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

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    I've heard the shot can kick you the ass for a day or two. Waiting until the middle of July when I can get afford to let that happen. I did get shingles about 10 years ago. I was getting facet block injections for my back and it caused a localized outbreak we first thought was a spider bite until my doctor told me I had shingles. We used my infection to get my then young son his chicken pox experience. At the time, all I got was localized itchiness and mild pain/irritation, but pretty mild really and it went away with meds. I got the prescription for the shot so I'll be getting the vaccination shortly.
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    I got my shingles shots last year at age 55. Neither shot was worse than any other shot that I've ever received. Maybe, just a tad sore the next day.

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    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.

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    While all doctors were providing prudent medical advice, a doctor won't likely spend much time detailing why unless their patient asks Qs and shows interest. Doctors are too busy to be trying to convince people of things they have no interest in doing.

    How many people put off a colonoscopy? Really, the worst part is prepping the night before. The procedure is nothing. Squirt of sleep juice... wake up a bit later. Done. But... people rather wait for when they're symptomatic stage 4, then grumble that they didn't realize.... yada yada yada. So, when the doc suggests a colonoscopy at 50, ask why and what can happen if those pesky polyps aren't snipped early.
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    I’ve had the same Primary Care Physician for 25+ years and I trust him with my life. I get most of my shots at Costco (because it’s cheaper and based on his recommendations). He recommended I get the Shingrix shots (even though I’d already gotten the older vaccine because it was better. No charge, my health insurance covers my shots and prescriptions).

    The Pharmacist told me most people were under the weather for three days after each of the shots and in this case he was right (but after the three days I was good to go). The Moderna Covid-19 shots gave me no side effects.

    Nothing is without risk in this world and I’ve lived longer than I thought I would so I’m willing to risk the shots. (My wife is just the opposite so we’ll ultimately see who was right.)

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    Got my first shot after work yesterday. Glad I waited for a weekend. A few hours after, my arm felt battered. This morning, I have a fever and full body ache. Hopefully gone within 48 hours or so. Still better than getting shingles.
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    So just an update. Yesterday I got my first Shingles shot and man did it kick my ass.

    Arm was in pain but no bigee, I have a high pain threshold. But today my entire ass was kicked. It was actually worse than the day after my covid shot. Didn't think that was possible. I get my final shot in a couple months and then should be good for life. Thank god this isn't annual like a flu shot.

    Having done both, the shot is like 1% of the pain and discomfort of actually having shingles, so if you haven't done it learn from my experience and you don't want to go through that BS.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pinzgauer View Post
    I can thank shingles for:
    - 4 days in the hospital, the first of which were life threatening
    - the worst pain I've ever been in, and I've had multiple bad kidney stones
    - missing part of my nose
    - vision impairment in one eye because my body is fighting ghost shingles virus in my cornea
    - Ongoing nerve pain/discomfort 18 mths later in the impacted nerve (dermotope) that runs from the tip your nose through your eye socket over to your ear


    Get the shot, it is recommended starting at 50. It is stupid that insurance won't pay for it until you're 60, so most people wait too late.

    The best way to describe shingles impact on nerves is like a wire with the insulation eaten or eroded. Which causes the nerve to fire when it shouldn't, or not fire when it should.

    I'm still taking gabapentin to manage the nerve weirdness. If I don't take it it feels like I have a worm or a fly wiggling in the corner of my eye. That and ache/tingling along the nerve.

    So yeah, it can be way more than an itchy patch of skin.

    Steyr said he'd pay a grand to avoid it? I'm at least $10k out of pocket due to shingles, and will continue to pay for meds.

    Get your shot. Or not, and learn the hard way.
    So I hope nobody glossed over your post because it was very important. Shingles seems to pick a nerve at random. I was in F'ing pain because the dame thing went from the center of my chest, around the side and ended between my shoulder blades.

    But that is NOTHING compared to shit like having the nerve behind your eye and face light up. If you are unfortunate it can also select a nerve that runs through your anus and I swear to god I wish I was making that up. Basically every time you go to the bathroom you wish you were dead. I cannot imagine 6-8 weeks of any of that.

    It really is luck of the draw and it's a losing game to play and one that is completely preventable.
    It's hard to be a ACLU hating, philosophically Libertarian, socially liberal, fiscally conservative, scientifically grounded, agnostic, porn admiring gun owner who believes in self determination.

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    Got my 2nd shot a couple of weeks ago. High fever the next day. Slept a lot for 2 days. Bleh for day 3. No issues after that.

    I was lucky I had a mild case about 12 years ago. I was getting facet block injections regularly for bulged discs and broken facets in my lower back. One of the injections triggered a mild case at the sight of the injection. Frustrating and painful, but I responded well to medication. Between my limited experience and seeing what a real case of shingles can do, I chose to get the vaccine.

    On the plus side, me getting shingles got my son chickenpox so there is that...
    - Jeff

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    Absolutely. A dude at my office got shingles at 50 and it messed him up. And he is a tough dude who works out a ton and does MMA stuff. He looked pitiful. Sold me.
    Let those who are fond of blaming and finding fault, while they sit safely at home, ask, ‘Why did you not do thus and so?’I wish they were on this voyage; I well believe that another voyage of a different kind awaits them.”

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    Quote Originally Posted by SteyrAUG View Post
    So I hope nobody glossed over your post because it was very important. Shingles seems to pick a nerve at random. I was in F'ing pain because the dame thing went from the center of my chest, around the side and ended between my shoulder blades.

    But that is NOTHING compared to shit like having the nerve behind your eye and face light up. If you are unfortunate it can also select a nerve that runs through your anus and I swear to god I wish I was making that up. Basically every time you go to the bathroom you wish you were dead. I cannot imagine 6-8 weeks of any of that.

    It really is luck of the draw and it's a losing game to play and one that is completely preventable.
    The big thing is that just because insurance won't pay for it to your head early age doesn't mean you shouldn't get it.

    "They" recommend age 55 and I would have happily paid a hundred bucks to avoid permanent issues (missing part of the tip of my nose) and long-term medication to deal with the nerve twitches.

    I waited till 60 because my doctor told me insurance wouldn't pay for it and I never asked how much it would be out of insurance.

    With the rabid anti-vax noise out there right now my bet is some people are going to learn this the hard way.

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