sebastiantombs
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Wow! Glad to hear it went OK, David. I'll be going for some chicken fat, or whatever it is, injections in both knees. Can't walk like I used to and my weight and waistline are showing me that.
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All of you have my extreme empathy. I experienced shingles while still in my 30s, and while the itching and rash were horrible, they went away quickly enough. What killed me was the never-ending neuralgia that lasted for months afterwards. And don't get me started on kidney stones. (see below). The big one tore up things on the way out. The little one was his ugly brother, came out a few weeks later. This was last year.
'Something tells me sprinkler head repairs are in my future LOL ' This made me laugh! 
I hope you recover quickly and CORRECTLY. I can't stand being down for long at all. My wife knows that if I ever come home and just sit down on the couch, she better call the funeral home. Wishing you a quick and speedy recovery.
I hope you recover quickly and CORRECTLY. I can't stand being down for long at all. My wife knows that if I ever come home and just sit down on the couch, she better call the funeral home.
Wishing you a quick and speedy recovery.
Kidney stones - 21 in one weekend in the 90's. My first experience with kidney stones happened on Friday and I didn't know what the cause of the pain was. Made an appointment with my primary who suggested it was kidney stones and would set up an appointment to blast them on Monday.
Well, I started drinking on Friday night and pretty much continued until late Sunday when the last of the stones passed.
Every once in a while I get another one or two. They are painful!
Well, I started drinking on Friday night and pretty much continued until late Sunday when the last of the stones passed.
Every once in a while I get another one or two. They are painful!
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I was driving one day and heard one of the commercials for the shingles vaccine on the radio. Shrugged it off. Thought to myself "Ehhh... I know people who've had it. A little rash on my body. I can handle that if I ever got."
Not a week later and BOOM I get the most horrible full-blown case of shingles on my face ever. You don't want to see the pictures. Scary looking. lol Didn't even know that you could get it on your face. Still have a little bit of paralysis at the corner of my eye that drives me crazy sometimes.
Get the vaccine. I don't care what the short-term side effects are. You don't want a bad case of shingles on your face.
Not a week later and BOOM I get the most horrible full-blown case of shingles on my face ever. You don't want to see the pictures. Scary looking. lol Didn't even know that you could get it on your face. Still have a little bit of paralysis at the corner of my eye that drives me crazy sometimes.
Get the vaccine. I don't care what the short-term side effects are. You don't want a bad case of shingles on your face.
So when I looked at your stones I had a shock go through my body, guess memories
Bad ones that is...So I bow down, you are the King of Stones, wow 21, I am crawling back to my hole
You have my luck...I just hope after looking at VorlonForg's stones I didn't jinx myself
looney2ns
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No, that's the time to teach him how to repair them.
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Get the vaccine, my dad had shingles on his face, neck and shoulder. Twice it got in his eye, and had to be treated. He had severe pain for about 6 months on his forehead and side of his face, to the point he couldn't sleep much. A year later, he still couldn't stand a sheet touching the side of his face, it hurt.
We've both had the old Zostavax vaccine, we are due to get the latest as soon as the time is far enough away from the covid vaccine.
Zostavax was supposedly 51% effective, the two dose shot is supposed to be 90%ish effective.
We've both had the old Zostavax vaccine, we are due to get the latest as soon as the time is far enough away from the covid vaccine.
Zostavax was supposedly 51% effective, the two dose shot is supposed to be 90%ish effective.
My grandmother had shingles on her face. Not only was it extremely painful, it looked like somebody took a blow torch to her face. Nerve damage and pain that lasted for almost a year.
My understanding is the older one gets, the greater the chance of getting shingles.
I need to get the vaccine so thanks for the reminder!
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My understanding is the older one gets, the greater the chance of getting shingles.
I need to get the vaccine so thanks for the reminder!
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tigerwillow1
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I'm the outlier here. I had shingles on my face in my 30s. It was nasty. I'm not even slightly tempted to get the shot.
