Ruh roh.....should I put this in the politics section?
Going for the annual physical in a few weeks.
Just wondering how many of you got the shingles vax? If you didn't, why not? If you did, did you have a bad reaction? I've heard almost everyone has a bad reaction. My sister was sick from work for two days, for both doses. But then I hear getting shingles is way worse. I don't know if I've had the vax. My wife swears I did. My (new) MD says I didn't. I did have shingles when I was a kid. I remember having blisters all over my back and chest. I think that actually makes me more susceptible.
Are there any other common vaccines you don't get?
I never got the flu vax until I started teaching. My first year of teaching I did not get it. I figured I haven't had the flu in decades. Then I got it twice, bad, in one year. After that I started getting it. I would still, sometimes get the flu but it would last a couple days and some years I didn't get it.
Now there's this RSV, and people over 60 are recommended to get it. I'm not hearing about people getting it (the illness or the vax) so....????
Going for the annual physical in a few weeks.
Just wondering how many of you got the shingles vax? If you didn't, why not? If you did, did you have a bad reaction? I've heard almost everyone has a bad reaction. My sister was sick from work for two days, for both doses. But then I hear getting shingles is way worse. I don't know if I've had the vax. My wife swears I did. My (new) MD says I didn't. I did have shingles when I was a kid. I remember having blisters all over my back and chest. I think that actually makes me more susceptible.
Are there any other common vaccines you don't get?
I never got the flu vax until I started teaching. My first year of teaching I did not get it. I figured I haven't had the flu in decades. Then I got it twice, bad, in one year. After that I started getting it. I would still, sometimes get the flu but it would last a couple days and some years I didn't get it.
Now there's this RSV, and people over 60 are recommended to get it. I'm not hearing about people getting it (the illness or the vax) so....????