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Any shedies here had shingles after having the vaccination?
I have had it for a week after it being diagnosed, and I am on the prescribed medication, but it seems no big deal.
Am I just lucky?
Any shedies here had shingles after having the vaccination?
I have had it for a week after it being diagnosed, and I am on the >prescribed medication, but it seems no big deal.
Any shedies here had shingles after having the vaccination?
I have had it for a week after it being diagnosed, and I am on the prescribed medication, but it seems no big deal.
Am I just lucky?
On Sat, 13 Sep 2025 00:56:13 +0100, Jim the Geordie
<jim@geordieland.com> wrote:
Any shedies here had shingles after having the vaccination?
I have had it for a week after it being diagnosed, and I am on the
prescribed medication, but it seems no big deal.
No. But I'm curious - Which vax ? and How long ago ?
John T.
On 13/09/2025 00:56, Jim the Geordie wrote:
Any shedies here had shingles after having the vaccination?
I have had it for a week after it being diagnosed, and I am on the
prescribed medication, but it seems no big deal.
Am I just lucky?
When I was a kid my father nearly died from it - and was left with some scars on his face (and in a load of other places)
Just as he recovered, my sister went down with chicken pox, and as soon
as she got over that, I had 2 weeks off school with it.
The whole episode was probably more aggravation for my mother
Any shedies here had shingles after having the vaccination?
I have had it for a week after it being diagnosed, and I am on the prescribed medication, but it seems no big deal.
Am I just lucky?
On 13/09/2025 00:56, Jim the Geordie wrote:
Any shedies here had shingles after having the vaccination?
I have had it for a week after it being diagnosed, and I am on the
prescribed medication, but it seems no big deal.
Am I just lucky?
I know a few people who have had it recently (don't think they've been vaccinated as they're a bit too young). It's not been nice for them, so either you're lucky or the vaccination has mitigated the effects.
I am from that five or so year cohort which is totally immune to
shingles, the ones who turned 65 before September 2023 but aren't yet 70
- we don't get the vaccination so presumably we can't catch it until
we're 70.
Jim the Geordie <jim@geordieland.com> wrote:
Any shedies here had shingles after having the vaccination?
I have had it for a week after it being diagnosed, and I am on the
prescribed medication, but it seems no big deal.
Am I just lucky?
It very variable in severity and distribution. Having it affecting your
face and eye scan be very painful. Some people suffer from continued pain long after the rash has cleared up.
So yes, yourCOve been a bit lucky.
On 13/09/2025 09:09, hubops@ccanoemail.com wrote:
On Sat, 13 Sep 2025 00:56:13 +0100, Jim the Geordie
<jim@geordieland.com> wrote:
Any shedies here had shingles after having the vaccination?
I have had it for a week after it being diagnosed, and I am on the
prescribed medication, but it seems no big deal.
No. But I'm curious - Which vax ? and How long ago ?
John T.
No idea. As I recall it came with an annual flu vaccine, 10/12 years
ago. Not on my digital record>
On Sat, 13 Sep 2025 09:42:30 +0100, Jim the Geordie
<jim@geordieland.com> wrote:
On 13/09/2025 09:09, hubops@ccanoemail.com wrote:
On Sat, 13 Sep 2025 00:56:13 +0100, Jim the Geordie
<jim@geordieland.com> wrote:
Any shedies here had shingles after having the vaccination?
I have had it for a week after it being diagnosed, and I am on the
prescribed medication, but it seems no big deal.
No. But I'm curious - Which vax ? and How long ago ?
John T.
No idea. As I recall it came with an annual flu vaccine, 10/12 years
ago. Not on my digital record>
Here's some wiki info - ask your doctor about your medical record
and if you should get another shot.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoster_vaccine
On 13/09/2025 08:39, Tim+ wrote:
Jim the Geordie <jim@geordieland.com> wrote:
Any shedies here had shingles after having the vaccination?
I have had it for a week after it being diagnosed, and I am on the
prescribed medication, but it seems no big deal.
Am I just lucky?
It very variable in severity and distribution. Having it affecting your
face and eye scan be very painful. Some people suffer from continued pain >> long after the rash has cleared up.
So yes, yourCOve been a bit lucky.
Very lucky...
My late Grandfather got it in the 80s, no idea if he was vacc'd or even
if it existed then. They lived in a rural Cheshire village which had
been accidentally cut off the phone network by a careless roadworker, so
it was a very difficult time initially as my Gran had given up driving.
