Hope you're hitting the ibuprofen. My doctor told me that was the key...

...to minimizing the reaction to the Shingles vaccine. I took a fairly heavy dose over three days with the first, and it went OK. I took about half that amount for the second shot, and it was a bit rougher...

AZHokie is right...the discomfort from these shots pales in comparison to the misery of an actual case of shingles. If you hit it with anti-virals, you're still looking at 30 days of misery. Having had both experiences this year, I know...lol

In response to this post by HokieNLot11

Posted: 09/24/2021 at 01:51AM

Shingles and flu shots today. Shingles in the left arm flu in -- HokieNLot11 09/23/2021 11:54PM

First Shingles shot, no adverse reaction, the second one was a bad reaction -- HortHokie 09/24/2021 09:35AM

Same here for 2nd shot. ** -- CLT Hokie1 09/24/2021 10:11PM

Should have asked for it in da butt… ** -- HOKIE 09/24/2021 07:56AM

My SIL died from shingles complications 2 years ago -- TabbHokie 09/24/2021 07:55AM

Shingles in the left arm is a huge mistake -- Happy Dog 09/24/2021 07:00AM

Neither caused me any significant discomfort. ** -- Galenahokie 09/24/2021 06:57AM

Hope you're hitting the ibuprofen. My doctor told me that was the key... -- EDGEMAN 09/24/2021 01:51AM

I had a case of shingles on my face and it nearly got in my eye. Terrible -- HokieNLot11 09/24/2021 11:31AM

At what age do they recommend the shingles shot ** -- Hokie1992 09/24/2021 05:42AM

Now it's 50. Used to be 55 or 60. ** -- Tafkam Hokie 09/24/2021 06:11AM

I think it was 65, then lowered to 60... -- EDGEMAN 09/24/2021 08:13AM

You sure do lol a lot. ** -- LTHokie 09/24/2021 04:19AM

A little pain now is a helluva lot better than the pain -- AZHokie59 09/24/2021 12:34AM

Your wifi must be blazin' ** -- LonghornHokie 09/24/2021 12:23AM

Hope you're hitting the ibuprofen. My doctor told me that was the key...

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