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The final words of the ad are " Odds of getting shingles ? One in three " ..... That ad has been bugging me for a while. Passing the drug store today I said " puck it " and went in and got the shot ..... The only shot in Canada I've actually had to pay for but I don't have to quickly change the channel when I see that ad anymore .....
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Got my two shingles shots a year ago. All of my vaccinations (and I've had a LOT over the past few years, including 7 Covid) have cost me zero. Surprised to hear you had to pay. Mind if I ask how much?
Each time, they give me a receipt that shows a "retail price" of $180 - $250, depending on the vax. I'm a big war documentary buff, and I always knew I'd want the shingles shot since learning admiral 'Bull' Halsey was indisposed with shingles for a few days in the middle of a big WWII Pacific battle. Ouch!
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No I don't mind . $209 loonies for each shot ......Originally posted by Rob S. View PostGot my two shingles shots a year ago. All of my vaccinations (and I've had a LOT over the past few years, including 7 Covid) have cost me zero. Surprised to hear you had to pay. Mind if I ask how much?
Each time, they give me a receipt that shows a "retail price" of $180 - $250, depending on the vax. I'm a big war documentary buff, and I always knew I'd want the shingles shot since learning admiral 'Bull' Halsey was indisposed with shingles for a few days in the middle of a big WWII Pacific battle. Ouch!Old age and treachery will beat youth and skill every time1983 GS 750
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You had to pay with coins?Originally posted by bccap View Post1980 Yamaha XS1100G (Current bike)
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Shingles is a two shot sequence. Don't skip the second...Ed
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Yeah ..... They told me two to six months .... I'll go back in two ..... I also scheduled a reminder phone call with my pharmacist ......Originally posted by Nessism View PostOld age and treachery will beat youth and skill every time1983 GS 750
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A take-away:
IF YOU TAKE AWAY S FROM SIX YOU HAVE NINE
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A new study found shingles vaccination cut older adults’ risk of developing dementia over the next seven years by 20%.1982 GS1100E V&H "SS" exhaust, APE pods, 1150 oil cooler, 140 speedo, 99.3 rear wheel HP, black engine, '83 red
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Some of the ads here say "... you may already have the virus(?) in you......." (a reference to having had what is called chicken pox, I understand)Originally posted by bccap View Post
I don't know weither to call that good advertising or if to call it a scare tatict.
ANyway, I understand this "new" vax, which is a double dose, is more effective and covers wider range of strains than, say, 5-8 years ago. SO that is why my doctor recomended me getting this "new" one in addition to what I had maybe 10-12 years ago.
And after what I saw my uncle suffered with shingles for months , I was quite agreeable with the doctors suggestion.
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One in 3 will get Shingles? Not really doubting their claims as I have no way of knowing, but for sure there's nowhere near a third of the folks I know and have known had nor got the shingles. Can anybody here say yes, at least a third of my acquaintances have or have had shingles??? It seems odd just how rarely I hear it mentioned by anybody except their TV commercials.1983 GS1100E, 1983 CB1100F, 1991 GSX1100G, 1996 Kaw. ZL600 Eliminator, 1999 Bandit 1200S, 2005 Bandit 1200S, 2000 Kaw. ZRX 1100Comment
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Everybody doesn't get it at the same time. 1 of 3 in their lifetime.Originally posted by rphillips View Post
I know people who've had it. There is one or two on this forum.Bob T. ~~ Play the GSR weekly photo game: Pic of Week Game
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Wife had it at about age 23 or so. Presented sort of like welts above her hip around the back the back. But no real illness that she or I recall. I just asked her and she thinks maybe there was some body aches but must not have been too bad. But we know some folks who got it later in life and it’s worse the older you get. So we both got the 2-shot vax last year. I’m pretty sure it was free at CVS, IIRC.
As for the 1 in 3, I’ll compare it to what I didn’t know about inguinal hernias until I had one last year. After doing some research, I came across a stat that 1 in 4 men have had, has, or will suffer some form of hernia. I personally didn’t know anyone. When I started asking other men around work, I found that several currently had one, or had had one repaired, or knew a close family member or friend that did. Guys just don’t talk about it. Same likely true with most illnesses. You don’t know, because nobody told you, and you didn’t ask.Last edited by Rich82GS750TZ; Yesterday, 06:46 PM.Rich
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Of course everybody won't get i at the same time. I do realize if someone had it several yrs ago, it may never come up when I'm around. But if a third of folks I've known, living and done passed on, had ever had it, it seems I'd have heard more about their infections just in conversation. Just sitting here thinking there's been only 4 I can remember that said they'd had it. One had it very bad for over a year, bad enough he couldn't work, wound up retiring before he got over it. Finally did get over it and now back to normal. Gosh it was rough on him. Others I knew weren't too bad.1983 GS1100E, 1983 CB1100F, 1991 GSX1100G, 1996 Kaw. ZL600 Eliminator, 1999 Bandit 1200S, 2005 Bandit 1200S, 2000 Kaw. ZRX 1100Comment
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