Got my second Shingles shot - have no fear, ask me anything!

[samhexum]

10 hours ago, mike carey said:

He is not six years old, and about to turn seven. He is about to have his seventh birthday. Seventh birthday and seven years old are not the same thing. At least in cases like his. 

😀

Even if your fuzzy math were true it would still be the youngest case I'd heard of.

[samhexum]

14 hours ago, samhexum said:

youngest case I ever heard of...

6 year old Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton (he'll turn 7 on Feb 29, 2028) has been diagnosed with shingles.

 

21 minutes ago, sync said:

Interesting that it will be three years before he ages one year.  How many would kill for that?

I think you got confused by daylight savings time and adjusted your calendar instead of your clock.

[Luv2play]

I’m 78 and got two Shingles shots just over a year ago. I did it on the recommendation of my doctor. An older brother and younger sister both had severe cases a number of years ago but another brother never got it. 
Three weeks later I had a shingles outbreak on my lower left leg, not too extensive but very itchy and bothersome. It went away eventually but has returned three times in a less severe form in the same place.
The thing that consoles me is had I not had the vaccine, maybe I would have had a more severe case.

[Luv2play]

On 10/27/2024 at 8:09 PM, Shoedog112 said:

I’m just recovering from a case of shingles. I’ve had a mild case in the past, and for some reason thought I would be immune to future outbreaks. What I wasn’t prepared for was having shingles, and then impetigo on my ear at the same time. I feel like I’ve been on antibiotics forever, although each was treated with a 7 day treatment plan. Once I’m these scabs fall off the sores, am I able to get the Shingrix vaccine, or is there a waiting period? 

Shingles is a viral infection so I don’t know why you took antibiotics to treat it. 

[+ sync]

3 hours ago, samhexum said:

 

I think you got confused by daylight savings time and adjusted your calendar instead of your clock.

Aha!  Now I see it, I was still in 2025.  My prowess with numbers remains unchanged, sadly.

Edited 9 hours ago by sync

[Rudynate]

On 1/5/2024 at 4:17 PM, Rudynate said:

I have had both shots of the shingrix vaccine and had no reaction or sides from either shot.  OTOH, I must be immune-suppressed because since I completed the two shots, I have had light cases of shingles, I think, 5 times. My PC doctor gave me a refillable script for valacyclovir.

I can report that it's been a long time since I had a case of shingles.  I was taking an immunosuppressive drug when I kept having cases of shingles.

[OcalaRTR]

I got both shots of Shingrix - felt like crap for 2-3 days after.  Then, everything fine - no shingles outbreaks at all.  

I've only had 1 outbreak - back in 2010 or so.  Not too bad, but it was on my head and some lesions were on my eyelid. I was scared, so I called my opthamologist - just to make sure.