shingles vaccine

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Marcia, My pulmonologist and my PCP

both said yes to the Shingles Vaccine for me. I am taking prednisone

and Imuran for 4 years now. They first had me tested to be certain that

I had had chicken pox as a child...my mom did not remember

..If you did have chicken pox there is a strong likelihood that you

could get Shingles. When the test came back positive

for chicken pox...they both said yes!

Ask you doctors, they may want you to have it..but of course it's

totally in your

control. That's one thing we all agree on...our medical decisions are

OURS. We say yes or no to medications or treatments

after we research them. Doctors should not dictate our care.

So..because I've seen Shingles and the pain it causes..I wanted the

vaccine with the doctors agreement.

Z fibriotic NSIP/05

Z 65, fibriotic NSIP/05/PA

And

“mild” PH/10/07

No,

NSIP was not self-inflicted…I never smoked!

Potter,

reader,carousel lover and MomMom to Darah and Sara

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gonna be iron like a lion in Zion” Bob Marley

Vinca

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Chatty_katt3@... wrote:

No the vacine is a live virus and I looked it up and it

says anyone who is immune suppressed should not get it, which so many

of us are, because of the medicines we take, such as imuran. I do know

shingles are miserable as I had them, and they were, but the

instructions were not to get the vacine if immune suppressed.