Quote Originally Posted by fetchspot View Post
Here is a note- my kids are getting treated with allergy shots. A few days after a treatment (the 22 yo, she is 2 years into treatment) she got shingles. I think it may have been due to weakness from the immune stress. She did enjoy reading about how the shingles vaccination is suggested for persons over 65yo while waiting for her pain meds at the pharmacy.

fspot
Shingles is a weird thing. I had it maybe 5 years ago, in my mid 30s. My brother had it in his early 30s. We both deal with allergies and tend to catch colds easily. We also both had pretty mild cases of chicken pox as kids. It's funny to us that it's considered an "old people" illness. I'm hoping that having it once will keep me from catching it again, but I'll be getting the vaccine as soon as I can.