I just got over them about 2 months ago. I always told myself to get the shot.
But the doctor told me that had I had come in on the first day, the acyclovir anti-viral drug would have stopped it immediately.
I said that was nice to know however when the first symptoms occurred, I thought I needed a chiropractic adjustment on my neck. Little did I know that was the shingles affecting my nerves in my left arm about 2 days before the blisters showed up. I went to the doctor on the second day after the blisters appeared.
I was fortunate that it was on my left hand and between a couple of fingers, but the tips of my little finger and ring finger are still numb. Still, the nerve pain was excruciating. Felt like every bone in my left hand and wrist was broken.
If it makes you feel any better, most people only have shingles one time. :-)
thats interesting
they give Valacyclovir for genital herpes outbreak and supposedly it helps prevent.
i wonder if the people who take that are less likely to get shingles or more likely because they have a version of herpes in their body already