Shingles Vaccine 0wie!
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I'm getting it next month. Whatever pain the shot might bring is better than shingles.
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@mik said in Vaccine 0wie!:
I'm getting it next month. Whatever pain the shot might bring is better than shingles.
Shingles is the suxxors.
First time was worse, much worse, than the 2nd (which was about 2 years ago).
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@mik said in Vaccine 0wie!:
I'm getting it next month. Whatever pain the shot might bring is better than shingles.
Shingles is the suxxors.
First time was worse, much worse, than the 2nd (which was about 2 years ago).
@george-k said in Vaccine 0wie!:
First time was worse, much worse, than the 2nd
Wait, what? My doc that I dragged myself to for shingles told me I couldn't get it a second time. What's up with that???
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@george-k said in Vaccine 0wie!:
First time was worse, much worse, than the 2nd
Wait, what? My doc that I dragged myself to for shingles told me I couldn't get it a second time. What's up with that???
@catseye3 I was talking about my experiences with shingles. First bout was worse.
Also, for Shingrix, it's a two time inoculation.
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@catseye3 I was talking about my experiences with shingles. First bout was worse.
Also, for Shingrix, it's a two time inoculation.
@george-k said in Vaccine 0wie!:
I was talking about my experiences with shingles. First bout was worse.
Sorry, still confused and apparently not firing on all cylinders. You had two shingles attacks, you said? My doc said once you get it, you can't get it again. She was wrong?
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@george-k said in Vaccine 0wie!:
I was talking about my experiences with shingles. First bout was worse.
Sorry, still confused and apparently not firing on all cylinders. You had two shingles attacks, you said? My doc said once you get it, you can't get it again. She was wrong?
@catseye3 said in Vaccine 0wie!:
My doc said once you get it, you can't get it again. She was wrong?
Yes.
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@catseye3 said in Vaccine 0wie!:
My doc said once you get it, you can't get it again. She was wrong?
Yes.
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https://www.healthline.com/health/shingles-recurrence#statistics
Data about how often shingles recurs is limited. A 2011Trusted Source study in Minnesota over seven years found that between 5.7 and 6.2 percent of shingles people got shingles a second time.
In general, the researchTrusted Source suggests that your risk of getting shingles a second time is about the same as the risk you had of getting shingles the first time.
The amount of time between the first case of shingles and a recurrence has not been well-researched. In the study from 2011, the recurrence occurred from 96 days to 10 years after the initial shingles outbreak, but this study covered only a 12-year period.
My first encounter was in early 1977.
Most recent was about 3 years ago.
https://www.insider.com/can-you-get-shingles-more-than-once
A study published in 2011 in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings found that among more than 1600 shingles patients, about 5% experienced a second outbreak. It is possible to have a third outbreak of shingles, but this happens very rarely.
Keep in mind that if you've already had shingles once, you can't get infected again from someone with shingles or chickenpox. The only way that you can have multiple bouts of shingles is through the reactivation of the dormant virus in your own body.
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https://www.healthline.com/health/shingles-recurrence#statistics
Data about how often shingles recurs is limited. A 2011Trusted Source study in Minnesota over seven years found that between 5.7 and 6.2 percent of shingles people got shingles a second time.
In general, the researchTrusted Source suggests that your risk of getting shingles a second time is about the same as the risk you had of getting shingles the first time.
The amount of time between the first case of shingles and a recurrence has not been well-researched. In the study from 2011, the recurrence occurred from 96 days to 10 years after the initial shingles outbreak, but this study covered only a 12-year period.
My first encounter was in early 1977.
Most recent was about 3 years ago.
https://www.insider.com/can-you-get-shingles-more-than-once
A study published in 2011 in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings found that among more than 1600 shingles patients, about 5% experienced a second outbreak. It is possible to have a third outbreak of shingles, but this happens very rarely.
Keep in mind that if you've already had shingles once, you can't get infected again from someone with shingles or chickenpox. The only way that you can have multiple bouts of shingles is through the reactivation of the dormant virus in your own body.
@george-k said in Vaccine 0wie!:
among more than 1600 shingles patients, about 5% experienced a second outbreak.
Lucky you!
It is possible to have a third outbreak of shingles, but this happens very rarely.
What's 'very rarely'? If a second bout happens with five percent of the people, 'very rarely' is what, in the minus column???
ETA: Just fooling around. No need to look it up.
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I had chicken pox around 5 years ago. Does that mean I SHOULD have the vaccine or shouldn’t? I know there’s something weird about Adult Chicken Pox and Shingles…
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Well, this was an interesting experience...
About 8 hours after the injection, I had overwhelming fatigue. I fell asleep at my desk and slept for about two hours - a two hour nap in the early evening is never a good thing.
When I woke up, I had generalized myalgias, and shaking chills. No fever, just chills.
I went to bed at about 10, and of course, couldn't sleep. The chills eventually stopped, and I tossed and turned in the spare bedroom, so as to not disturb Mrs. K. Watched some TV, and finally was able to fall asleep at about 1 AM. Couldn't really sleep on my left side because of pain at the injection site. It's still sore this AM, but a bit better.
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Well, this was an interesting experience...
About 8 hours after the injection, I had overwhelming fatigue. I fell asleep at my desk and slept for about two hours - a two hour nap in the early evening is never a good thing.
When I woke up, I had generalized myalgias, and shaking chills. No fever, just chills.
I went to bed at about 10, and of course, couldn't sleep. The chills eventually stopped, and I tossed and turned in the spare bedroom, so as to not disturb Mrs. K. Watched some TV, and finally was able to fall asleep at about 1 AM. Couldn't really sleep on my left side because of pain at the injection site. It's still sore this AM, but a bit better.
@george-k said in Shingles Vaccine 0wie!:
Couldn't really sleep on my left side
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