My leukemia's back.

Maybe the shingles vaccine would also work against chicken pox if one never had them?? Might be time from an opinion from an actual medical person.
What I am posting is from the CDC Website. They are Dr.s there.

Talk to your Dr. to see what they say about getting the new vaccine.

Getting chicken pox now would be hard since nearly all children have bee vaccinated for it for about 30 years.
 
Jenny is back in the hospital. Not certain what is going on. She is suffering extreme nausea and neurological symptoms. They have put her back on IV antiviral drugs. Color me extremely scared. I have to appear strong for the Princess because this is really tearing her up. Please pray for all of us.
Oh dang..... Dude prayers are going out.... So sorry Sour.
I swear to you all I'm trying to keep up.
My life around here just is overwhelming most of the time.
Sometimes I feel like I should just walk away from all this work and just retire into a little apartment and say the hell with it all.
Except this little acre of land is all I really have.....
 
:eek:
Once was WAY more than enough times for me. Most painful disease I've ever had.


:( Its been a long, tough road for him and the entire family :hugs
It was at times..... The first bout was on my side above where my spleen is.... Horrible painful...... But after my transplant I used to get them on my forehead.... Which was bad enough but was contained to a smaller area and the anti viral they gave me worked well at bringing the symptoms down.
I also get them above my tailbone.... In fact that area is all scarred up from them.
That spot still flares up from time to time
 
WAIT!!! Don't get the shingle vaccine!! You can ONLY get shingles IF you had chicken pox. The virus hides in your spinal column for decades waiting for a second shot at giving you misery. Someone that didn't have chicken pox can get chicken pox if exposed to the oozing sore of someone suffering from a shingles outbreak.

I believe you are right, Bruce! When any resident at the SNF has a shingles outbreak, they are on precautions until the outbreak is over.

I read that over 90% of people over 45? Have had chickenpox. Not everyone remembers having them or symptoms were mild. Get the shot

It's easy enough to have a titer done to determine if you have had chicken pox. It's common practice to do it with new pregnancies. (Or at least it was, "back in the day.") I would not have the shingles vaccine without having a positive titer if I had no memory of having had chicken pox (or tell tale scars).
 
I have a jillion things to do.... but I am frozen.....

ah, maybe I can find a crowbar somewhere and start moving.
Yeah I hate that frozen feeling.....I get it every morning..... That's why when I finish my morning coffee I take a ride to the store and grab a monster energy no calorie drink...... It's my version of a crow bar
 

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