I got my 1st shingles shot with no issues. Received the 2nd shingles shot last week. About 7-8 hours later my arm was very sore, had a headache and started to feel chills with aches all over. By bedtime I was miserable. I moaned and groaned while curled up in bed all night. By morning the side effects were gone, felt better by day 3. I can't even remember when I've felt so awful. Thank God that's over.

I still need to get my second shingles - the pharmacy called last week to remind me.

I seem to be reacting strongly to all the vaccines - covid, shingles, flu -- so have been spacing them out. Got my covid booster 3 weeks ago, and planned to get the shingles vax next week - but may delay now, since a couple of family members now have covid, case numbers are raging here, and I just want to minimize contact with everywhere.

Faron, you were lucky! I got my first Singles shot and a flu shot together - ugh, felt like crap the next day!!! No more combo shots for me. They asked me if I wanted my flu shot w/ my CV booster, I said no way!!!

Anyone know if there's a "booster" shot for shingles? Or is it 2 and done?

Yep! 2 shots = NO SHINGLES. Yaaaaaaaaayyyy!

My sister's SIL got shingles a few years ago and has been bedridden and in pain, with her husband as her caretaker, ever since (just at the time in life when they could begin to live their retirement dreams). I don't believe she was old enough for the vaccination when she got shingles (IIRC, there is a min. age?). We are so fortunate to have the vaccine!!

Got both last year. No reaction to either.

Good for you, Faron!

@raee_gw zone 5b-6a Ohio, I had a reaction to the 2nd shingles vaccine. It was like the flu. Not pleasant at all. However, I would take ”the flu” over having shingles any day of the year! Go get your shot, just be prepared to stay in bed for a day or two.

I got my second shingles shot this morning. I had no side effects with #1, save for a sore arm. Two dear friends had the horrible flu-like reaction wcjo had. I'm 6 hours s/p shot right now. So far, so good.

Uhmmm.... I've had both shots. And unfortunately, I did get shingles again. So far **knock on wood** only once, and very mild.

Ugh! I spoke too soon. I developed the fever + chills + aches response right around 8.5 hours s/p shot. I had zero side effects from shot #1, other than a sore arm. Shot #2, on the other hand, was all ”hold my beer.” Thankfully we’re WFH for the rest of this week.

I'm going to schedule my 2nd shingles shot for early March. I ran a fever after the first one in late October. We have plans to visit Savannah for 2 weeks at the end of February and I don't want to risk having side effects from it before we go.

Without question, the second shingles vaccine gave my husband and me the worst reaction we have had from any recent vaccines, including the C vaccines. But, so worth it!

Well, the efficacy for preventing shingles is over 90% and over 85% four years out, so it isn't bulletproof protection, but it is so far above the 10% or so of the prior vaccine. That one was used primarily to reduce severity at about 50-60% IIRC. DH got shingles after the old vaccine. I wonder if there could come a day when they look at a booster if it trails off even more over time -- but they don't give it as a matter of course until you are 50, so it doesn't have to last 70 or 80 years like the childhood ones do. WIll be interesting to see.

The pharmacist that gave me the first injection told me that the side effects from the second dose were usually worse.

Although 2-6 months for the seond dose is genrally recommended, it really can be up to a year.

I found out that the matrix used in the c-vaccine I received in my clinical trial is very similar to the Shingrix, and I was totally miserable last week like I was for the shingles v. Oh well, I’m boosted, so hopefully I’m done with both of these.