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LucasD

(84 posts)
18. The first one
Thu Jun 29, 2023, 12:17 PM
Jun 2023

put me on the couch for a day feeling very fatigued.

I got my second one last Friday afternoon. I woke up feeling OK on Saturday morning, so I mowed the lawn, and did
a couple of other minor things outside. When I walked back into the house, it hit me HARD.

I ended up back on the couch for the rest of the day with muscle aches and a fever. Basically a 24 hour flu.

So, yeah, the second one was much worse for me, but I'll take 24 hours of being miserable over the symptoms of Shingles.

Excellent decision!!! RKP5637 Jun 2023 #1
Thanks. piddyprints Jun 2023 #4
I had shingles when young and in school. It was a horrible experience. I never want to go through RKP5637 Jun 2023 #10
I didn't know young people could get it until yesterday, piddyprints Jun 2023 #11
That's how old I was and away my first year at the university. All they had then was painting RKP5637 Jun 2023 #14
I'm so sorry that happened. piddyprints Jun 2023 #16
I just had a sore arm from both. Good going. n/t brewens Jun 2023 #2
Yay! piddyprints Jun 2023 #5
Second was the same as the first for me, JenniferJuniper Jun 2023 #3
Like Covid, piddyprints Jun 2023 #6
Interesting I wasn't toold of a second shot. Historic NY Jun 2023 #7
Um, I don't know. piddyprints Jun 2023 #8
Shingrix is the only shingles vaccine available now and JenniferJuniper Jun 2023 #17
Ok thanks I'll ck with the RX. Historic NY Jun 2023 #19
I get a bad reaction to all these shots, and shingles was no exception. But who cares? Scrivener7 Jun 2023 #9
That's no fun. piddyprints Jun 2023 #12
Yeah. I stock up on a few days' video ideas before every Covid shot, knowing I'll be aching and Scrivener7 Jun 2023 #13
Gives you a good excuse to veg. piddyprints Jun 2023 #15
The first one LucasD Jun 2023 #18
All things considered, piddyprints Jun 2023 #21
Good for you! A Shingles outbreak can be horrible. Lunabell Jun 2023 #20
So I've heard and read. piddyprints Jun 2023 #22
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