So If You Are 40+ and Doc Recommends A Shingles Shot...

[gaijin]

I’ve had both Vacc, the second caused moderately severe and wacky side effects.

A good buds mom has internal Shingles which caused her to quit breathing. She was in her early 70’s and was in exquisite pain until she passed.

Get the vaccinations.

[jbjh]

I had it this last Xmas. Pain started and was so bad I thought it was kidney stones. The rash running midline from front to back showed up a few days later, and that’s when I knew what it was.

Like others, I had heard “rash”, and figured it was some super itchy stuff that sucked. The rash is just a visual sign of the infection. Your skin hurts all the way to the bone. Clothes hurt. Clothes hurt a lot! But not wearing a shirt meant that getting a chill also hurt. Sleep was a drag because lying down put pressure on it. Aleve helped take the edge off, but mostly it was a month of suck.

I’d been meaning to get the vax, but a lot of life and procrastination got in the way. Well, I paid the price and got lucky it wasn’t higher.

There was an older version of the vaccine that caused more problems, but the newer one is supposed to be far better.


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[jbjh]

My wife had shingles twice in her 20s and early thirties. She said it was terrible.

I’ve never had Chicken Pox so I don’t know what boat I’m in.

You wouldn’t get shingles, but you can get chicken pox. That sucked as a kid, so I can’t imagine it would be fun as an adult.

There is a chicken pox vaccination.


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[Vgex2]

My father developed Shingles a few months ago. Before he figured out what it was, the pain made him think he was dying. A few treatments later, and it was gone. Almost forgotten.

[Aries144]

Thanks for the warning. I'm getting up there and probably need to look into it. I'm too damn busy for that crap.

[kerplode]

Yeah, def get the shot. Shingles SUCKS, and if you don't catch it fast enough to get on anti-virals, you can end up in pain for months.

[DG23]

In my adult experience I have been beaten, stabbed a couple times and hit with more blunt instruments than most people still walking around and shingles was still a uniquely painful experience for me. If I could have gone back in time and gotten a shingles shot and skipped the entire experience I'd have gladly paid $1,000 to do that instead.

You got wimpy blood.

If that same virus tries to bite me - It is gonna get sick and die. Quickly...

[.45fan]

I've been trying to get the shot because I just turned 50 and can't get an appointment anywhere because everyone is pushing the Covid shots.
My Dr said I couldn't get it until I turned 50 so, Ok well now I'm 50 give me the damn shot. Nope have to wait until this pandemic is over.

I am hoping to not get Shingles as I have many other health issues including peripheral neuropathy and that isn't very pleasant by itself.

Everyone I've talked to said Shingles is horrible, so hopefully I can find someplace to get the first shot soon, I read you have to wait 6 months after the first shot before getting the second shot.

[Joelski]

Yes, you can have shingles more than once, so bad luck trumps antibodies. Also, avoid getting the shingles vaccine the same day you get the flu vaccine (I got it in 2019 and the vaccine of the year was for Flu A, I think). I hurt like 10 motherf@ckers the next several days! Both are a good idea if you're older, just don't combine them! I wanted to curb stomp my pharmacist, but honestly, they don't know shit beyond how to maybe give an IM injection without getting it in a vein (I didn't observe aspiration on the syringe either time). Probably d/t the combination, the first one was way worse than the second one that comes 4 months later.

My gf had it along her 5th thoracic nerve root, which hit right under her bra on the left side of her chest. Fortunately, she's just a little thing, so the A's could run free!

[SteyrAUG]

I’ve had both Vacc, the second caused moderately severe and wacky side effects.

A good buds mom has internal Shingles which caused her to quit breathing. She was in her early 70’s and was in exquisite pain until she passed.

Get the vaccinations.

So there really isn't internal vs. external shingles. This is a source of a lot of confusion. The rash is a symptom of shingles, the nerve damage is what the virus actually does. In some people the damage is moderate but here is the thing, you don't know what group you are in UNTIL you go through it and it is worth almost anything to not find out the hard way.

Aside from firearms, safe use of firearms and removing the "sporter clause" from the 1968 GCA you really won't see me advocating things very strongly and I rarely to never suggest to other people what they do regarding their own personal health issues so when I decide to wade into those waters it's because I really am trying to save some people from a really severe life experience that is easily avoided.

Doctors all recommended the shingles vaccine to me, but each and every one failed to adequately explain the potential severity of the virus and the potential for permanent nerve damage. I'm an active person who still like to run, jump and climb so then a whole side of my body becomes 80% impaired it's a BFD and I know it would be an unacceptable life change for most people on this forum.

So if you (or anyone else) learn anything from me it's "922r must be removed" and "get the shingles vaccine."