Dang Shingles Shot Hurts!

ClassicRockr said:
So, either you got the new one, but only one dose instead of the required two, or you got the old, 30% effective shot, like my wife got last Oct.

The new on, that came out March 2018 is 90% affective. She has already got the first of two shots of that, as I did,
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Great!!! We paid over $400 to get a shot that's only 30% effective??? Not getting the "new" one so I guess we'll take our chances. It would have been nice if we would have been told that the new one was coming out in March...we got our shots in Feb.!! AAARRRGGGHHH
 
Good to take Lysine on and off as it wards off that virus and I do this for many yrs. I've had chicken pox, had herpes many yrs ago and Lysine works good for me. No shots.

Too bad medical world doesn't go into true prevention and only goes for the toxic drugs, but that's what it is...big pharma.

The $10 bottle of Lysine doesn't come anywhere near the $400+ costs of the shots so this type of prevention will never be brought forward by pharma.
 

Colleen said:
Great!!! We paid over $400 to get a shot that's only 30% effective??? Not getting the "new" one so I guess we'll take our chances. It would have been nice if we would have been told that the new one was coming out in March...we got our shots in Feb.!! AAARRRGGGHHH
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We paid a little over $200 for wife's shot last Oct.. When I told her that shot was only 30% effective, as told to me by the pharmacist, she wasn't happy, but decided that 90% effective is much better than 30%. So, she got it the same day I got mine. Total, our cost was $320 ($160 for each) and our next shot (second dose) will be the same. But, we definitely want to be protected...……...just like getting the flu shot.

We don't like paying $640 for Shingles shots, but the medical bill from getting shingles could possibly be much, much more. If bad enough, could require a hospital visit or even stay.
 
Sure not everyone gets it, but if you've had chicken pox the virus stays in the ganglia for life.

I've been reading about Shingix for years and this drug is a lifesaver due to it's long term effectiveness.
 
ClassicRockr said:
We paid a little over $200 for wife's shot last Oct.. When I told her that shot was only 30% effective, as told to me by the pharmacist, she wasn't happy, but decided that 90% effective is much better than 30%. So, she got it the same day I got mine. Total, our cost was $320 ($160 for each) and our next shot (second dose) will be the same. But, we definitely want to be protected...……...just like getting the flu shot.

We don't like paying $640 for Shingles shots, but the medical bill from getting shingles could possibly be much, much more. If bad enough, could require a hospital visit or even stay.
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Yup.

With apologies to Clint Eastwood's for reworking his famous Dirty Harry bit, this is what goes through my mind:

Was that the most effective vaccine'? Well to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I kind of lost track myself. But being that this is the shingles, one of the most painful conditions a person can have, one that would make you want to scratch inside your ears with a tiny pitchfork, you've got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky?" Well, do ya, Punk?

Me? I wouldn't trust the lesser vaccine - not for a $200 difference or the pain of a sore arm for a day or so. But I also wouldn't have gambled whether Dirty Harry had another bullet in the chamber.

Here's the unaltered quote because I know many of you are already thinking about Googling it:
'Did he fire six shots or only five'? Well to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, i kind of lost track myself. But being that this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, Punk?"

 
StarSong said:
Yup.

With apologies to Clint Eastwood's for reworking his famous Dirty Harry bit, this is what goes through my mind:

Was that the most effective vaccine'? Well to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I kind of lost track myself. But being that this is the shingles, one of the most painful conditions a person can have, one that would make you want to scratch inside your ears with a tiny pitchfork, you've got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky?" Well, do ya, Punk?

Me? I wouldn't trust the lesser vaccine - not for a $200 difference or the pain of a sore arm for a day or so. But I also wouldn't have gambled whether Dirty Harry had another bullet in the chamber.

Here's the unaltered quote because I know many of you are already thinking about Googling it:
'Did he fire six shots or only five'? Well to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, i kind of lost track myself. But being that this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, Punk?"

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Haha...love the enallage....and Dirty Harry :)
 

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