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09-30-2019 05:20 PM - edited 09-30-2019 05:22 PM
@ILTH wrote:I'd been wondering about the need for and efficacy of the shot after having had a very bad bout of shingles. I can't seem to get a definitive answer.
09-30-2019 06:55 PM
I feel your pain! I've had shingles 4 times and the one thing that helped me was large doses of L-lysine. It is an amino acid and it has helped many people I know. I get the 1,000 mg. at Walmart. I took 2,000 mg AM, mid-day, & PM and got noticeable relief. It is not a cure, but it helps and I believe shortens the suffering. I have only had the original Shingles vaccine, Shingrix is too expensive for me right now.
09-30-2019 08:04 PM
Id be concerned your immune system is not operating properly. Anyone who gets shingles should get it checked because your immune system is not working properly to defend against it. My doctor told me to consume Vitamin D because he believes there is a link between Vitamin D deficiency and shingles. My Vitamin D level was 24 but I have raised it to 38 taking Andrew Lessman.
09-30-2019 08:19 PM
@Reever wrote:Id be concerned your immune system is not operating properly. Anyone who gets shingles should get it checked because your immune system is not working properly to defend against it. My doctor told me to consume Vitamin D because he believes there is a link between Vitamin D deficiency and shingles. My Vitamin D level was 24 but I have raised it to 38 taking Andrew Lessman.
Between personal experience and research/medical studies, this seems to be a valid hypothesis.
09-30-2019 08:22 PM
I’m so sorry. My mother had it and I took care of her.
A lady at CVS pharmacy came in to get medicine. She had it inside her eye and down her face.
Sje he almost lost sight in that eye!
09-30-2019 08:58 PM
@SchippyLuvWhat an ordeal. Try to stay hopeful -- you will absolutely get through this!
09-30-2019 09:06 PM
@Havarti wrote:
I feel your pain! I've had shingles 4 times and the one thing that helped me was large doses of L-lysine. It is an amino acid and it has helped many people I know. I get the 1,000 mg. at Walmart. I took 2,000 mg AM, mid-day, & PM and got noticeable relief. It is not a cure, but it helps and I believe shortens the suffering. I have only had the original Shingles vaccine, Shingrix is too expensive for me right now.
@HavartiSince you've had shingles 4 times (I can't even imagine how tough that must have been) and can't afford the Shingrix yet, it might be worth asking your doctor if the company that makes it offers price reductions in special cases. Fingers crossed for you.
09-30-2019 09:10 PM
I finally was able to get my first shot a couple of weeks ago and searching for a pharmacy or doctor’s office that had it in stock. My arm has hurt since I got the shot...can’t even sleep on that side...dr said that was normal. The only time I ever saw my dear grandmother cry was when she had shingles...I will never forget seeing her in such pain when I was only about 12 years old.
I hope you are feeling much better soon and this bout is very short-lived.
09-30-2019 09:19 PM
I’m sorry, sending you flowers, 🌹🌷💐🌸🌺🌼🌻
09-30-2019 09:28 PM
@SchippyLuv What I am thinking is because you had Shingles once and then did the shots, it did not take as well as it should because you previously had Shingles. Ask your doctor. So sorry that happened to you. Everyone case is different. My aunit had Shingles and she said it was no big deal and was given anti-biotics. I had both shots and so far I am okay.
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