Shingles Vaccine

Both I and my late DH had the shingles jab when offered at age 70. Neither of us had any ill effects, He had lymphoma at that time, but his Consultant recommended he should have it.

Thank You,Georgesgran

My friend has had the jab and had no side effects. My mum had shingles and was very ill so worth having it done.

I’ve had the vaccine, no problem at all.

I did once have shingles, thankfully not too badly, but believe me, you’d rather have the jab!

Both had it with no ill effects at all. And as someone who has seen shingles many times..please please have it. Shingles is a nightmare. Protect yourself

I felt the same anxiety as yourself when offered the jab but seeing my son with Shingles and very poorly gave me the push I needed.
No after effect what so ever felt a great relief 😌

Ive had shingles twice. Both times not anywhere as bad as some people get it but it knocked me for six, so goodness knows what a really bad bout feels like.

Hope you get on ok on Tuesday

I had the inoculation last year with no side effects. It was very difficult to find here, however, the French SSu. finally put it on the free list, before it was 100euros.

I've had my first shingles jab and apart from a sore are there were no ill effects. I'm now waiting to hear about my 2nd jab.

I had some slight side effects, but nothing too bad or long lasting - As the evening wore on I began to feel a bit shivery, so took myself to bed with a hot water bottle. I woke through the night feeling a bit nauseous, but it passed and I wasn’t actually sick. Felt fine the next day, just a slightly sore arm.
I believe these symptoms can also apply to the flu and Covid vaccines (though I never had any side effects from them apart from the usual sore arm).
Take a paracetamol if you can tolerate it, which will help with the achy arm.

As other posters say, shingles itself can be very unpleasant indeed, and can have serious effects on some people, so please have the vaccine. As I say, my side effects, though not brilliant, were no where near as bad as a bout of shingles would likely be.

Thanks to all of you who have replied. I will have the vaccine,and having read all the comments I feel a bit better about it
I have had shingles and apart from being very itchy it was nothing to write home about, BUT I was only 22 so that probably explains it x

I am the world’s worst for side effects and like you was extremely anxious about having my shingles jabs last year. I needn’t have worried at all, I felt slightly unwell but nothing that a couple of paracetamol didn’t deal with. Even if you do get side effects they can’t be as bad as getting Shingles. Good luck 💐

I just had my first jab of 2 this week. I, like you, was nervous. It went well. I felt a bit achy in my joints for 2 days and then fine. I actually spent the next day raking up 10 bags of leaves from the yard. I felt worse after my Covid vaccines to be honest, which typically had me in bed for about 36 hours afterwards.

Get the shot! It is worth it.

My experience was the same as Ziplok but only on the second part of the jabs (Shingrix).
The first one was fine - just a sore arm.

TillyTrotter

My experience was the same as Ziplok but only on the second part of the jabs (Shingrix).
The first one was fine - just a sore arm.

I’m hoping my second shot will be trouble free when I have it in May. 🤞😁

I hope so too for you Ziplok 🤞
I don’t want to cause anxiety for anyone having them but not everyone is absolutely fine, but having had Shingles 3 times it is definitely better than a bad dose of Shingles.

I had the first jab a couple of weeks ago with no ill effects, other than a sore arm for 24 hours.
The practitioner was a bit brutal jabbing it in though!

I had it absolutely fine except really sore arm.

I had a sore arm, but was otherwise fine.
I'm glad to hear that you're going ahead with the jab, Catgrann. I worked with a nice woman, not a malingerer at all, who had months off work with shingles.
Meeting her in town at the time, she walked very slowly, and each breath caused her pain: she looked like her ( much) older sister.

We have both had the shingles jab without a problem and I would agree with all those who say better the jab than the disease. My mother, aunt and daughter, aged about 20 at the time all had shingles and were not very well at all.

I had a sore arm with both vaccinations, but nothing else

Catgrann I hope your shingles jab goes well.

I had my first one a while ago, just a sore arm. My second one is booked for 1st December, so hoping that’ll be trouble free too.
Paracetamol and hot water bottle at the ready just in case - any excuse for a bit of pampering!

I don't even remember having my shingles jag I was at the nurse one time and asked if I could get my shingles jag...she looked up my notes and told me I already had it, I honestly don't remember having it .