I had my shingles vaccine ages ago - no problem with it. Get it done
Neither Tony nor myself got the shingles jab we went for this morning.
When we got there the queue of people spread right round the carpark. I would estimate I had 100 people in front of me. Tony took one look at the queue & decided not to bother. I decided to stick it out so I joined the queue & spent the next 35 minutes chatting to a woman in front of me.
Finally it was my turn - I went in the room - The clinician explained that it was a live vaccine & side effects are likely. She listed them which included tiredness, rash etc. Then she said they aren’t suitable for people with auto immune illnesses. I said ‘But I’ve got an auto immune illness - I’ve got PMR & take steroids for it every day’ At that point she apologised & told me it best I don’t have it then!
Oh well at least I got to post my letter of complaint about my fight with the receptionist yesterday!
Aww Carol, what a waste of time queuing up! I know you put in your letter, and that’s good, but surely they could have advised you beforehand, saving you and Tony hanging about!
I had shingles some years ago followed by post-herpetic neuralgia in my spine which went on for months ,both were horrible and something I never wish to repeat .
My neighbour had the same problem .
As soon as the shingles vaccine was available I was first in the queue to have it.
My Dad had shingles in his leg and lost all feeling from the knee like Meg it is not something I would want to see repeated. However understand your issue Carol with auto immune.
I’m really wary of injections but was willing to have the shingles one after listening to the advice on here.
What a let down to be told I can’t have it.
I would be more grateful she warned me about the auto-immune response and didn’t just go ahead and do it!
Yes of course Mups. I’m very grateful I was warned about it.
Goes to show they don’t look at medical records when they send for you or I wouldn’t have been summoned.
Good point.
They could have saved your time and their own.
Yesterday a call from the Health Centre invited me to have the Shingles vaccination as I qualified. I was very dubious about yet another vaccination and informed the caller of this. Then she asked if I had ever had mumps, measles or chickenpox as a child. No idea I told her, that was over six decades ago now so how am I supposed to remember that? Anyway, I declined the offer but when asked I did agree to be kept on the register so as to consider the next invitation. At the moment I just cannot take any more of this, vaccination after vaccination and still the covid booster to have and next week the annual 'flu jab is leaving me feeling like a pin cushion and here I am needle phobic too!
