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Re: Shingles shot
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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02/05/2019 09:07 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
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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02/06/2019 06:57 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
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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02/07/2019 06:25 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 08:55 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.
Carol Hill
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Re: Shingles shot
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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02/07/2019 01:27 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
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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02/07/2019 03:02 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 06:26 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 06:45 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 06:13 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
[Re: PrairieGirl]
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09/07/2019 10:39 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.
Carol Hill
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Re: Shingles shot
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09/10/2019 12:04 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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