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StephN · 02-04-2010, 12:35 PM

Hi -
When I got the shingles shot I barely felt it. It is given in the back of your upper arm just under the skin.

I have had a small local reaction - a reddish patch about 2" by 1", which itched slightly the second day, but OK now and fading. My doctor's nurse said this is not very unusual.

Heard that there were some cases of Whooping Cough, but no mention to me to get a shot for it.

My teen aged grandsons were over for dinner last night and talking about epidemics. (Brought up by the absence of the H1N1 flu these days.) Since they got a chickenpox vaccine, they are not in danger of getting the shingles. However, one of them piped up saying he was not sure how long his immunity for chickenpox would last and hoped there would not be an outbreak!

02-04-2010, 12:35 PM	#10
StephN Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Misty woods of WA State Posts: 4,128	Re: SHingles vaccine - anyone get it? Hi - When I got the shingles shot I barely felt it. It is given in the back of your upper arm just under the skin. I have had a small local reaction - a reddish patch about 2" by 1", which itched slightly the second day, but OK now and fading. My doctor's nurse said this is not very unusual. Heard that there were some cases of Whooping Cough, but no mention to me to get a shot for it. My teen aged grandsons were over for dinner last night and talking about epidemics. (Brought up by the absence of the H1N1 flu these days.) Since they got a chickenpox vaccine, they are not in danger of getting the shingles. However, one of them piped up saying he was not sure how long his immunity for chickenpox would last and hoped there would not be an outbreak! __________________ "When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest." H.D. Thoreau Live in the moment. MY STORY SO FAR ~~~~ Found suspicious lump 9/2000 Lumpectomy, then node dissection and port placement Stage IIB, 8 pos nodes of 18, Grade 3, ER & PR - Adriamycin 12 weekly, taxotere 4 rounds 36 rads - very little burning 3 mos after rads liver full of tumors, Stage IV Jan 2002, one spot on sternum Weekly Taxol, Navelbine, Herceptin for 27 rounds to NED! 2003 & 2004 no active disease - 3 weekly Herceptin + Zometa Jan 2005 two mets to brain - Gamma Knife on Jan 18 All clear until treated cerebellum spot showing activity on Jan 2006 brain MRI & brain PET Brain surgery on Feb 9, 2006 - no cancer, 100% radiation necrosis - tumor was still dying Continue as NED while on Herceptin & quarterly Zometa Fall-2006 - off Zometa - watching one small brain spot (scar?) 2007 - spot/scar in brain stable - finished anticoagulation therapy for clot along my port-a-catheter - 3 angioplasties to unblock vena cava 2008 - Brain and body still NED! Port removed and scans in Dec. Dec 2008 - stop Herceptin - Vaccine Trial at U of W begun in Oct. of 2011 STILL NED everywhere in Feb 2014 - on wing & prayer 7/14 - Started twice yearly Zometa for my bones Jan. 2015 checkup still shows NED 2015 Neuropathy in feet - otherwise all OK - still NED. Same news for 2016 and all of 2017. Nov of 2017 - had small skin cancer removed from my face. Will have Zometa end of Jan. 2018.