Yeah, but it may have either dissolved a little or broken up into smaller frags before I passed it. The sizes are based on measurements on CT scans. The .45 size was called surgery because they put you under for the procedure, but it was sonic blasting rather than cutting.
The pain one gets that makes you notice it is that they block urine from exiting the kidney and that is what hurts. Sometimes lemonade or cranberry juice can help reduce the size.
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I got the first Shingrix shot in Feb 2020 and was scheduled for my second one in May. First one I had a goose egg at injection site that hurt for a week, and it was the side I sleep on so it was painful and inconvenient. No other side effects from first shot. I put off the second one less due to "don't want to go to doctor office during covid" than "damn, I don't want my arm to hurt like that again." Second shot gave me minor arm pain for two days (I had them do it on the other arm, that I don't sleep on), but on day 3 I was wiped out tired/achy and so forth. Took a half day off work. But not fever like reported in this thread. I know plenty of people who had shingles and I'd rather a vax reaction than go through that. I take acyclovir daily due to internal canker sores I've gotten since I was a kid that are viral; if I take the acyclovir I don't get the sores. If I stop for a week, I get nasty cankers (So, I don't stop any more to see if I still need the pills... I do!). Anyway, I figure I'm riddled with related viruses and I could use all the protection I can get.
BORIStheBLADE
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So I went to a walk in clinic today and have Shingles WTF! This is pretty damn painful...
I'm glad it's Shingles... I was beginning to think my Liver was messed up.
I'm glad it's Shingles... I was beginning to think my Liver was messed up.
Need help!!! My wife and I decided we want to get a Shingles Shot.
She had a mild case of Shingles a few years back and was told if it returned it should not be worse than what she had. I just turned 60 and figured it would be a good time to get the shot. Both of us have had Chickenpox in our youth.
The Zostavax (zoster vaccine live) is no longer available and now they give the Shingrix shot (In two doses, 2-6 months apart). Our concern is this new mRNA Technology that looks like will be in future Flu shots and possible in this new Shingles Shot. Since it is now known that the Covid mRNA Shot does alter DNA, would this be true with this new Shingrix shot?
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) makes Shingrix. I am trying to find out if Shingrix use mRNA Tech.
I see Pfizer is trying to compete in the Shingles Shot industry, this Jan. 2022 article claims they will develop the first mRNA-based shingles vaccine.
www.fiercebiotech.com
We appreciate any help with this...
She had a mild case of Shingles a few years back and was told if it returned it should not be worse than what she had. I just turned 60 and figured it would be a good time to get the shot. Both of us have had Chickenpox in our youth.
The Zostavax (zoster vaccine live) is no longer available and now they give the Shingrix shot (In two doses, 2-6 months apart). Our concern is this new mRNA Technology that looks like will be in future Flu shots and possible in this new Shingles Shot. Since it is now known that the Covid mRNA Shot does alter DNA, would this be true with this new Shingrix shot?
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) makes Shingrix. I am trying to find out if Shingrix use mRNA Tech.
I see Pfizer is trying to compete in the Shingles Shot industry, this Jan. 2022 article claims they will develop the first mRNA-based shingles vaccine.
Pfizer, BioNTech team up again, taking a swing at GSK's Shingrix dominance
GlaxoSmithKline has successfully overtaken | GlaxoSmithKline has successfully overtaken the shingles vaccine market once owned by Merck, but enter king Pfizer. The Big Pharma juggernaut has signed a third deal with COVID-19 vaccine partner BioNTech, this time to develop an mRNA-based shingles...
We appreciate any help with this...
tigerwillow1
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Everybody has their own opinions. I've had shingles once and say no to the shot.
sebastiantombs
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I had shingles twice and got the shots. In terms of reactions the only thing I had/have is residual pain in the arm from where the riveter gave me the shot, he sure wasn't a technician, nurse, pharmacist or physician. I think he actually hit the bone in my upper arm. Neither bout of shingles was particularly bad and the second was quite mild. First one in my 30's and the second in my 60's. Got the shots when I was 65, about eight years ago.
