regiment.
The older - Zostavax - is still around but doesn't give great protection -
the newer one is much better.
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This is something I feel very strongly about: GET A SHINGLES VACCINATION!
I truthfully was not aware of shingles or vaccines until it was too late for me; until one day I awoke with the most irritating rash in a position that didn't make sense... well below my armpit next to my chest; not a chaffing or usual contact area.
It became so bad. I didn't know what else to do so googled and found it might be a) poison ivy (no known contact that I knew of), b) measles (again, no contact that I knew of) or c) chickenpox (which I had in 1960)...
then, layers deep then, I found there was a "follow-up" disease to chickenpox: shingles
For active seniors, this is awful; I don't imagine it's better for others.
Bottom line, imho, GET THE SHINGLES VACCINE!
While not contagious, it can transmit, just as COVID immune can transmit.
Shingles was more painful, harmful, hurtful and disgusting than any disease I've had; I'm sure COVID is worse, but please recognize Shingles is real and awful!
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Phil Harris, actor and showman, to John Fogerty of CCR: “If I’d known I’d live this long, I’d have taken better care of myself.”
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No. Absolutely not. I don't get flu shots and I've NEVER had the flu. I've had adult whooping cough courtesy of the live vaccine given to a coworkers child. I'm 66 and I stay away from doctors. I know someone who goes to the doctor for every little thing, including getting every shot recommended and he is constantly ill. Do your homework and make an informed decision.
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I had shingles a few years back and the three most painful things I have had in my life are having my first child, passing a kidney stone, and shingles. If you do get shingles you will really really be sorry you didn't take the shot. Hope you will change your mind.
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Hey AARP!
What's going on with this Shingles shot? At my March annual physical, my physician recommended the Shingrix shot but said he was out and he wrote me a prescription. I went to my CVS and got the 1st shot. On schedule in May, a few months later I went back and CVS said "Sorry, no shots" we can put you on a list - so I have been calling weekly and waiting.
I have an appointment with my Physician coming up this week - so I sent an email, asking if they had any Shingrix in stock. I received an email back, from a nurse saying - "Yes, we have them, but not for Medicare plan patients!" only commercial insurance payments.
I have the BCBS premium Supplement program, which I pay a significant amount for each month - Why are Medicare patients being discriminated against?
What is AARP doing about this healthcare discrimination?
Mark
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Absolutely Not! I believe it's brought on by Extreme Anxiety- Nerves.
My son had chicken pox when he was young and when his wife was a having a baby and after birth he became extremely agitated with all the pressure he was under. He broke out with what looked like hives, big welts on his back, but then extreme itchiness.
He finally went to the doctor and the doctor told him he has shingles. What in the hell was that? Never heard of it. The medicine he took did not help with the Burning, he had to use Aloe Vera, the plant, which I peeled and put it on his back. My son told me it's contagious. That's another lie, never got it and I put it on his back for 5 days.
so, if your under Extreme Anxiety- go outside- put on a some soothing music, take deep breaths and pretend your in the most beautiful place ever, like at a beach, at a park, or a forest. Make it a place where you enjoy going to!
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So, why are you posting your son's lies as factual? You point to misleading information but then post as if everyone should accept as fact?
Please stop; misinformation is as lethal as weaponry.
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If you had chicken pox as a child - that virus is still in your body lying dormant. If, like me, you are exposed to someone who has chicken pox; then, stressed or not, your virus very well could re-activate as shingles.
I was visiting family & friends in the UK and happened to meet someone who had chicken pox. Was NOT stressed about anything. Got shingles and could not get to my doc until after I returned to the US.
Too late for any drugs to treat the shingles so now I have PHN (post herpetic neuralgia PERMANENTLY).
The new vaccine for shingles was highly recommended and is not made using a live virus like the older vaccine. This new one is in two doses and has a protection rate of 90%.
The shingles follows a nerve path and some people get it where it follows the nerve up to their eyes. Mine followed my sciatic nerve.
Because so many parents are not getting their children vaccinated these days, chicken pox, measles and whooping cough are making a giant comeback.
Be very afraid of those people who have not been vaccinated - not the new shingles shot.
Medicare covers most of the cost.
If you get shingles - all the soothing music in the world is not going to do any good - it's a virus you are dealing with.
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Not necessarily. My friend n1ever had chicken pox and got shingles. It was a very mild case. But I will not get the 2nd injection since I was in to much pain after the first one. I thought I had injured my shoulder again and had torn my rotator cuff. After a few days I realized it must have been from that stupid injection.
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@sb4053877 wrote:
Because so many parents are not getting their children vaccinated these days, chicken pox, measles and whooping cough are making a giant comeback.
Be very afraid of those people who have not been vaccinated - not the new shingles shot.
Medicare covers most of the cost.
Even getting some of your regular type immunizations updated is recommended by the CDC - especially if you are going to be around very young children or new grandchildren. It also helps not having to worry if you step on a rusty nail cause you have had a tetanus update.
CDC - Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule for ages 19 years or older, United States, 2019
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I had the single shingles shot at age 60. That was all that was recommended then. Now I am 72 and told I need two shots. I had no bad effects from the single shot, so I would welcome the new ones, but my Medicare part D plan only pays half of the cost. Walmart pharmacy quoted $600 for the two shots. I guess I will have to take my chances not to have shingles again, like I did when I was 57.
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