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TomDaisy

(2,120 posts) Sat Mar 4, 2023, 06:39 PM Mar 2023

Well I have shingles. [View all]

I feel so very stupid for not getting vaccinated. I am a little under the age recommended for vaccination but I still should have gotten it because I have seen that damn commercial so many times.

And yes. It is very painful. Like an insect is biting me. And there is a secondary infection at the site of the outbreak.

I did have severe chicken pox as a child.

I have had all my COVID vaccinations. I guess that gave me a false sense of health security.

Started on antibiotics and an anti-viral and it is helping.

But please - avoid this for yourself if you can. The worst is when the pain is so bad you can't sleep.

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Well I have shingles. [View all] TomDaisy Mar 2023 OP

Side effects of that vaccine were minimal for me. Tetrachloride Mar 2023 #1

Thanks for that Rorey Mar 2023 #19

I procrastinated about it too. Rolled the dice. Did not work out so great! TomDaisy Mar 2023 #32

yes my SO went and got vaccinated today TomDaisy Mar 2023 #31

I also have avoided taking the vaccine - for no reason just walkingman Mar 2023 #2

I did not THINK I had chicken pox TNNurse Mar 2023 #7

So sorry, TomDaisy Auggie Mar 2023 #3

thank you I am feeling better now after an afternoon of sleeping TomDaisy Mar 2023 #33

Thanks for the reminder. Take care and all the best. appalachiablue Mar 2023 #4

I've had both vaxx series central scrutinizer Mar 2023 #5

I also had both series and luckily little or no reactions. Fla Dem Mar 2023 #16

I got the first DENVERPOPS Mar 2023 #17

yes I was hoping we would be able to encourage getting the vaccinations TomDaisy Mar 2023 #34

No kidding DENVERPOPS Mar 2023 #41

Seems to be a lot of cases lately! Grokenstein Mar 2023 #6

Studies have shown an elevated risk of shingles after a covid infection. femmedem Mar 2023 #45

Exactly what post #5 said. yonder Mar 2023 #8

Oh rats, I'm sorry! Valtrex. Do the Valtrex and REST. AllyCat Mar 2023 #9

I have an anti-viral that was prescribed to me with 2 forms of antibiotics TomDaisy Mar 2023 #35

My doc gave me moreland01 Mar 2023 #10

So sorry you are going through this sdfernando Mar 2023 #11

thank you! TomDaisy Mar 2023 #36

So sorry for your pain, Tom. You've convinced me to get the shot. ancianita Mar 2023 #12

be well, friend! TomDaisy Mar 2023 #42

What a bummer! zeusdogmom Mar 2023 #13

I had a friend who developed shingles and never got over it, so... Septua Mar 2023 #14

Did you have the old, single-dose Shingles vaccine or the newer, two-dose Shingrix vaccine? femmedem Mar 2023 #46

Get the vaccine. It can be extremely debilitating as TomDaisy describes (and worse). Hope you're OK. Evolve Dammit Mar 2023 #15

I had it before the vaccine was made available. The worst thing is the post-herpetic nerve pain that CTyankee Mar 2023 #18

yikes. yes nerve pain is really a B. I should have taken all this much more seriously. TomDaisy Mar 2023 #37

Would you call it "itchy" or "painful"? FakeNoose Mar 2023 #20

it is itchy, then with sudden pinches that feel like a bite or a sting TomDaisy Mar 2023 #38

One of the staff nurses at the peds office where I was the NP had such severe... 3catwoman3 Mar 2023 #21

Yes gabapentin works better for neuropathic pain mucifer Mar 2023 #43

I wish you well. I don't know anything about it but I hope it goes away soon. LoisB Mar 2023 #22

My next door neighbor had shingles and I heard him screaming in pain all the time kimbutgar Mar 2023 #23

Shingles peachpit24 Mar 2023 #24

Tom, my mother had shingles decades ago, before there was any vaccine. highplainsdem Mar 2023 #25

I will give it a try. I'm already taking the vitamin C - can't hurt. TomDaisy Mar 2023 #39

Same thing happened to me. LisaM Mar 2023 #26

I had it too. Desert grandma Mar 2023 #27

I'm so sorry. I hope you're feeling better soon. Lonestarblue Mar 2023 #28

I'm so sorry to hear this. Wishing you a speedy recovery ❤️‍🩹 MLAA Mar 2023 #29

I've been avoiding the shingles vax MontanaMama Mar 2023 #30

thank you all so much for the well wishes! TomDaisy Mar 2023 #40

Hang in there. I had them three years ago. Got them waiting for vaccine. twodogsbarking Mar 2023 #44