Thread: Shingles Vaccine ?

Originally Posted by Galaxy51

As a kid I had mumps, measles, chicken pox. As an adult I have been very lucky.
A shingles shot was advertised at a local pharmacy about a year ago for about $20 so I got it and I annually get a flu shot.
I didn't know there was a shot for pnemonia but know that I know I am going to get one.
For 4-5 years the doctor said I should take a pill for diabetes my blood pressure was a little high too.
Well, I am not one for taking pills so I ignored the doctors advice.
About a year ago I started to have some strange tingling in the toes of my right foot that would come and go but was rather painful at times. When my last annual physical was due the foot was troubling me again so I told the doctor about it and he did a nerve test and found that I have nerve damage to both feet. He was blaming the high blood sugar that I had ignored.
A few months before that I almost lost my younger brother from a combination of extremely high blood pressure and a very high blood sugar. He went partially blind from that episode and it got my attention to say the least.
Now I take pills for blood sugar and high blood pressure too.
I still dispise the idea of having to take those pills but the effects of not taking them trump the pain in the arse of having to take them.
I wish they had a pill to slow down the aging process as well as one to improve short term memory, but I suppose I would forget to take it anyway.
I'm 62, sometimes I feel like 82, but I still want to do everything as well as I could at 42.

I'm 81, think I am 41 and people tell me I look 71. Mentally we can always time travel and hope our memories are really true about what we were like 'back then'. I take a handful of medications and vitamins daily and happily. I've lived through two life threatening medical events and, despite being a recluse and a couch potato, relish each day and try to accomplish something positive each day. Half of our life is ruled by genetics and the other half by how we treat ourselves. Among the goals I have set for myself as I go forward, other than wanting to live to see my great, great grandchildren, is to outlive my ex wife who is 12 years younger than me. Incentive is a powerful force in getting things done.

Yea, I'm a bit stubborn and a slow learner too.
At 59 I decided to learn to ride a unicycle and got to where I could ride it fairly well and worked up to where I could ride it a half a mile. Really good exercise but I knew I was pushing it.
Well I took a fall and pulled a tendon in a finger that took over a year to heal.
I finally decided that I really shouldn't be riding the unicycle.
I keep saying that I will sell the motorcycle too but its still in the garage.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Don't get me started on all these new childhood syndroms,the vast majority are caused (if they actually exsist) by two working parents who stick the kids in daycare for 5 yrs before they actually go to school,than by the 7th grade they hang out in the malls all day drinking slurrpys and wgt 300 lbs..
The reason some nasty stuff is comming back is because kids do not get dirty anymore,they have weak immune systems.
Kids that are raised on farms have no where near the maladys that city kids have.

I remember reading too that another study was done in the 50's regarding polio. Apparently, kids from dirtier, poorer environments contracted the disease at a significantly lower rate than rich kids from more sterile environments. And a growing body of research suggests that our modern obsession with anti-bacterial hand-washes, and extreme over-use of antibiotics is leading us into a post-anti-biotic era of super-bugs that we have no adequate drugs in the medical arsenal to fight them with.

Don't believe it. I grew up on a farm, went to a one room school, and I caught everything. Measles (both types), mumps, chicken pox, cold sores, strep throat, whooping cough, and various other diseases. Kids that live in unsanitary conditions have a very high mortality rate. The theory that inoculations cause autism has been thoroughly debunked. Modern vaccines are tested out the wazoo and are safer than ever. I plan on getting both the shingles and pneumonia vaccines.
You don't have to have had chicken pox to be vulnerable to shingles. Cold sores and genital herpes is caused by the same virus. You'll remember having chicken pox or herpes, but you may disregard ever having a cold sore.
A little dirt may be OK, but everything in moderation.

Polio is contracted either by contact with feces or through the mouth, actually the virus enters through the mouth and is more likely to be contracted during the summer months except in the tropics where it's always warm. Bad hygiene makes transmission easier but even with good hygiene you can still get it.

So I got the vaccine Friday afternoon. All was well. On Sunday night I began to get little bumps, kind of like contact dermatitis on top of my thighs above the knee for about 6 inches. It wasn't terribly itchy, enough that I knew it was there, but not so much that I had to scratch it. Slept well enough.

This morning the stuff on my thighs is faint and not sensitive. Now I've got it on the back of my calf, both legs, right below the knee, and on the back of the arms above the elbows. Not terrible but I know it is there. I guess what I'm saying is, if your immune system isn't up to snuff don't get the shot.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

So I got the vaccine Friday afternoon. All was well. On Sunday night I began to get little bumps, kind of like contact dermatitis on top of my thighs above the knee for about 6 inches. It wasn't terribly itchy, enough that I knew it was there, but not so much that I had to scratch it. Slept well enough.

This morning the stuff on my thighs is faint and not sensitive. Now I've got it on the back of my calf, both legs, right below the knee, and on the back of the arms above the elbows. Not terrible but I know it is there. I guess what I'm saying is, if your immune system isn't up to snuff don't get the shot.

Oh Oh you have the rare reaction between the shingles virus component and certain metal alloys which means you can never touch a straight razor again. Better send them all to me without delay.

Will Pray for ya jim,hope all gets better.
Was an article in the Sacramento Bee this Morn.(you can find it online) The Gist of it was the Vaccine is sort of a hit and miss deal.
Shingles even amoung young people is on the rise,The CDC has no clue as to why.
Get well man.

Funny, my whole life I only 2 people that had shingles and both were in there late 50s or early 60s. Never of heard any young people getting them. At any rate we will be joining the ranks of the vaccinated as our private insurer covers 80% of the cost so why not.

Bob

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

Polio is contracted either by contact with feces or through the mouth, actually the virus enters through the mouth and is more likely to be contracted during the summer months except in the tropics where it's always warm. Bad hygiene makes transmission easier but even with good hygiene you can still get it.

Never knew that!! Not to be gross, but what you're saying is that it can be sexually transmitted[emoji40]