I saw what my brother went through, I got the shot!
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i am in my mid 50's..I contracted shingles in Nov..it was so painful, it presented itself on my left thigh from my pants pocket to my knee..I still feel the nerve endings on fire from time to time and I just got the booster shot the other day..I wouldnt wish shingles on anyone I know..pure pain
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Man, y'all dun skeer'd me inta gittin' tha shot. I think I'm skeer'der of gittin tha shangles than a little bitty ol' needle...
Seriously, though, I had an uncle that died from the shingles many years ago. I was just a kid. Back then, they really didn't have very good treatment back then. Old folks always said that if the sores go all the way around your body, it will kill you. That's exactly what happened to my uncle. The man was in sheer misery and swolen so bad all over that you could hardly recognize him.
I got a prescription from my dr. for it, but at the time my daughter was pregnant with my 2nd grandbaby, and they say that pregnant women or anyone who will be around pregnant women or very small babies should not get the vaccine. Apparently there is a chance of infection of the infant by contact with someone who has recently had the vaccine. My grandson is 2 months old now, so I can now go get that dad-gum shot... I HATE needles almost as bad as I hate cows!
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I had it earlier this year.. new job, moved, new baby on the way.... I had it in the left side of my face. The best part was when the pain would spike, and it felt like someone was driving a nail through my eye into the back of my eye.... It would wake me up out of a dead sleep. fortunatley I went to the dr early on, and they gave me some type of nerve pain medicine, as well as some other medicine to minimze the impact of it.
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Originally posted by Tmag View PostGuess I will have to look into this one, I avoid the annual flu shots as all my friends that get them end up sicker than a dog.
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