I just got a Shingles shot a few hours ago. **Update**

[Mr.Bill]

Last edited Thu May 25, 2023, 03:56 PM - Edit history (1)

We have a small pharmacy nearby, and the guy who does the shots there is fantastic. Once again, I felt absolutely nothing when he gave me the shot.

So far no side-effects. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Update 5/25 1:00 pm: So, 27 hours since the shot and a little bit of soreness at the injection site when I woke up this morning. No swelling or redness and only sore if I touch it now. Pretty much the same for my wife. She has a lot of allergies to all kinds of medications and this is the first vaccine she has not had a negative reaction to.

[walkingman]

1. Following to see any reactions, if any. I have been speculating whether to get mine or not.

[hippywife]

13. Neither I nor my husband...

had any reactions at all. Doesn't mean you won't, but it beats the shit out of getting shingles. If you've ever known anyone who's come down with them, you would be running to get the vax without hesitation over reactions.

[zipplewrath]

16. Yup

I had shingles when I was 12 (very rare). When I had the second of the two shingles shots I had a fever reaction for a few hours. It's nowhere near comparable to having shingles. Worse, shingles can make you go blind so...

[hippywife]

21. They're incredibly painful...

and can not only get in your eyes, but your ears, as well as the brain and spinal cord. There is just no fucking around with it, it's dangerous.

[3catwoman3]

32. You do NOT want to get shingles.

One of the nurses in the pediatric practice where I worked got a terrible eruption on one o her legs. She ended up on an anti-seizure medication to try to calm down the inflamed nerves.

Even if you have one of the more pronounced reactions and feel like crap for 48 hours, that is an infinitesimal price to pay to minimize the risk of getting this awful virus.

[luvtheGWN]

52. I got both Shingrix shots

six months apart. I had no reaction to either of them.

[TomSlick]

57. Get the shots!

I've seen shingles - it ain't pleasant. No reaction to the shots can come near shingles symptoms.

[walkingman]

59. THANKS EVERYONE - Y'ALL CONVINCED ME. DW AND I WILL BE GETTING OURS NEXT WEEK!! ☮

[TomSlick]

62. Good call.

[RKP5637]

2. Very smart thing to do. n/t

[RandySF]

3. I got it, too.

No problems.

[MissB]

4. I had my second one last Friday morning

It took about six hours before I felt wiped out and feverish. I was mostly fine the next morning but went down a bit on Sunday again, mostly because I did so much on Saturday and Sunday.

Pharmacist said most folks get the flu-lie symptoms side effect and it goes away in about 48 hours.

My first shot took me down harder than the second.

[Golfnbrew]

56. Yep, it's the second one that gets ya!

No regrets at all.
I had a light hit of shingles when I hit 40, 25 years ago, and I don't want any more to do with it!

First dose was easy - peasy, but count on two days off for the second dose. Google it... Very common for the second shot to take you down for a day or two.

Still, no regrets.

[Solomon]

5. I thought the shingles shots hurt a bit more than the covid shots.

I don't recall much reaction except a sore arm for a couple days with both shingles shots. I was glad to get them over with.the

[Mr.Bill]

10. I felt some mild pain at the injection site

for about 30 minutes. Gone now.

[Jerry2144]

7. Good. Glad you got it. Shingles sucks

Sore arm and feverish feeling for me the next day. Nothing some generic ibuprofen or acetaminophen couldn’t help with. If you get a knot, try ice, gentle massage, and possibly heat.

Sleep will be your friend for a day.

[Mr.Bill]

12. I'm retired.

Sleep is my friend every day.

[Jerry2144]

14. Lucky you

I have to rely upon meetings and web-based training to catch up on my sleep

[Shermann]

28. Some web-based training has a quiz at the end

ChatGPT, take care of that will ya?

[brewens]

8. Expect a sore arm. It was only bad enough that it reminded me when I made the wrong move. It didn't

ache all day.

[Sanity Claws]

9. So far.

I felt soreness in my arm for a while. The side effect was nowhere near as strong as with the COVID vaccination.

[brewens]

11. Was that the only one you need? A few years back I got mine but it was two shots, I think

30 days apart. Just a sore arm both times.

[Mr.Bill]

17. The Pharmacist said second shot in 2-6 months.

I asked him about the current Covid booster since my last one was six months ago. He said to wait until September to maximize the protection during the winter months. Sounds like a good idea.

[brewens]

19. Yeah. It could have been more than 30 days for mine. It was maybe seven years ago.

I'm almost certain I never had chicken pox, but no one knows for sure. It was free so I got it.

[Mr.Bill]

33. I'm not sure if I had chicken pox either.

My mom could not remember. I had extensive blood work done when I began a volunteer job at the hospital, and one of the things they checked for was if I had chicken pox. I did have the antibodies in my blood. Besides, my doctor said whether or not you think you had chicken pox, if you were alive in America in the 50s, you were at least exposed to it.

[Raftergirl]

36. I had to get a titer done for my volunteer job at hospital, too.

I had antibodies for everything except mumps, but that vax didn’t come out until I was in high school so never got the vax for it. So I had to get the 2 shot MMR series. I did have chicken pox as a child but only had a single pox.

I got the first iteration of the singles vax and then a few years later the Singrex shots. Except for a sore arm I had no side effects at all.

[Mr.Bill]

37. It amazed me what the process was just to be a volunteer.

Basically, it's the same vetting any hospital employee goes through. I was told they spent $1,400 on the federal background check which took 30 days.

Oh, well, I worked there for six years so they got their money's worth.

