Shingles doesn’t care.
When the VA offered a shingles vaccine, I was at the head of the line. A guy at our office had a terrible experience.
I wouldn’t wish shingles on anyone. They hurt like hell.
Although I did see a funny comment on another forum: “He look like he runnin’ a vape shop.”
Poor guy will get over the shingles but will have to explain the steroids in his system next summer.
Halliburton!
Cheney!
3 years ago and I am still itching.
I HAD SHINGLES IN 2013.
ACTUALLY. CHIROPRACTOR DIAGNOSED IT.
TOLD ME TO USE L-LYSINE TO HELP WITH THE NERVE PAIN.
TOOK FIRST TABLET:
PAIN WAS GONE IN LESS THAN 20 MINUTES.
LESS THAN $6 FOR 100 TABLETS>
CANNOT RECOMMEND IT ENOUGH
AVAILABLE AT WAL-MART
A close relative got the telltale look of shingles and that same day got to a doctor for an antiviral.
It stopped it a subsequent time, as well.
Go very quickly to an immediate care clinic and you should be fine, but there is a small window to use it.
Shingles signals your immune system has collapsed.
Taking the vaccine is like putting a pot in the middle of your floor to catch the leak in the roof. Your entire house is at risk, and you are managing the symptoms, rather than the root cause.
No need for shingles “vaccine” if you are doing the right thing with your health.
BTW, once your immune system collapses, you loose the ability to fight off infections and cancer. Last i checked, no vaccines for that.
Google says Mr. Haliburton is 26. He is having a miserable time with shingles. Why is he advising vaccination for people over 50, rather than people of any age who have had chicken pox?
Horrible affliction. My Uncle Frank had it. He was hospitalized it was so bad. He was in his early 80’s. His wife and daughter claimed that it contributed to his death. RIP. Thanks to all posters with information. Health / life BUMP.
Sublingual vitamin B12 cured my shingles. I still get periodic pains decades later. Each time, another B12.
Two years later he told me, (and I could see for myself) the data looked great and I got the new Shingles vaccine and am home free.
Oddly, when Covid came around he wanted me to get the vax - when I mentioned the "rule of thumb" two years' of data he told me THIS is DIFFERENT, EVERYONE should get it immediately.
No thanks, I'll pass.
Pfizer, or Moderna, one wonders. Thankfully we have a vaccine to help protect against known side effects from other vaccines.
My dad had shingles 25 years ago. One of those old school guys. Tough pre-war construction. Never complained too much about anything. I never saw anyone in such pain.