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

[carl2591]

so the football player terry bradshaw, is again on the TV tell all to get the shingles vaccination to help prevent shingles cause he had shingles and it was painful.

SO my question is.

How many of my rvnet friends have gotten the shingles vaccination, how much did it cost, and did it prevent, or lessen the shingles discomfort.

wish they had a poll feature here like some other sites i visit..

[Trackrig]

As sort of a side note, you can get shingles on / in your eyes and it can cause blindness if it happens there.

Bill

[Hiker_01]

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.

[mikensallyt]

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.

[darsben]

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.

[Thunder_Mountai]

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.

[rv2go]

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

[Trackrig]

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