Today is my three year anniversary from the date I got Shingles. My hip, knee and abdominal muscles on my right side are still fucked up from the nerve damage it caused.
I'm finally, as of about a month ago, down to a one 75mg pill a day of my nerve pain medication, after a high of 300mg a day for a long time.
Go get your shingles shot if you're eligible (ie 50+ or immunocompromised) and have had the chicken pox. Do it.
Yes! Get the shot! You do NOT want shingles!
That said, tho, it's not a guarantee against it. I had my first bout of shingles while I was in my 30s and got the vax a short while later. (This was long before all the restrictions set in.) Despite being fully vaxxed, I got shingles again about ten years later. And on the other side of my body, thus proving just how fucked up my nervous system has become. My doc says I should get a booster now.
Cassie
Danny Boling ☮️