"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> "sf" > wrote in message
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>> On Sun, 1 Jun 2014 22:27:45 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
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>>> "sf" > wrote in message
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>>> > On Sun, 01 Jun 2014 12:14:45 -0400, Dave Smith
>>> > > wrote:
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>>> >> On 2014-06-01 12:07 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>>> >> > Just as I was enjoying the freedom of being able to get around and
>>> >> > drive, I came down with shingles. It's on my left arm and hand.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > I did have the vaccine, but the doctor thinks that the cancer
>>> >> > messed up
>>> >> > my immune system.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > We are still raising the kittens, bless their little, noisy hearts.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Bummer. I thought shingles usually manifested itself on the abdomen.
>>> >> That is where it appeared on everyone I know who had it. They all
>>> >> reported it that it is very expensive.
>>> >> I have been told that the shot to prevent it is quite expensive, but
>>> >> nowhere near 100% effective.
>>> >
>>> > My friend's daughter had it when she was around 12 and besides all the
>>> > usual places people can think of - it was in places you'd never think
>>> > about... inside her nose, under her eyelids, in her throat. Sounded
>>> > like a truly awful experience to me.
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>>> The TV commercials have shown people who had it on their legs and torso.
>>> I
>>> tried to get a shot and couldn't. They don't advise it for people under
>>> 60
>>> because it is only good for maybe 10 years.
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>> The shingles vaccine is approved for use in people ages 50 to 59 years
>> and the CDC "recommends" it for people age 60+. So it's only good for
>> 10 years, so what? You get a pneumonia vaccine every 5-10 years and a
>> tetanus booster every 10 years, don't you? How is that any different?
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> It might be approved for that age but my Dr. won't prescribe it nor did
> the pharmacist recommend it for my age. They both made it sound like you
> could only get the shot once.
I got the pneumonia vac at a young age because of the asthma. I had been
told you only had one. I later learned that they said that because only
older people got it.
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