I got the shot last year and my insurance Blue Cross/ Blue Shield PPO covered it in Full. I also had no reaction.
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[2010] Shingles Vaccine
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I got the shot last year and my insurance Blue Cross/ Blue Shield PPO covered it in Full. I also had no reaction.
Fed Blue Cross does cover it and its no charge to you.
Lee B
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My Kaiser dr. said that they would pay for it, but he let me know that some people have a reaction, it doesn't immunize everyone, and if I get shingles, they have a drug to treat it. That made me decide to forego the shot.
Now, though, I'm thinking of getting it because I don't want chronic fatigue (yet knowing that it's not now certain to be the same virus) and I'd like to avoid shingles entirely rather than attack it after it flares.
I'm glad to have found this thread.
Now, though, I'm thinking of getting it because I don't want chronic fatigue (yet knowing that it's not now certain to be the same virus) and I'd like to avoid shingles entirely rather than attack it after it flares.
I'm glad to have found this thread.
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Is there any family histories that come into play here? My mother has generally been pretty healthy most of her life. However she had reoccuring shingles nearly annually for the last 15 years. She also has Herpes 1 (cold sore).
I too have had chickpox, and get cold sores all the time, since at least when I was 4 or 5.
(My mom now also is in the late stages of alzheimers. Not exactly sure it it runs in families as well, I certainly hope that is not somehow hereditary as that is currently one of my medical concerns.)
I too have had chickpox, and get cold sores all the time, since at least when I was 4 or 5.
(My mom now also is in the late stages of alzheimers. Not exactly sure it it runs in families as well, I certainly hope that is not somehow hereditary as that is currently one of my medical concerns.)
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Judy S - thank you for your insight - and obviously you have the expertise to be providing correct information! I never had chicken pox as a child and was waiting with bated breath once the vaccine for chicken pox was announced as a reality since I knew that it could be quite nasty to get CP as an adult.
I was in my 40s when I received the CP vaccine, and at the time I asked if this meant that I now had the potential to get shingles which I knew I could NOT get previously having never had CP. They even tested my blood for "titers" (sp) to be sure that I had not had CP without knowing it before they would give me the vaccine!
Long story short, this question stumped everyone - they even called the provincial health officer whose answer was, "uhm, probably not but I don't know for sure". The vaccine was so new that nobody seemed to have considered this potential yet.
More than 10 years have gone by now, and if you don't mind me asking for YOUR opinion, it sounds like I quite likely DON'T run the risk of shingles and the shingles vaccine is not really required? I'd pay $200 in a heartbeat to avoid the possibility of getting a case of that nasty beast! Thanks much!
I was in my 40s when I received the CP vaccine, and at the time I asked if this meant that I now had the potential to get shingles which I knew I could NOT get previously having never had CP. They even tested my blood for "titers" (sp) to be sure that I had not had CP without knowing it before they would give me the vaccine!
Long story short, this question stumped everyone - they even called the provincial health officer whose answer was, "uhm, probably not but I don't know for sure". The vaccine was so new that nobody seemed to have considered this potential yet.
More than 10 years have gone by now, and if you don't mind me asking for YOUR opinion, it sounds like I quite likely DON'T run the risk of shingles and the shingles vaccine is not really required? I'd pay $200 in a heartbeat to avoid the possibility of getting a case of that nasty beast! Thanks much!
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We have been trying for years to get authorization from insurance. One person would say they would cover it, then someone else would say we should pay (over $300) upfront and they would reimburse. My experience with my former employer's insurance was that they would just apply it to deductible. This would be OK, then we couldn't get it administered. Something about the vaccine coming in packs of 3 doses and having to be thawed or reconstituted and injected within a half hour. We gave up.
Anyway, this week I called the State Health Dep't and have an appointment next Wednesday to get it. $162 out of pocket. No insurance help. So be it. I know that anyone who has had shingles would happily pay $500 to not have it. I'm 64. DW will be 65 and Medicare eligible next month. She will get the vaccine then and her supplemental will cover it. I just don't want to wait a year until I'm Medicare eligible.
Jim Ricks
Anyway, this week I called the State Health Dep't and have an appointment next Wednesday to get it. $162 out of pocket. No insurance help. So be it. I know that anyone who has had shingles would happily pay $500 to not have it. I'm 64. DW will be 65 and Medicare eligible next month. She will get the vaccine then and her supplemental will cover it. I just don't want to wait a year until I'm Medicare eligible.
Jim Ricks
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MuranoJo
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How ironic. I've skipped this thread in the past, but today my older brother just wrote to the family suggesting we get a shingles vaccine as he just had a bout with it!
He recently took early retirement, then set up a contracting business and was out on his first job, so it sure sounds like stress triggers it. Started off as an itching/stinging in his shoulder area, then 2 days later half of his torso was itching & stinging and he started to develop blisters. Funny thing is, he had a shingles vaccination just one year ago. (All of the siblings in my family have had chicken pox.)
JMO, I'm very skeptical about some of the vaccines out there. I resisted getting a flu shot for years and finally got one two years ago. That year, I had 3 nasty bugs, after having 5 previous years with absolutely no cold or flu. I'm really on the fence with this shingles vaccine and am not 60 yet, so will probably wait.
He recently took early retirement, then set up a contracting business and was out on his first job, so it sure sounds like stress triggers it. Started off as an itching/stinging in his shoulder area, then 2 days later half of his torso was itching & stinging and he started to develop blisters. Funny thing is, he had a shingles vaccination just one year ago. (All of the siblings in my family have had chicken pox.)
JMO, I'm very skeptical about some of the vaccines out there. I resisted getting a flu shot for years and finally got one two years ago. That year, I had 3 nasty bugs, after having 5 previous years with absolutely no cold or flu. I'm really on the fence with this shingles vaccine and am not 60 yet, so will probably wait.
Fern Modena
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I'm not positive of this, but I believe that the shingles shot is a "live vaccine" shot. The reason I say this is that while Jerry was alive, and had leukemia, I was advised not to have the shot (there was a list of "no-no" things).
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