Oh, you meant SHINGLES
....for a minute I thought all I needed was a vaccine to be single again.....how easy is that?? Just for the record, I would have stayed married...
I had shingles last year and fortunately knew exactly what was going on and hurried over to my doctor who gave me a prescription for Valtrex -- worked like a charm. My pain was almost gone in less than two days and I had no more outbreaks - most people are not that lucky. Unless the side effects are dramatic I would be all for getting the vaccine. Even though mine was short-lived, it was not fun!
Happy to see you doing so well!
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Gerri
Dx: 11/23/05, Lumpectomy 12/12/05
Tumor 2.2 cm, Stage II, Grade 3, Sentinel Node biopsy negative
ER+ (30%) /PR+ (50%), HER2+++
AC X 4 dose dense, Taxol X 4 dose dense
Herceptin started with 2nd Taxol, given weekly until chemo done
then given every 3 weeks for one year ending on March 16, 2007
Radiation 30 treatments
Tamoxifen - 2 yrs (pre-menopausal)
May 2008 - Feb 2012 Femara
Aug 2008 - Feb 2012 Zometa every 6 months
March 2012 - Stop Femara, now Evista for bone strengthening
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Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look
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- Robert Brault