[Magdalen] Shingles.

[Jay Weigel]

I'm getting my flu shot when I get back from next week's gem show. I only
had side effects once, but I can't risk them next week, it's too busy. I'll
see about the shingles vaccine after that. It'll be cheaper to get it at
the pharmacy.

On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 8:27 AM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I have suffered a couple of rounds of ocular rosacea.  No fun. These
> things are well worth avoiding if at possible.
>
> Marion, a pilgrim
>
> On 10/30/2014 11:09 PM, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
>
>> Jay, I got my shingles shot at Walgreen's, and with Medicare it was very
>> inexpensive. I think most insurance plans cover it now.
>>
>> I had shingles in my eye, and I don't want to take the chance of EVER
>> getting them again! That was a scary time.
>>
>>  On Oct 30, 2014, at 10:51 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> Christopher Hart
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
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