Shingles,,, how many have gotten shingles after vaccination!

DW got the shot a year or so ago from Walgreens, no cost to us as insurance paid for it. No symptoms. She was concerned as her dad had a bad case of shingles when he was alive.

D a n g .... guess I best get the shot regardless after reading up on it. And along with the pneumonia shot also. SOB. I felt like a human pin cushion in the military and thought it was all over with (needles and shots), I guess not.

Had the shot last October. The MD billed $240.00 for shingles shot. Medicare did not cover it at all. My insurance paid $112.00 as the contract amount. I paid zero.

No shingles yet.
Interesting article at

http://www.cdc.gov/shingles/hcp/clinical-overview.html#complications
One thing it states is "In adults vaccinated at age 60 years or older, vaccine efficacy wanes within the first 5 years after vaccination, and protection beyond 5 years is uncertain;" there is more but I want you to go to the site and read the whole article.

Got mine free while I was still working. My dad had a horrible case that lasted for months. He carried the scars to his grave. I didn't need a reminder to get the shot. Would have paid for it had it not been free. Not worth the **** shot, just get the shot.

We got the shingles shot several years ago. No side effects. Medicare or Insurance paid for it. Don't remember a cost mentioned.

We paid $120 for the shot but other places wanted a lot more so make some calls. We got the shot two years ago and haven't had them.

I know one or two people who have had shingles after the shot, but the said it was very mild and they considered the shot to well worth it.

Bill