Day 4 after the shingles vaccination:
I am still weak like a newborn kitten, but the flu symptoms have faded away. Still better than a single day with shingles. I had that four times in my life and hope never to get it again.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I had a rough few days with the first dose and was told that the 2nd one would be worse but it wasn't.
Lucy_Fehr
Level 8
Sep 23, 2019
1
Oh.thanks for letting me know that. I am not looking forward to the second dose.
I've had an outbreak once. It really is miserable. I got my shots at the VA a few months ago. It's two shots, 30 days apart. One of them did the same to me, but now I can't remember which one.
Sticks48
Level 9
Sep 22, 2019
1
Let's hope it was the first one. I had shingles for the first time when I was 14, half way around my waist.Six weeks away from school because everybody thought i was contagious. Pain, pain, pain. There is even a syndrome for the pain you get when the shingles rash has already healed. - postherpectic neuralgia. The treatment is opiod pain killers.
I will now shut up about it.
@Spinliesel Mine was all over my groin. I've heard of people getting it in their eye! I can't even imagine that.
@Sticks48 My daughter had in in her eye. She'll need a cornea transplant soon.
@Spinliesel That really had to hurt, didn't it? Did she wear an eye patch?
@Sticks48 Yes, for a few days.
Never had shingles- wonder if I should get the vaccination? I’m definitely overdue for a tetanus shot and a dental exam.
Haemish1
Level 8
Sep 22, 2019
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Are you over 65? Then , best to keep your tetanus shot updated and get a pneumonia shot. Shingles, if you are sensitive to the chickenpox virus.
Hope you feel stronger in a day or two....better as you say, to get the vaccination and feel weak for a week than suffer Shingles which can be a killer.
Marionville
Level 10
Sep 22, 2019
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