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Shingles Vaccine.. Yay or Nay?
- Thread starter keenfish
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and my description probably doesn't come close to the true extent and duration of his agony. Add to that a bottoming-out alcoholic wife (I tried speaking to her a few times, she said she wanted to get sober, lasted about a month, he finally divorced her) and then being trapped indoors for a year during the initial waves of Covid in 2020 (yes, post-herpetic neuralgia most definitely compromises one's immune system) i can't even imagine.
Had my second shot yesterday. First one no problems. This one is ruining me. Feel like hell plus freezing.
That's typical. I've held off because of it.
If you get the rare GBS syndrome, all bets are off. One of the nurses that works with my wife got it and 5 months out, she is still unable to work. Rare is all well and good until you're the one it happens to. Odds are you're fine. I suppose I'll do it, but I've been saying that for some time now. The GBS is nothing to sneeze at.
FDA Requires a Warning about Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) be Included in the Prescribing Information for Shingrix | FDA
Shingles vaccine was almost as bad as the shingles. But it's only two days of hell.
The key is to have two days of strong pain meds and get shot on the Friday and take the weekend off.
But common sense has gone out the winder.
The key is to have two days of strong pain meds and get shot on the Friday and take the weekend off.
But common sense has gone out the winder.
Had an aquaintance get Guillain Barre. IT was fucked. Completely changed his entire life in his late 30's/early 40's. Paralyzed for the better part of a year.
Watched the first year of his son's life from a hospital & rehab bed.
Relationship imploded.
still deals with physical impacts years later (Permanent limp. Can't surf. heavy fatigue. chronic pain).
I don't wish that sh!t on anyone.
This is what I said earlier about my 2nd shot:
"Since I had the pox of the chicken as a child, I got the Shingrix vaccine. Reaction to 2nd shot was worse for the first. Strong immune response had me gimping around like a hungover old man for 24 hrs (approximately 12 hrs after the shot)."
A month ago, one the brother-in-laws came down with a case of Shingles [coincidently(?) a month after his CV-19 infection].
His rash was up the right side of his shoulder to his face.
Thankfully didn't get to his eyes or lips.
Said the rash at times felt like a gym floor burn at night or icy cold after the morning coffee.
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I'm supposed to schedule my 2nd one this week.... After reading all this, I'm having second thoughts!
Not looking to brag, just hoping NOT to get Shingles!You're halfway there, finish the job. Then you too can brag how tough you were on the erBB.
Actually, I wonder what the % is for people on their 2nd vaccine who report the temporary icky reactions and the more terrible severe reactions like GWS or Bob report.
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Lucky.
My best girl had cancer but it was the good kind.
When she was dealing with it, she didn't want to bone.
I was like, "Hey Cancer Girl, what about me and my needs?"
You can get GBS from any vaccine. My mom got it from her second covid vaccine. She's fine now after less than a year. Most everyone makes a full recovery in a year.
Yeah, the nurse in question was out of work for six months. Attempting to work now on a limited basis. Whether she will ever be the same, at any point down the line, is open for question.
Makes me think twice.
Re COVID vaccine, with the heart issues my daughter is having because of her last COVID shot I have reservations about that now. FWIW, I have talked with two cardiologists now re my daughters heart problems and both of them told me there are far, far more heart problems post COVID booster than the authorities are letting on. For young fit people, I would seriously think twice about the boosters. IMO.
Do it. I felt bad for a day or 2 but after seeing my wife get shingles, a couple days of post-vax couch potato is nothing!
get the shot, bros.
I had shingles a few months ago. It was on my face near my left eye, had one bump on my eyelid. Was veery lucky it didn't affect my eye/vision. Otherwise, mine was a pretty mild case and caught early and treated with Rx. Was still searing pain under the skin / then itch for a couple weeks and I was out of the water/sun for a month.
I had shingles a few months ago. It was on my face near my left eye, had one bump on my eyelid. Was veery lucky it didn't affect my eye/vision. Otherwise, mine was a pretty mild case and caught early and treated with Rx. Was still searing pain under the skin / then itch for a couple weeks and I was out of the water/sun for a month.
No worse than a hangover for me. Better than the Shingles. My father in law got a bad case around 80 and was never the same.
had shingles at least 3 times because of stress at work especially during system conversions
if you stabbed a knife in me I wouldn't have felt it during those episodes it was like a hundred knives each time you moved.
10 times worse than those stabbing sensations you get when you throw out your lower back.
the two old age related shots I got soon as I qualified was the shingles and pneumonia shots neither of which I want to get in my old age.
No reaction to either nor to the four covid vaccine shots I've gotten
No different than getting the yearly flu shot or the injection of steroids in my knee every 6 months
now only if they could give me a shot to prevent dementia and cancer I'd be set.
if you stabbed a knife in me I wouldn't have felt it during those episodes it was like a hundred knives each time you moved.
10 times worse than those stabbing sensations you get when you throw out your lower back.
the two old age related shots I got soon as I qualified was the shingles and pneumonia shots neither of which I want to get in my old age.
No reaction to either nor to the four covid vaccine shots I've gotten
No different than getting the yearly flu shot or the injection of steroids in my knee every 6 months
now only if they could give me a shot to prevent dementia and cancer I'd be set.