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15. I also went screaming on down to my doc's office when the blisters appeared --

Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #8)

Mon Jul 31, 2017, 10:15 AM

Jul 2017

got put on acyclovir and had only a very mild case. I also had gotten the vaccination the day after I turned 60, mainly because I had seen so many people suffer ungodly pain after getting shingles.

My advice to anyone is to GET THE SHOT, for god's sakes, and GET TO THE DOC if you get symptoms.

Having said that, my own husband won't get the shot, despite my experience. Go figure.

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Has anyone ever had shingles? How did you tolerate it? [View all] mfcorey1 Apr 2016 OP

I did. I had lidocaine patches and some vicodin. ohheckyeah Apr 2016 #1

Were the patches by prescription? mfcorey1 Apr 2016 #2

Yes. They ohheckyeah Apr 2016 #3

I had shingles last September. Punkingal Apr 2016 #4

Me also last fall PennyK May 2016 #5

Really nasty! Had them last year was in bed for 2 days. redstatebluegirl May 2016 #6

Yes, been there, done that.. souledout2JC Oct 2016 #7

2 years ago I got blisters, saw doctor same day, began anti-virus meds that night, gone in days. Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2016 #8

That is the same way mine ended. I immediately started meds and things never got really severe. mfcorey1 Oct 2016 #9

I also went screaming on down to my doc's office when the blisters appeared -- Nay Jul 2017 #15

I had a very bad case this past year and then developed post herpetic neuralgia. Nothing worked CTyankee Nov 2016 #10

I had that after a bout of shingles, too. The worst pain I've ever experienced in my life. Vinca Dec 2016 #11

Yeah, I had gabapinton but that was way back. Maybe it will work this year but my pain management CTyankee Dec 2016 #12

I had the shingles last year & they recurred not long after that CountAllVotes Dec 2016 #13

Damn that chicken pox of our youth. Vinca Dec 2016 #14