While I was having my Covid and flu vaccinations last Sunday. The nurse and I have been talking about vaccinations and that we, MS’ers can’t have any live vaccinations.
Somehow we started to talk about shingles and I have been told (and verified by later research) that I should be requesting Shingrix as not live vaccine taking into account I have MS.
I’m 56, so not at the age the shingle vaccination is being normally offered. I was wondering if there is anyone with MS who has received Shingrix and if there is something to be worried about like unusual side effects, please.
Thank you and have a nice day
I had my first Shingles vaccine after the nurse at my GP surgery let me know that I was eligible due to having MS.
I had no side effects and I’m due to have my second vaccine in February.
They need to be 6mths apart.
I’ve also had Flu , Pneumonia and Covid 19 vaccines.
All were fine other than the Covid 19 booster which I did feel ill after.
It wouldn’t put me off having them all again.
I had a friend who unfortunately passed away recently as she had Pneumonia and then had sepsis. I specifically asked for the Pneumonia jab because of this.
Hi claret57,
I’m so glad Gemini brought this subject to light, as I din’t know about these vaccines, I’ve got SPMS, I had shingles a couple of years ago and was hospital for 6 days this year with double pneumonia, so I will certainly be getting in touch with my surgery to see if they are doing these vaccinations.
“The shingles vaccine helps protect against shingles. It’s recommended for all adults turning 65, those aged 70 to 79 and those aged 50 and over with a severely weakened immune system.”
Hi Gemini,
Thank you for putting this post on and thank you for those that replied, I’ve just booked with my surgery for both of this vaccines, as I’ve had both and don’t want them again, apparently I was on their list to ring anyway.
Thank you all for your experience and comments on the matter. I’ll be ringing our GP practice to see if I can arrange to have them both in a couple weeks time to have a bit of break between the Covid and flu jabs last Sunday.