[Magdalen] Shingles.

[Jay Weigel]

I've had shingles and don't want them again, but the expense is holding me
back.
A good friend is just recovering from a lulu of a case, though, so I guess
I'm going to have to bite the bullet.

On Thursday, October 30, 2014, Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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 <javascript:;>> 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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>
> Christopher Hart
>
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