Get the shot to avoid it coming back. The shots (there are two of them) hurt like the devil and can make you a little under the weather, but it beats a bad case of shingles!

include drug coverage.

No doubt it has gone up since I asked about it a year ago. I can manage it. I just have to budget. At least I got my Dentist all paid off this month. At age 73 it’s all repair and maintenance from now on it seems

Yeah like that…..😵‍💫

Not at the doctors office.

Shingrix. What is the other shot and jow long before you can get the 2nd dose?

Anybody know?

Any time between 2-6 months from the first shot.

I encourage everyone to get the shot.

Glad to see from someone that medicare DOES pay for the shot.

I had little if any 'reaction.'

They are the best. Always has time to talk with me and answer my questions.
I've kept up with the plain old traditional MC. might pay a little more up front, but I can go to all of the good doctors, and I do. I have my Union BC/BS to help with deductibles. After $600 for the year, I don't have any. I usually hit that by June or July.

Best of luck with it. My friend got it in and around one of her eyes. That got me to get mine.

Sorry for the bad word but it is the perfect descriptor. Nearly lost the vision in the affected eye. I’m good now but the cornea specialist and I are good buddies. 😂.

Oh @$@_#_&?)$@##+!!!!!!!!!

I had not idea you could.... (speechless)


Well, I guess I'll continue taking my chances (going through a non medical upheaval) for several more months and get it in early Oct.

I think you need that but I would call medicare and ask or go to medicare.gov and type in shingles.

Thanks for the advice everyone!

That was probably 2 years ago. Might check that.

...one of her chubby fingers at me, grimaced, and then told me to go get a shingles shot or I'd regret it.

Having listened to the shingles horror stories of friends and family near and far over the years, I am glad I heeded her warning.

prescribing. Unfortunately, most people won't get to a health care provider that early. Good luck.

I’m hoping if I ignore it it will go away. Taking Tylenol and ibuprofen

My insurance covered most of it and the pharmacy I use covered the co-pay so out of pocket for me was $0.00. I had almost no reaction to the shots. It was pretty much the same as with tetanus shots...a bit of a sore arm for a day or two and that was it. I count myself very lucky as I usually tolerate shots very well.

I am lucky in that I tolerate shots pretty well too. I’m glad to hear you had mild reaction

I said "Nah, I'm good." 4 months later, I had shingles. It was terrible. I used Terrasil topical for the pain, calamine for the itching. Took two weeks to go away.

It was a red streak down the back of my right calf, itched and hurt when I scratched it. A couple of blisters popped up and scabbed over a day later (I'd covered them when I found them). A week later, the streak had faded and the itch was gone.

Once the blisters scabbed over, I used some CBD lotion on the area, it did a reasonable job of killing both the itch and the pain.

I have severe neuropathy in my feet, so I'm used to nerve pain. I can imagine being freaked out by the pain level if that hadn't been the case. The gremlins running a red hot wire down the back of my leg were nothing compared to the gremlins going over my toes with a grater and driving 8d nails into my heels.

OTC lidocaine patches will also work to reduce the pain. I couldn't find mine.

I've balked at the cost of the vax, also. Bad nurse. However, if that's the worst it will be for me, pfft.