Anyone had the shingles vaccine?

[pomtzu]

I never knew there was vaccine against shingles. But I've never had chickenpox so I guess I don't have to worry about getting it.

[lvpets2002]

Same Here..

I never knew there was vaccine against shingles. But I've never had chickenpox so I guess I don't have to worry about getting it.

[lizbud]

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.

[Medusa]

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?

[Grace]

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.

[kokopup]

It has been my experience with secondary providers that unless Medicare makes a payment they will not Pay.

I never had Chicken Pox to my knowledge or anyone in my families memories. I got a very bad case of Shingles 4 years ago. Either I had a mild case of Chicken pox that was never detected or else you can get the virus in your system by other means. My doctors were puzzled.

[carole]

I am confused is this the chicken pox vaccine then? my daughter did not get her chicken pox until she was 13, it was quite tough at that age, and she had been exposed to it many times as a toddler,but never picked it up.

My son had shingles at about 22, for him there was very little pain, but then i read in young people that is often the case,i still query that diagnosis myself, and think it was wrong, still we shall not know for sure, that is what the doctor said,he never had pain, just a mess on his back, which could easily have been excema (sp).

[pomtzu]

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?

At my age, I doubt I'll ever get chicken pox. When both my sons had it, I was in my 20's, and just held my breath and hoped for the best. I thought for sure I would catch it one of those times, but never did.
The only thing I ever had as a kid, was mumps and measles, and that was before there was a vaccine against either. Both kids received those vaccines tho, and in spite of it, my older son did come down with the measles, which got traced to a bad batch of the vaccine.

[prechrswife]

I had shingles when I was in my early 30's, and mine wasn't painful, either. It itched horribly, though. I'm glad to read that is common when you get it as a younger person because I've wondered if I had been mis-diagnosed.

[Grace]

I had the vaccine yesterday morning - no reaction at all

My secondary provider does pay for the vaccine.