Anyway, he ended up in hospital after it attacked the nerves in his
right dominant arm; eventually they removed the nerve and set his hand
in a permanent grip.
He was very depressed - a fit and active man only 3yrs into retirement -
but was persuaded to obtain an adapted Micra, and learned to adapt very >well. The only things he couldn't do at all were cut up meat, and wring
out a washleather - and to his delight, he found a mangle in a junk sale >which sorted the latter.
So, I hope you recover well, sounds like the vaccine has helped you.
In recent years my daughter has refused to let her four children be >vaccinated at all, including against chickenpox. All four of them have
had chickenpox. If you have not had chickenpox you will not get
shingles in later life.
If you have not had chickenpox you will not get
shingles in later life.
In article <10a3qm4$ehev$1@dont-email.me>, James Heaton <heatonandmoore@gmail.com> on Sat, 13 Sep 2025 at 14:13:42 awoke
Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
On 13/09/2025 08:39, Tim+ wrote:My Great Aunt (the really nice one) had it (must have been in the
Jim the Geordie <jim@geordieland.com> wrote:
Any shedies here had shingles after having the vaccination?
I have had it for a week after it being diagnosed, and I am on the
prescribed medication, but it seems no big deal.
Am I just lucky?
It very variable in severity and distribution. Having it affecting your >>> face and eye scan be very painful. Some people suffer from continued pain >>> long after the rash has cleared up.
So yes, yourCOve been a bit lucky.
Very lucky...
My late Grandfather got it in the 80s, no idea if he was vacc'd or even
if it existed then. They lived in a rural Cheshire village which had
been accidentally cut off the phone network by a careless roadworker, so
it was a very difficult time initially as my Gran had given up driving.
Anyway, he ended up in hospital after it attacked the nerves in his
right dominant arm; eventually they removed the nerve and set his hand
in a permanent grip.
He was very depressed - a fit and active man only 3yrs into retirement -
but was persuaded to obtain an adapted Micra, and learned to adapt very
well. The only things he couldn't do at all were cut up meat, and wring
out a washleather - and to his delight, he found a mangle in a junk sale
which sorted the latter.
So, I hope you recover well, sounds like the vaccine has helped you.
1970's). It affected the left side of her face and made her deaf in her
good ear. Her vision on that side of her face never fully recovered.
This is long before the vaccination existed.
I am told that the vaccination greatly reduces the chances of getting a
vary painful and often debilitating condition and if you do get it it
reduces the severity.
In recent years my daughter has refused to let her four children be vaccinated at all, including against chickenpox. All four of them have
had chickenpox. If you have not had chickenpox you will not get
shingles in later life.
On 15/09/2025 00:24, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
In article <10a3qm4$ehev$1@dont-email.me>, James Heaton
<heatonandmoore@gmail.com> on Sat, 13 Sep 2025 at 14:13:42 awoke
Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
On 13/09/2025 08:39, Tim+ wrote:My Great Aunt (the really nice one) had it (must have been in the
Jim the Geordie <jim@geordieland.com> wrote:
Any shedies here had shingles after having the vaccination?
I have had it for a week after it being diagnosed, and I am on the
prescribed medication, but it seems no big deal.
Am I just lucky?
It very variable in severity and distribution. Having it affecting your >>>> face and eye scan be very painful. Some people suffer from continued pain >>>> long after the rash has cleared up.
So yes, yourCOve been a bit lucky.
Very lucky...
My late Grandfather got it in the 80s, no idea if he was vacc'd or even
if it existed then. They lived in a rural Cheshire village which had
been accidentally cut off the phone network by a careless roadworker, so >>> it was a very difficult time initially as my Gran had given up driving.
Anyway, he ended up in hospital after it attacked the nerves in his
right dominant arm; eventually they removed the nerve and set his hand
in a permanent grip.
He was very depressed - a fit and active man only 3yrs into retirement - >>> but was persuaded to obtain an adapted Micra, and learned to adapt very
well. The only things he couldn't do at all were cut up meat, and wring >>> out a washleather - and to his delight, he found a mangle in a junk sale >>> which sorted the latter.
So, I hope you recover well, sounds like the vaccine has helped you.
1970's). It affected the left side of her face and made her deaf in her
good ear. Her vision on that side of her face never fully recovered.
