I had the shingles every day when I worked as a roofer.

The first shot of shingrix gave me a fever and chills. I was out of action for a day. The second wasn't so bad. Still, a better alternative than the actual shingles. Anyway, prepare for a reaction, because it can be a little dicey.

Do it I have had a full case of shingles and it is not at all pleasant.

It is painful, I did get it, also the vaccine, doctors should be more forthcoming when one is near the 50 threshold and require the vaccine to all those who had chickenpix.

A friend of mine had shingles a few years ago. He just got the first vaccination and said it was not nice. Gave him flu-like symptoms of fever and soreness at the injection site. He's glad he got it though and will get the second one because he says it's much better than getting shingles.

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When I was an infant , Mom was staying with relatives , because Dad was in the Army . One of the old ladies , caught the measles , so Mom took me in for a newly developed measles shot . As we were growing up , my younger brother caught every kind of measles and rossia out there , and ,when possible caught them more than once . I eventually caught a one mild case and that was it for me . As a senior citizen , I did get a shingles shot , and so far have been very lucky in not getting that particular disease .

Had them both....actually got shingles when I was 29, which is apparently a young age. Thankfully I discovered it early and didn’t have too much pain.

This was about 2003 and I had never heard of it before. Not sure if they had the vaccine back then but it certainly wasn’t advertised like it is now

Glad you're feeling better!!! Really glad it wasn't any worse than it was, and I hope
you NEVER have to experience shingles ever again.

I didn't get chicken pox until I was 17 years old. It sucked. Words cannot adequately describe how absolutely shitty that experience was. I remember it quite vividly.

I got shingles in my early 40s. That also sucked. Luckily, by that point, treatment
had improved significantly.

I will be getting the shingles vaccine in a few weeks. I'm happy to put up with
whatever side effects there may be in order to avoid, or lessen the effects, of
shingles. I don't want to experience that ever again, if I can help it.

Yes go ahead and get the newest vacinne right away,seen my faather have the shingles a few times,no thanks for me ,Had my shingles shots about 5 years ago but think it is time to upgrade tto the new one

I finally reached the age where I am eligible for the shot (VA says over 65 only), but because of my skin cancer, they want to wait 6 months. I've had several outbreaks and was on a maintenance dose for a while. It is a reason for every child to get the chicken pox vaccine, Children can get chicken pox from adults with shingles.

Got my immunization familiar with this, shingles can be very difficult to treat and extremely painful

Thank you for the reminder! I knew about the vaccine but my medical plan scheduled it for age 60, and I really didn't think twice about it. But before then, I got shingles. I, too, have a high pain level, but it was in a delicate area so it was pretty (way!) excruciating. They recommended I wait a year after recovery before getting the vaccine and, by that point, there was a shortage of it. I've got to call the pharmacies and see where I am on those waiting lists. Even flu-like symptoms are better than how shingles felt.

Oh aren't you full of good news. All these years I thought I was immune.
Now, I can get shingles. Oh goody!

There are two different types of shingles vaccine. Shingrix is the newer one and is supposed to be 95% effective. It is two shots given about a month apart. The older vaccine is 60% effective and is only one shot. I have had both. Both my wife and I had the Shingrix vaccine and we both had a reaction from it. For me it is soreness and tenderness at the injection site that lasts about a week and mild flu-like symptoms that last about 3 days. For my wife the reaction was much more severe. It was like she had a bad flu and was in bed for 3 days each time. I don't remember having any reaction to the older vaccine at all. I suppose it is worth it as long as it works.

I had chickenpox around age 6. This past summer, I had an itchy rash on my lower back, but only on the right.
It’s been a rough two years, and compared to that, it really wasn’t painful. So later that week my daughter took me to the ER for one of my vomiting things, and I got the doc to look at it.
“Shingles” she said, instantly.
I did a double take, because it didn’t hurt. It never did. It was gone within two weeks; I just used some hydrocortisone cream.
I was lucky.

Everyone should vaccinate for everything reasonable.
Hepatitis, HPV, shingles, Tetanus, MMR, etc.

I good friend and I got the shingles vaccination and it was no big deal. The paperwork was more painful that the two shots.

No good dead goes unpunished. A friend contracted Hep B while rescuing a person hit by a boat propeller. The did tell him that if he had the hep b vaccine it would have given him a better chance to prevent the infection.

The Shingles were a torment to my brother. He got them in his eye, and basically lost the use of that eye permanently. I've had the vaccine, so I hope I'll be spared.

I was in the same boat just a month ago - I will look into the vaccine you mentioned. I seem to have a very good personal physician...

I had chickenpox at age 7 or 8 and shingles at age 30. My shingles attack was every bit as bad as the chickenpox had been 20+ years earlier. Bee stings and electric shocks is what it felt like, but with a fever. Avoid it if possible, there's no upside.

I suspect I had shingles last summer and need to get the vaccination.

I believe I had chicken pox, though it could have been the measles. I barely remember it.

I did however, get the Shingrix vaccine when it first came out. I had a noticable reaction at the injection sites and was a bit sore for a couple weeks after each injection. I have heard of people having more severe reactions and even getting a case of the shingles from it. So, be prepared.

After all that, I am pretty happy to know I have a good immunity to the shingles virus, should I ever have to deal with it.

I don’t remember if I ever had chicken pox!!! no advice here except I think once you’ve had that in you, it may trigger later in life also. Plus now there are great vaccines to warn it off.

I knew about the relationship between chicken pox and shingles from personal experience: I had chicken pox as a kid and a mild case of shingles about 10 years ago — it manifested as a constant itch in my chest. I have never heard of a shingles vaccine until now. I will ask my doctor about it in my next visit. Thanks for the post!

I had chickenpox as a child. (We called it chicken pops.) To the best of my recollection they kept me in a dark room and we did not go to a doctor.

If any of this returns to bother me today my shots will be free unless Trump screws it all up. His new "plan" calls things an HMO but you do have to pay for a lot of things.

My first shot of Shingrix made me feel like I was on the loosing side of a boxing match with a heavyweight. The second shot was non-event full. Hope all goes well.