-=> Quoting Bill Swisher to Nancy Backus on 02-22-20  08:22 <=-

 NB>> Shingrix is definitely on my list of ones to get, just haven't yet...

 BS> I've knew 2 people who developed shingles.  So when the first vaccine
 BS> became available to me, I paid out of pocket for the shot $300 IIRC. 
 BS> Later I had a heck of a time finding Shingrix, nobody could get it and
 BS> I called 4 or 5 places.  I can't recall if I paid out of pocket for it
 BS> or not, just that I got it at the first opportunity.  I'd gone under
 BS> Medicare and switched to my inherited insurer.

When the first vaccine came out, my doctor at the time suspected that I
might have had a sub-acute case of the shingles already, so said that I
wouldn't need (possibly even shouldn't get) that shot... In the
meantime, the accepted wisdom changed to recommend the shot even if one
had already had had shingles, but by then, I was over 65, and getting it
paid for was jumping through hoops.... so I put it off.  Then the
Shingrex came out, and the recommendation was for anyone over 50 to get
it... so it's been on my list of things to do "real soon now".... By the
time I'd decided that, the pharmacy had run out of the supply, as had
the manufacturer... and only recently has it become available again...
In the interim, I checked with my current doctor, and while he didn't
feel it was a priority, he has no issues with my going ahead and getting
it whenever... :)

ttyl       neb

... One rotten egg doesn't spoil a dozen -- only when scrambled.

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