Anyone had the shingles vaccine?

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Are you sure your secondary provider will pay for it? I never had
chicken pox so I guess I won't be getting the vac. I have heard that
Shingles is very painful.

I spoke with a gal in billing this afternoon, and she told me that is what they do. My secondary provider was begun by my former employer and the clinic I use - so I'm figuring she knows what she's talking about.

Too late for me. I've had shingles and it was painful. Ellie, my ex-husband never had chicken pox either until he was well into adulthood. I can't begin to tell you how bad of a case he got. He was sick for a month. Is there a chicken pox vaccine or are they one and the same seeing that they're the same virus?

There is a chicken pox vaccine - been around for around 20 years, I think.

And anyone who has never had chicken pox will not get shingles. The shingles vaccine does not come with a 100% guarantee - but at least if I should get shingles, it would not be near as severe after getting the vaccine.

Chicken pox in as adult can be tragic. I once took care of a 35 year old woman who had Herpes Encephalitis secondary to the chicken pox she got from her kids.