Shingles!

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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,566
    Sorry to hear about that. :'(
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  • Emlyn
    Emlyn Posts: 4,614
    Just got the first Shingrix injection on Friday morning. Side effects were all over body aches without fever that resolved after around 36 hours but they didn't really start until 12 hours after the injection. Just took a dose of Tylenol and watched all 12 hours of Ken Burns' The American Revolution. Second Shingrix injection due within six months Get it!
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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,718
    I survived both Shingrix vaccinations. I waited way longer than the recommended for the second one and let my (fired) doctor at the time give me that and a tetanus at the same time. That wasn't a good combination.
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 7,441
    edited November 23
    Yeah, that 2nd Shingrix was a rough day after. Glad to have those behind me. My Dad still suffers with neuropathy pain from the breakout of shingles he had 15 years ago. I got that vaccine as soon as I was eligible.
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,214
    Never got chicken pox, my siblings had it when we were young. My wife caught it for a second time and i still didn't get it. I know my dad got the shingles vax and he was so sick and in pain.
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 7,441
    Willow wrote: »
    Never got chicken pox, my siblings had it when we were young. My wife caught it for a second time and i still didn't get it. I know my dad got the shingles vax and he was so sick and in pain.

    That probably means you had an extremely mild case as a baby. You probably would have contracted it otherwise. I had the same experience..no memory of having it from me or my parents... Doc told me to get the Shingrix anyway.
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  • Polkitup2
    Polkitup2 Posts: 1,640
    I know a few people that had the shingles and you do not want it. I just had a really sore arm after first shot and somewhat less sore arm after the second. My wife got hers after me and she had no complaints others than a mildly sore arm.
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  • bcwsrt
    bcwsrt Posts: 2,361
    Thanks for the reminder. I need to get this done sooner rather than later.

    Brian

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  • skipshot12
    skipshot12 Posts: 1,769
    You don't want Shingles, have had it many times.
    The worse case was internal, they had me on morphin and dilotid.
    I also get Gout... flip a coin as to which you'd rather have, both are close in pain.
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  • la2vegas
    la2vegas Posts: 762
    edited November 24
    skipshot12 wrote: »
    You don't want Shingles, have had it many times.
    The worse case was internal, they had me on morphin and dilotid.
    I also get Gout... flip a coin as to which you'd rather have, both are close in pain.

    I've had both shingles and gout. In my case gout is far more painful and debilitating. I had a 3 month gout flareup that was extremely agonizing. The worst pain I've felt, well only surpassed by the pain I felt when I passed a kidney stone. :#

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  • kevhed72
    kevhed72 Posts: 5,125
    edited November 24

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  • bcwsrt
    bcwsrt Posts: 2,361
    Got shot #1 about 13 hours ago. So far, just a sore injection site as far as side effects. Thanks again for the PSA, @Emlyn and others.

    Brian

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