Quote Originally Posted by Razorfeld View Post
And on the other side of the coin, my primary doctor wanted to know if I wanted the Shingles shot. This was shortly after getting done with chemo. Asked my oncologist and it was an emphatic\, "No!". Apparently the Shingles vaccine is made up of live organisms and that's a no-no evermore if you've had chemo at any point in your like. I had chicken pox and have escaped the bullet so far. And hope to keep dodging.
If you are taking any immune system suppressant it is a no go. I didn't know that in some cases it is a life long prohibition. I would have thought a person's immune system would rebound ? Guess not.