[Sky Jewels]

15. I had very mild side effects after both of mine.

I was just low-energy for a day each time. That was it. So it's possible to escape without a bad reaction.

[debm55]

18. Mr Bill, very glad you got it, With Shinglex you only need one shot. I got my Covid booster today

and asked him. I had Shingles on the right side of my face,As a result I am blind in my right eye,Now he told me one,/i hope he was right because it was hell.

[Mr.Bill]

23. He was very clear about it being two shots.

The shot I had was called Shingrix.

[debm55]

26. I think I'll give a call, since I am blind in right eye from the Shingles,

[maxsolomon]

20. Shot #2 is the one that hurts.

IIRC.

Neither one hurts going in. It's not acid.

[hippywife]

22. Maybe for you it was, but not for me.

No reactions at all from either dose. Posts like yours can scare people sitting on the fence away from getting the vax.

[maxsolomon]

38. Right, my post is the straw that breaks the camel's back

for a needle phobe.

[hippywife]

40. It could very well be.

Some people really do fear injections.

[maxsolomon]

42. Now do posts 27, 30 & 41.

good lord.

[hippywife]

43. Welcome to ignore. nt

[NotVeryImportant]

24. Everyone reacts differently to vaccine shots.

Sometimes very much so.

However, the bottom line is that they're good, pretty much a must.

That said, what is the recommended age to get your shingles shot?

[Mr.Bill]

25. They said 50 years old.

[maxsolomon]

39. 50 is the minimum age to assure there's supply available.

I was able to get mine earlier (40s) because I'd had shingles as a youth.

[Lunabell]

27. Mine hurt terribly

for several days, it was warm to the touch and there was a lump. Both shots. But, much better than having a shingles outbreak.

[Shermann]

29. How long are the two shots good for anyway?

There seems to be contradictory information.

I had my two shots last year, no issues.

[hippywife]

34. I'm not sure.

The old vax was 5 years, but there doesn't seem to be a time I can find on the Shingrex. It does say it stays strong for 7 years but no rec on receiving it again.

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/shingles/public/shingrix/index.html

Discontinued vax info was 5 years.

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/shingles/public/zostavax/index.html

[JenniferJuniper]

50. The new vaccine hasn't been around

long enough to say but they now say no boosters needed for at least 10 years, probably longer.

[mcar]

30. They flattened me but it's worth it

I've had shingles and hope to never repeat that nightmare.

[Montauk6]

31. I'm due for my 2nd shot

I was going to get it the same time I got my COVID booster but the pharmacist advised against it.

Glad to hear you're doing fine!

[Mr.Bill]

35. Same here. He said at least two weeks between those.

But as I said in another post, he advised waiting until September to maximize protection during the winter months. My last Covid booster was in late November.

[JenniferJuniper]

41. Got my second on Saturday

Arm pain was nearly as bad as Covid shot 2.

[Ilsa]

45. No significant arm pain for either, but the shingles booster made

me feel pretty crappy for a day.

[Ilsa]

44. It's the second shot you need to plan around.

It will likely trigger a mild immune response, and you might feel like crap starting less than 24 hours later, through 48 hours. I sure did. But I'm glad I'm immunized.

[localroger]

46. I got mine when I got my second Covid booster

The pharmacist at Wal-Mart of all places reminded me that it would be free under my insurance, so I went for it. Had to come back for the second shot of course. Neither caused any problems for me.

[SouthernDem4ever]

47. The shingles shot knocked me on my ass

I never had chicken pox but my Dr said get the shot anyway. High Fever, flu like symptoms for 3 days. Covid shots were a piece of cake compared to that shingles shot.

[LymphocyteLover]

48. I got one Monday

felt flu-ish for about 24 hours but today am basically fine, arm is still sore though. Definitely worse than the covid shots for me

[camartinwv]

49. I had the set of two shingles shots. The first was easy. The second made me ugly for 2 days.

It is still worth it. Shingles is MUCH worse.

[Emile]

51. I got my second shot on Saturday. No problem with the first shot, but

the second shot sucked. Very sore arm and headache for two days. Today is Wednesday and I still feel like my arm is a little sore.

[iemanja]

53. I didn't have any reactions to speak of

Hopefully it will be the same with you.

[PaulRevere08]

54. Good Luck! Got my second shot Friday and my upper arm has hurt all week.

But having had shingles, the minor inconvenience is with it.

[catbyte]

55. Good for you. I've had 13 bouts of shingles since 1994 and have permanent nerve damage

because of it from Post-Herpetic Neuralgia. Shingles runs in my family and almost every relative on my dad's side has had multiple bouts but I'm the winner. It sucks. The shots didn't do me any good because they trick your body into thinking you've already had shingles but that doesn't seem to matter in my case. I'm on a daily antiviral which has prevented an outbreak for over 13 months and for that I am grateful.

Again, good for you!

[electric_blue68]

58. TY for the reminder. Put it in my alarms settings as a Reminder for early next week. 👍

[Mr.Bill]

60. Well, so far, so good. I still feel okay. So does my wife.

I must say I'm glad I didn't read this thread before thinking about getting the shot.

I feel badly for those who have had a rough time with it. It does sound unanimous that it's better than getting shingles.

[Grasswire2]

61. I'm still having significant pain from my flu shot in Nov.

A misplaced needle, it has been suggested to me.

OTOH, my cousin has been suffering for months now with shingles (not vaccinated).

What to do, what to do.

[DiverDave]

63. I hope you dont

Get the reaction I got.
I slept for 2 days. I was so tired.
Same reaction both times...