Thanks to some of you here who encouraged my getting it even though I'm not sure whether I had chicken pox as a kid, I got my first Shingles vaccine last week. Sore arm for a few days, and felt tired/achy for about 36 hours. It's certainly worth that, if I can avoid the huge problems that two people close to me had when they developed shingles.
Close to a fever(99.7)* and chills 18 hours in. Not awful but unpleasant. Which is why I try to avoid getting sick.
*I'm normally 97.1 this time of morning.
Shingrix gave me the sorest arm of any of the shots. Aside from that, nothing much.
Shingrix #1 an hour and a half ago. So far, so good!
-jk
I finally got my first Shingrix nine days ago. I had a three-day weekend and I heard it could knock one for a loop, so I got it at 5:45 pm on Thursday.
In the middle of the night I got cold and had a bit of a headache. For the next three days or so I felt mostly ok but got exhausted with even minimal exertion. I had to take Tylenol for headaches each of the first three days.
The arm soreness and a red spot on my arm were pretty persistent. The spot was visible for about 5 days and the arm was sore for a full week.
But, I survived. Can't wait to do it again. My plan is to get it in January.
The only vaccine I had that caused worse arm soreness was the vaccine fir the plague, which I had to get when I was active duty Army. It was actually quite a bit worse than Shingrix.
I had Shangrix #1 and Covid Moderna booster 2 on the same day three weeks ago. I took it easy for a couple of days, plus a lot of Tylenol. Not too bad, really.
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always good to get the shot when you have a free day or two coming up...my wife was bedridden after each shot, I was after one of them...
I don't know the details with regard to Shingrix specifically, but several other multi-else vaccines produce higher titers if the gap between the dosages is increased. Covid vaccine is one of these. The three-dose hepatitis vaccine works best when the doses are spread out as long as permissible.
The other thing is that it was unpleasant, and I would rather not do it again before I have to.
I woke up with chills and a slight fever, feeling a little clammy and nauseated the morning after having Shingrix #1 and a COVID booster the previous afternoon. I slept it off over a couple of hours and had nothing much after that besides a really sore arm for a few days. Probably due for my second Shingrix any time now. My sister had shingles a few years ago and I do not want that.