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From: ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net (ItsJoanNotJoAnn)
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Subject: Re: O.T. --- Refused 2nd Shingrix Injection --- O.T.
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 21:35:55 +0000
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On Tue, 17 Dec 2024 19:27:47 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:

> On 2024-12-17 1:19 p.m., ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
>>
>> Well phooey, it looks like I'll be ringing in the new
>> year with my second jab.  I'll head back on Monday,
>> January 30 for the last injection.  Hopefully, the
>> side effects will only last a day and a half like
>> the first time.
>
> I dreaded going back for my second Shingrix because the first one had
> hurt so much. I can't say that I suffered any illness after the shot,
> just the pain. I have had varying degrees of tenderness after shots in
> the past, but nothing as painful as that or as long lasting. There was
> some pain up to a week or two before the second shot. I was not looking
> forward to it but the  fear of contracting shingles outweighed my
> concerns about the pain. As it turned out, the shot was painless. I felt
> nothing when I was injected and there was no pain afterwards.  That was
> about 4 years ago. I have not contracted shingles so I will consider it
> to have been the right move.
>
>
I can't say I endured any pain, it was just the accompanying
chills and tired as if I'd been plowing with a mule all day.
Plus shuffling through the house like I couldn't pick up my
feet and sleeping 15 hours.  Ten of those hours were in the
bed then I decided I'd had enough of that and went to the
couch to sleep another 5 hours.