Flu jab plus shingles jab

[rita17]

Our doctor is giving the shingles jab along with the flu jab. I'm going tonight for mine. Wondered if anyone has had the shingles jab and did you get any re-action?

[Mervyn and Trish]

Not old enough yet, but when I am I will. I've had a mild dose of shingles and would prefer to avoid another possibly worse one later.

[Manoverboard]

Having had a very bad time with shingles in 2012 Mobietta will certainly be taking up her offer for a jab ... so she will also be interested to see if anybody gets an adverse reaction.

[Ray Scully]

Our doctor is giving the shingles jab along with the flu jab. I'm going tonight for mine. Wondered if anyone has had the shingles jab and did you get any re-action?

Maureen got a variant of shingles Bells Palsy, very nasty and quite upsetting

Ray

[Jan Rosser]

I'm having my flu jab on Saturday together with pneumonia jab but not been offered shingles innoculation - apparently it is only being offered to those in the age group 70 to 79 initially so have a few years yet to qualify but having seen how it affected my friend I will certainly take up the offer when eligible.

[Wina G]

I'm having my flu jab on Saturday together with pneumonia jab but not been offered shingles innoculation - apparently it is only being offered to those in the age group 70 to 79 initially so have a few years yet to qualify but having seen how it affected my friend I will certainly take up the offer when eligible.

I was at the doctors last week & heard someone asking about the shingles jab, it is only available for those who are aged 70 or 79 & not for any other ages, my MIL was offered it

[Jan Rosser]

I'm having my flu jab on Saturday together with pneumonia jab but not been offered shingles innoculation - apparently it is only being offered to those in the age group 70 to 79 initially so have a few years yet to qualify but having seen how it affected my friend I will certainly take up the offer when eligible.

I was at the doctors last week & heard someone asking about the shingles jab, it is only available for those who are aged 70 or 79 & not for any other ages, my MIL was offered it

You are right of course Wina - just looked at article again - read it wrong

[Frank Manning]

Sue had shngles a few years ago and was really bad with it, but she isn't 70 yet. It will be interesting to see if they offer it to me, because I am booked for the annual flu jab in two weeks time, I shall definitely ask about it. I had a pneumonia jab a while back.

They are advertisoing ultra sound checks for some kind of swelling in a stomach artery in the surgery. In the end we shall all become hypochondriacs as we get older because of the number of things which they say we might have. I have statins which I hear may cause diabetes while at the same time protecting me from alzheimers, and tablets for blood pressure which might or might not react with the statins. In the end I think you just have to live life for the day, and hope for tomorrow, otherwise you dont enjoy what you have.

[emjay45]

I am entitled to a flu jab because of my age and because I have asthma. I've never yet had one as I've always preferred to take my chances. Every year I consider it and decide against it. I don't know if I'm being foolish or not.

[Delboy]

I had a phone call from my Doctors last week, offering me a free health check, which I duly took advantage of. At the end of it, I was offered the free flue jab, which I duly turned down, but no mention of a shingles jab.
I am 73 and have never had a flue jab.

[rita17]

Well, have had my jabs, will let you know if I get any reaction. Doctor said that the shingles one cost over £100.

[Frank Manning]

I am entitled to a flu jab because of my age and because I have asthma. I've never yet had one as I've always preferred to take my chances. Every year I consider it and decide against it. I don't know if I'm being foolish or not.

I've had one every year Emjay and never had either side effects or flu during that time. It just makes your triceps a bit stiff for a day.

[Wina G]

I'm having my flu jab on Saturday together with pneumonia jab but not been offered shingles innoculation - apparently it is only being offered to those in the age group 70 to 79 initially so have a few years yet to qualify but having seen how it affected my friend I will certainly take up the offer when eligible.

I was at the doctors last week & heard someone asking about the shingles jab, it is only available for those who are aged 70 or 79 & not for any other ages, my MIL was offered it

You are right of course Wina - just looked at article again - read it wrong

No problem Jan

[jay-ell71]

Are you saying that if you are 71,72 etc to 78 you are not eligible for the shingles injection? Seems odd.

[Wina G]

Are you saying that if you are 71,72 etc to 78 you are not eligible for the shingles injection? Seems odd.

Yes that's what they're saying

Anyone aged 70 on September 1 2013 (born between 2/9/42 and 1/9/43) is eligible for the new shingles vaccine on the NHS.
If you were aged 79 on September 1 2013 (born between 2/9/33 and 1/9/34), you will also be able to have the shingles vaccine on the NHS as part of a catch-up programme.
If you were aged 71 to 78 on September 1 2013, your next opportunity to have the shingles vaccine will be when you reach the age of 79. The reason the shingles vaccination programme is being staggered this way, is that it would be impractical to vaccinate everyone in their 70s in a single year.

... as quoted on the NHS choices site

[jay-ell71]

Thank you Winna, very clear. I cant have one then. I have had shingles in the past, does that make me immune, says she hopefully?

[Quizzical Bob]

Thank you Winna, very clear. I cant have one then. I have had shingles in the past, does that make me immune, says she hopefully?

Afraid not, or at least I don't think so. It's the same virus that gave you Chicken Pox all those years ago - varicella zoster. The virus doesn't disappear completely but lurks around your nerves near your spinal cord and comes back to bite you later, perhaps when your immune system is suppressed. Can occur at any age but is more common in the over 50s. It's unusual to have it more than once but about one person in fifty will get it twice or more in their lifetime.

The answer's probably the same as it is for everything: eat properly, exercise regularly, don't smoke, don't drink too much.

Sleep well.

[Mervyn and Trish]

They are advertisoing ultra sound checks for some kind of swelling in a stomach artery in the surgery. In the end we shall all become hypochondriacs as we get older because of the number of things which they say we might have.

Abdominal aortic aneurism. That one test that's definitely worth having if offered. It's what killed my Dad (the condition, not the scan) and we were told at the time it is one of the more common things that used to be just dismissed as "natural causes".

[frintonite]

I understand from another forum ( non cruise ) that the shingles jab is a live vaccination. Which may cause a problem if you have had chemo. Might be worth asking the question to your GP

[gfwgfw]

October 10 at 09.00 hours for my flu/shingles whatsit

And if I do not cry . . . I get a smartie, my choice of colour

Luboo all

Graham

[david63]

If I were you I would hold out for a lollipop

[qbman1]

I'm planning to call into Sainsbury's on the way to work tomorrow to see whether they are taking bookings for their 'flu jabs yet. Anyone know whether they are doing it for £8 again ? Who knows, there may even be a shelf-stacker free to do the dirty deed on the spot ?!

[OCEANIAFAN]

I'm planning to call into Sainsbury's on the way to work tomorrow to see whether they are taking bookings for their 'flu jabs yet. Anyone know whether they are doing it for £8 again ? Who knows, there may even be a shelf-stacker free to do the dirty deed on the spot ?!

Our Sainsburys is doing it already and they are charging £9 this year.

[qbman1]

Great, thanks. Question is, whether to get in early whilst the needle is still sharp and risk the checkout girl to be out of practice or wait until she knows what she is doing and get a blunt one !!!

[gfwgfw]

Yep Flu/Singles jabs gratefully received, never had an adverse reaction, better it seems to ease the agonies of the common cold

. . . . and if I do not cry I get a Smarty - and choose my own colour usually mauve