Will you get the shingles vaccine?

Keesha

Keesha

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It’s highly recommended that those over 60 get it.
Will you be getting it and if not, why not?
 

My husband talked me into getting one in 2015, at this point I don't plan to get another.
 

He had to talk me into it because I don't care to get all the vaccines they push at the doctors office, if I feel I need another one in the future I'll consider it, but for now one is enough. I haven't gotten flu vaccines for many, many years and last time I had the flu was when I was letting them give me the shots. Everyone has the choice of what they put or inject into their bodies, and I respect their personal decisions even if they differ from mine.
 
Thank you Seabreeze. I’ve never gotten the flu vaccine and probably won’t get the shingles one either.
My husband who is only 53 just came back from the medical clinic and they recommended it for him. It’s a once in a lifetime vaccine so perhaps yours was also.
 
Not sure about that lifetime thing, hopefully the one I got is. We did have an elderly neighbor many years ago who said he had shingles and they were terribly painful, hubby reminded me of him when I wasn't wanting the shot. There are several threads here about shingles, and I know some members have suffered with them.
 
My older sister had shingles, and went through a lot of pain. A friend in NYC also had them, and they've not completely cleared up, though she's had them for close to a year now.

A couple of years ago, I had the shingles vaccine, which was a one-time shot .. however,
the new shot is in 2 doses, 6 months apart. It is supposedly more effective. I'm going to ask
my doctor about it.
 
Yes I’ve known some people who had them and they were extremely painful so I will actually consider it. I’ll research the information and decide then. If it’s lifetime protection then I might just go for it.
 
Pinky said:
My older sister had shingles, and went through a lot of pain. A friend in NYC also had them, and they've not completely cleared up, though she's had them for close to a year now.

A couple of years ago, I had the shingles vaccine, which was a one-time shot .. however,
the new shot is in 2 doses, 6 months apart. It is supposedly more effective. I'm going to ask
my doctor about it.
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That’s interesting. It seems there are different varieties of vaccines.
 
I believe in the US, the recommendation is to have the shot after age 60 if you have had chicken pox. I didn't think I had chicken pox as a kid, but a little over a year ago I did have shingles. It is rare to have more than one shingles outbreak so I don't believe I'll have the vaccine. Shingles is extremely unpleasant and nerve damage can last for years.
 
I have had chicken pox as a child and as I am now over 75, I consider the vaccine a sensible precaution as I have no desire to suffer from shingles ever. Hubby had it at least 15 years ago and it drove him mad. I asked for the vaccine.
 
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I think there is a new out that they recommend you get,even if you've had the old one.

I don't plan to get it, I'm not into the vaccines, Something I may regret.

But hey... I got 3 months till I'm 60...lot could happen between now and then.
 
I just turned 59 and I’m on the fence about it. I probably won’t get it and hope for the best but I do agree that people who have had it claim it is terribly painful.
 
A friend of mine had Shingles and was in terrible pain. When this happened to her, and because I had had chicken pox when I was a child, I decided to get the Shingles shot and did. Now I just hope it works.
 
I will NOT get the shingles vaccine. I get no vaccines. Probably had 2 flu shots in my 40's and I'm 81 this year. I had chicken pox as kid so "they" say I should get the vaccine....but I won't.

Most I've heard is that major stress is the trigger and I keep in a very low stress body. I take B vitamins and off and on take L Lysine.

A friend came down with shingles in her later 60's when she decided to get a puppy and ended up with shingles from all the stress of training and house breaking that puppy. Not this gal. I know what can bring on stress and I don't go there. Plus meditation keep me more de stressed.
 
jaminhealth said:
I will NOT get the shingles vaccine. I get no vaccines. Probably had 2 flu shots in my 40's and I'm 81 this year. I had chicken pox as kid so "they" say I should get the vaccine....but I won't.

Most I've heard is that major stress is the trigger and I keep in a very low stress body. I take B vitamins and off and on take L Lysine.

A friend came down with shingles in her later 60's when she decided to get a puppy and ended up with shingles from all the stress of training and house breaking that puppy. Not this gal. I know what can bring on stress and I don't go there. Plus meditation keep me more de stressed.
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Shingles from stress of training a puppy?
Come ON. That's reeeally reaching.
 
I had shingles last year
More aggravating than painful
Sitting up to get any sleep was the most aggravating
The occasional shooting pain made me look like a Tourette’s victim
Folks shied away from me in grocery stores
Or maybe it was the sloughing facial skin

Anyway, my doc sez I don’t need the vaccine because I had shingles
I know that’s moot, but I’m goin’ with it


....and, to be safe, I'm not training any puppies
 
I think I posted in the other thread that I got the shingles vaccine. I had a bad case of chicken pox as a child with eyes swollen shut. My pcp and my daughter pharmacist said I needed it so I got it and got the 2nd dose after that. The only side effect was a sore arm for a couple of days afterwards. I was covered with the chicken pox as a child and remember it well. My sister had exactly 3 little pox after she got it from me. Because of that she has opted not to do the shingles vaccine. I understand her thinking as she is having other health issues and this is the least of her worries right now!
 
No it's not, she was about 66 and getting up all hours of the night with a crying puppy. It would be compared to having a baby at 66 and up all hours with it crying.


I don't recall ever shingles in my parent's generation. Today, there is so much fear thrown at by big pharma daddy warbucks $$$$..

Do you folks recall shingles in your parents' lives and their siblings?
 

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