Shingrix vaccine

[Rich]

I saw my father-in-law suffer a bout with Shingles. I am not a shingles denier. I'll be getting my shot...sometime in the future.

I had Shingles in my 40's and recently watched my 89 year old father go through it. It's a good six weeks of absolute misery.

[Stray Gator]

Hope your body can handle all of those microchips

Dude, you're just jealous because YOU can't check your e-mail and read the DBR Boards from the palm of your hand without an internet connection.

[duke79]

I'm due for my second Shingrix vaccine shot in the next month or so (had my first shot in early July). I had a moderate reaction to the first vaccine. Hope the second one is not as bad!

[Rich]

Dude, you're just jealous because YOU can't check your e-mail and read the DBR Boards from the palm of your hand without an internet connection.

I work for Pfizer and am beta testing 2.0. I can do it without my palm. I just have to close my eyes.

[Jim3k]

I know I'm repeating myself. But...while shingles is really bad for a time, about 18% of us victims get a follow-on condition which is both extremely painful and incurable: post-herpetic neuralgia. I've related my own situation earlier in this thread. Please heed it. PHN lasts for years, if not for a lifetime. Gabapentin may or may not help. Hydrocodone (Norco) is only a temporary fix and can be addictive.

So...Shingrix is the answer for both. Get it. Do it now.

And special message for Stray Gator: Well done! Good work!

[Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15]

I know I'm repeating myself. But...while shingles is really bad for a time, about 18% of us victims get a follow-on condition which is both extremely painful and incurable: post-herpetic neuralgia. I've related my own situation earlier in this thread. Please heed it. PHN lasts for years, if not for a lifetime. Gabapentin may or may not help. Hydrocodone (Norco) is only a temporary fix and can be addictive.

So...Shingrix is the answer for both. Get it. Do it now.

And special message for Stray Gator: Well done! Good work!

My wife has considerable nerve damage as a result of a traffic accident and subsequent surgeries. Nerve pain is a special brand of hell.

[Skydog]

My wife has considerable nerve damage as a result of a traffic accident and subsequent surgeries. Nerve pain is a special brand of hell.

So true. We need a cure for chronic nerve pain as much as for any disease. I feel for your wife - that &$@# is no fun.

[Neals384]

I had the old Zostavax vaccine in 2012 and the first shringrix last week. Thanks guys for encouraging me to get this.

[Skydog]

I had the old Zostavax vaccine in 2012 and the first shringrix last week. Thanks guys for encouraging me to get this.

Reactions?

[camion]

Reactions?

My reaction is applause.

[Skydog]

My reaction is applause.

I applaud as well. I’m about to get the Shingrex myself so I was just curious about Neals384’s side effects after the shot.

[budwom]

I applaud as well. I’m about to get the Shingrex myself so I was just curious about Neals384’s side effects after the shot.

Don't plan on running any marathons the next day...I'd suggest an easy day just in case...my wife and I were sick like dogs (but one day only).

[Stray Gator]

Don't plan on running any marathons the next day...I'd suggest an easy day just in case...my wife and I were sick like dogs (but one day only).

As I've recently posted, I received my second Shingrix shot a month ago. I was fortunate, in that neither shot caused any reaction beyond moderate soreness at the site of the injection in the upper arm that lasted for about 24 hours. Based on the experiences shared here, it appears that reactions to the Shingrix shot, like reactions to the COVID vaccines, have ranged from very mild to seriously uncomfortable; but the symptoms seem to wane within a day or so.

[Rich]

As I've recently posted, I received my second Shingrix shot a month ago. I was fortunate, in that neither shot caused any reaction beyond moderate soreness at the site of the injection in the upper arm that lasted for about 24 hours. Based on the experiences shared here, it appears that reactions to the Shingrix shot, like reactions to the COVID vaccines, have ranged from very mild to seriously uncomfortable; but the symptoms seem to wane within a day or so.

As someone who has had both a bad reaction to the Shingrix shot as well as shingles itself, it's like comparing a rainstorm to a Category 5 hurricane. As bad as the shot made me feel for 24 hours, shingles is not something I would wish on even the most diehard Tarheel supporter. Well, maybe that, but you get my meaning...

[CDu]

As someone who has had both a bad reaction to the Shingrix shot as well as shingles itself, it's like comparing a rainstorm to a Category 5 hurricane. As bad as the shot made me feel for 24 hours, shingles is not something I would wish on even the most diehard Tarheel supporter. Well, maybe that, but you get my meaning...

Yeah, having oddly had shingles in my early 30s, I'll be happily taking the risk of shot reactions as soon as I become eligible for the vaccine (now less than a decade away).

[duke79]

Don't plan on running any marathons the next day...I'd suggest an easy day just in case...my wife and I were sick like dogs (but one day only).

I just had my second Shingrix vaccine shot about an hour ago. After the first one three months ago, I felt "lousy" for about 12 hours the next day (a worse reaction than for either one of the Pfizer Covid vaccine shots). We'll see how I feel tomorrow from the second Shingrix shot.

[Skydog]

Oh I’m 100% getting the shot. I watched my very tough grandmother really suffer for a year or so. Plus I had a very mild case 10 years ago and that wasn’t fun. Just trying to set expectations for the days following the shot so thanks for all the responses.

[Section 15]

One aspect of this discussion that I haven't seen mentioned yet, but is very important to parents. Make sure that your children get the chicken pox vaccine. It has been around now for decades. If you don't ever get chicken pox, you won't get shingles. I would like to think that within a generation (or two) the shingrix vaccine will be obsolete, and there will be no need to have discussions about it, reactions to it, and even better no more shingles.

And yes, there is a special circle of hell reserved for anti-vaxxers of all denominations (meaning whatever vaccine they don't like)

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[LasVegas]

One aspect of this discussion that I haven't seen mentioned yet, but is very important to parents. Make sure that your children get the chicken pox vaccine. It has been around now for decades. If you don't ever get chicken pox, you won't get shingles. I would like to think that within a generation (or two) the shingrix vaccine will be obsolete, and there will be no need to have discussions about it, reactions to it, and even better no more shingles.

And yes, there is a special circle of hell reserved for anti-vaxxers of all denominations (meaning whatever vaccine they don't like)

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I was under the assumption that you still had to get the shingles vaccine even if you had the varicella vaccine as a kid. Is this not true?

[Section 15]

I was under the assumption that you still had to get the shingles vaccine even if you had the varicella vaccine as a kid. Is this not true?

Good question. It made me question my own understanding, which appears to be incomplete. Here is a link:

https://www.historyofvaccines.org/co...ccine-shingles

This week, new evidence was published showing that children who receive the two recommended doses of the chickenpox vaccine are less likely to develop shingles later in life. This makes sense since these children are given the same immunity a natural infection would give, but they are given a weakened version of the varicella virus. That virus has almost no chance of surviving its encounter with a healthy immune system, so it does not cause disease, does not go dormant in nerves and it triggers enough of an immune response to protect children from infection for the future.

So, I guess the analog is similar to the covid vaccine. You're not 100% immune, and given the current understanding (above) it probably makes sense to get the shingrix vaccine, or whatever the equivalent is when the current chickenpox vaccinated population reaches 60.

Thanks for getting me to question a long held belief. I learned something.

(Still, the original point is valid - get your children vaccinated for chickenpox)

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