This is long before the vaccination existed.
I am told that the vaccination greatly reduces the chances of getting a
vary painful and often debilitating condition and if you do get it it
reduces the severity.
In recent years my daughter has refused to let her four children be
vaccinated at all, including against chickenpox. All four of them have
had chickenpox. If you have not had chickenpox you will not get
shingles in later life.
BUT you might get chickenpox!
In recent years my daughter has refused to let her four children be >>vaccinated at all, including against chickenpox. All four of them have
had chickenpox. If you have not had chickenpox you will not get
shingles in later life.
Sorry to hear that your daughter has been so sadly misinformed -
and I hope it doesn't result in tragedy.
In my area of Canada kids will be suspended from school
if they can't prove vaccinations are up-to-date.
Chickenpox, when contracted later in life is often more serious--
" When adults get chickenpox, they often have more severe cases
and are more likely to have complications. "
https://www.webmd.com/children/what-is-chickenpox
John T.
In article <flpeckth4bq4no0fh81detlv0fct643dt4@4ax.com>, >hubops@ccanoemail.com on Sun, 14 Sep 2025 at 21:17:39 awoke Nicholas
from his slumbers and wrote
We live in England. I deprecate my daughter's attitude, however I am
In recent years my daughter has refused to let her four children be >>>vaccinated at all, including against chickenpox. All four of them have >>>had chickenpox. If you have not had chickenpox you will not get
shingles in later life.
Sorry to hear that your daughter has been so sadly misinformed -
and I hope it doesn't result in tragedy.
In my area of Canada kids will be suspended from school
if they can't prove vaccinations are up-to-date.
not very happy at the idea of compulsory vaccination. How would I feel
if smallpox was still running wild in the world, I am not sure.
In article <flpeckth4bq4no0fh81detlv0fct643dt4@4ax.com>, hubops@ccanoemail.com on Sun, 14 Sep 2025 at 21:17:39 awoke Nicholas
from his slumbers and wrote
In recent years my daughter has refused to let her four children be >>vaccinated at all, including against chickenpox. All four of them have >>had chickenpox. If you have not had chickenpox you will not get
shingles in later life.
Sorry to hear that your daughter has been so sadly misinformed -
and I hope it doesn't result in tragedy.
In my area of Canada kids will be suspended from school
if they can't prove vaccinations are up-to-date.
We live in England. I deprecate my daughter's attitude, however I am[...]
not very happy at the idea of compulsory vaccination. How would I feel
if smallpox was still running wild in the world, I am not sure.
On 15/09/2025 00:24, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
If you have not had chickenpox you will not get
shingles in later life.
Is that really true ?
On 2025-09-15, Abandoned Trolley wrote:
On 15/09/2025 00:24, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
If you have not had chickenpox you will not get
shingles in later life.
Is that really true ?
Sort of,
Shingles is caused by varicella-zoster virus (VZV), the same virus that causes chickenpox. Once a person has chickenpox, the virus stays in their body. The virus can reactivate later in life and cause shingles.
People who never had chickenpox or didn't get chickenpox vaccine can get infected with VZV from someone who has shingles. These people can get the virus through:
Direct contact with the fluid from shingles rash blisters.
Breathing in virus particles that come from the blisters.
People with chickenpox are more likely to spread VZV than people with shingles.
Source: https://www.cdc.gov/shingles/about/index.html
Nicholas D. Richards <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote:
In article <flpeckth4bq4no0fh81detlv0fct643dt4@4ax.com>,[...]
hubops@ccanoemail.com on Sun, 14 Sep 2025 at 21:17:39 awoke Nicholas
from his slumbers and wrote
In recent years my daughter has refused to let her four children be
vaccinated at all, including against chickenpox. All four of them have
had chickenpox. If you have not had chickenpox you will not get
shingles in later life.
Sorry to hear that your daughter has been so sadly misinformed -
and I hope it doesn't result in tragedy.
In my area of Canada kids will be suspended from school
if they can't prove vaccinations are up-to-date.
We live in England. I deprecate my daughter's attitude, however I am
not very happy at the idea of compulsory vaccination. How would I feel
if smallpox was still running wild in the world, I am not sure.
I remember when one kept one's smallpox vaccination certificate
in one's passport, held there by a lacky band. ISTR that travel to
forn parts was forbidden without it.