[Magdalen] Shingles.

[Christopher Hart]

I got my shingles vaccine at my pharmacy last year at the same time as my
annual flu shot. Flu in one arm and zoster in the other. I had the
chickenpox when I was 12 or 13, caught it from my father who had shingles
so I've known about the connection since then.

On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 4:04 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

>
> I discovered the local Rite Aid Pharmacy was giving the  shingles/zoster
> vaccination.  As with the flu shot, no appointment was necessary, and  I
> presented myself and my insurance card this morning.  Good thing that  I
> had
> coverage, because I noticed that the real cost of the vaccination was
> something
> like $250.  I paid nothing.
>
> The attendant at the desk presented me initially with a two page, fairly
> detailed
> health inventory before the injection.  It was completely in  Spanish.
> Luckily,
> I could read enough Spanish to complete the form without any comment.
> Has it come to this, I thought, that one has to specially request an
> English
> form?
>
> The nurse giving the injection came out of her office all embarrassed
> because
> of the mix-up.  I obviously do not look Hispanic!  In any case  the deed
> was
> done, and I went on my way, stopping on the way home at Dunkin Donuts
> for a breakfast sandwich and their "gourmet" coffee.
>
> I remember quite vividly developing the characteristic generalized rash  of
> chickenpox when I was a junior in high school.  It was in the middle  of
> a periodic epidemic so that figuring out what was going on was not
> difficult.
> I think I stayed home a week, and the village health officials came by  to
> mount the contagion notice on our front door.  My younger brother had
> chickenpox at the same time.
>
>
> David Strang.
>
>
>


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