If you’re middle aged you will need Tdap, MMR, and the Shingles vacc, and don’t forget to get the most recent Covid vacc too. Tdap and MMR are fine, Shingles will knock you on your ass for days, and don’t forget to take some diphenhydramine (Benadryl etc) before your Covid shot for better recovery - ThreadSky

alexdecampi.bsky.social • 108 days ago

If you’re middle aged you will need Tdap, MMR, and the Shingles vacc, and don’t forget to get the most recent Covid vacc too. Tdap and MMR are fine, Shingles will knock you on your ass for days, and don’t forget to take some diphenhydramine (Benadryl etc) before your Covid shot for better recovery

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If you don’t know what you may need updated please see here: www.cdc.gov/vaccines/imz...

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bhsdesk.bsky.social•108 days ago

📌

suzehowe.bsky.social•108 days ago

I know that the shingles vax is going to beat the hell out of me. I'm trying to figure out where to fit it in for minimum life disturbance. My Tdap was less than 10 years ago, but I may get a top-up anyway. No clue when my last MMR was, so I should probably add that to the list.

euqinimodart.bsky.social•108 days ago

I'm young but i've had the Varicella vaccine twice, been trying to figure out if I need to get it a 3rd time or if i'm good

karlkleese.bsky.social•108 days ago

I’ll have to find an alternative post vac relief as I’m allergic to diphenhydramine 😞

alexdecampi.bsky.social•108 days ago

Pick whichever antihistamine works best for you and take it 15 min before the shot

12milegeo.bsky.social•108 days ago

Shingles was rough on the second dose.
I probably should reup Tdap and MMR.

ratshag.bsky.social•108 days ago

Yeah, that shingles vaccine was a bitch, but it was definitely worth it.

datafran.bsky.social•108 days ago

Let me tell you, as someone who just had Shingles, get the fucking vaccine.

alexdecampi.bsky.social•108 days ago

Oh yeah I had a friend who went through it and I was like “no, no thank you” (and also the vaccine may help prevent some forms of alzheimers in women: https://www.lifespan.io/news/shingles-vaccine-may-protect-against-alzheimers/ )

datafran.bsky.social•108 days ago

My case was extremely mild, I'm told, and it still sucked a whole lot.

kylethemighty.bsky.social•108 days ago

Yeah I have a friend who got it in his thirties and based on his description I’m getting the vaccine as soon as I’m old enough to. Weird way to celebrate my birthday but I’ll deal with it lol

alexdecampi.bsky.social•108 days ago

You can sign up for all these vaccines at CVS or any other drugstore (and your flu shot!). Most insurances cover all of them.

Do not do them all at once unless you want to spend four days on your back contemplating the nature of mortality

Also: you have to be 50 or older to get the Shingles vacc

alexdecampi.bsky.social•108 days ago

Tetanus is a TERRIBLE disease, you do not want it. A friend is deafblind because she got Rubella as a kid (mom didn’t vacc). DO NOT FUCK AROUND, YOU DO NOT WANT TO FIND OUT

alexdecampi.bsky.social•108 days ago

Oh yeah and get any Hepatitis vaccine they’ll give you.

alexdecampi.bsky.social•108 days ago

AND PNEUMONIA

taikonaut.bsky.social•107 days ago

We got compulsory Hep B shots at school when I was about 9

jason1749.bsky.social•108 days ago

was shocked the only side effect of my first shingles shot was weird dreams and some aches. suspect I will pay the toll on my second

alexdecampi.bsky.social•108 days ago

Nah, maybe you’ll be fine! It definitely hits some people harder than others

dogunderwater.bsky.social•108 days ago

so irritated about being too young for the shingles vax lol

leask.bsky.social•108 days ago

yeah me too, especially having gotten shingles this year! I got a mild case and it still sucked!

magpie.tips•108 days ago

I tried to get it bc you guys got it and they spent ten minutes telling me I couldn't have it omfg

jason1749.bsky.social•108 days ago

it sucks so bad, everyone I now who got it got it before they were 50

alexiarose1972.bsky.social•108 days ago

I did pneumonia, Covid, & shingles in one day.

alexdecampi.bsky.social•108 days ago

OYYYY

capetrov.bsky.social•108 days ago

I just did that exact combo. Getting Covid and flu shots separately before never really affected me, but this knocked me down pretty bad. I've also been low-key sick with something else since August, which didn't help.

jeremybaker.actor•108 days ago

If you’ve never had chickenpox, you can get that vaccine instead of the shingles one. Happened to me last year when I got my records and realized I hadn’t had my chickenpox vax and never caught it as a kid.

mikrosenhofer.bsky.social•108 days ago

I still don’t understand why you have to be over 50 to get the shingles vaccine. My sister got shingles at 23 and it attacked her nervous system, and due to damage to an auditory nerve she is now deaf in one ear.

alexdecampi.bsky.social•108 days ago

You can ask your physician for the Shingles vacc and they can sort you out usually if you’re under 50. CDC recommends it for under 50 but doesn’t have it as a must, which is why you can’t just roll up and get it at CVS if you’re 40

datenar.bsky.social•108 days ago

As in 2017, recommend if you Download & Save this PDF to your hard drive or your Files. NB Messing with CDC could easily begin by move/hide/delete the publicly accessible information from the gov site.

datenar.bsky.social•108 days ago

😩 typo
*recommend that you download

artisanrox.bsky.social•106 days ago

✔️Already got flu, COVID (Novavax) and TDAP.

Scheduled an MMR refresher for this week.

I'm doing these shots one per week so I can sleep them off lololololololol

📍Working on Pneu, Hep A&B and Shingles.

redwinterwolf.bsky.social•108 days ago

Had shingles out of the blue a few years back.

Fucking Horrible Time, 0/10, do not pass Go, do not collect £200 ._.

racheline.bsky.social•108 days ago

Just did a bunch of these (Hep B, pneumonia, and flu) all on the same day. I was flat for a day, had to go to bed super early the next two days and still have a lump in my arm a week later. Worth it, but fyi.

alexiarose1972.bsky.social•108 days ago

Shingles ded is a tough one. Arm was sore for near 2 weeks. I also suggest pneumonia vac as well if you can.

grimmben.bsky.social•108 days ago

Already got Tdap, Pneumonia and Shingles a year or two ago. Flu shot 2 weeks ago, Covid booster today, MMR and probably Hep A & B on the "to do" list.

alexdecampi.bsky.social•108 days ago

🙌🏼

dmadhd.bsky.social•107 days ago

📌

valkyriekaren.bsky.social•108 days ago

I'm just too old for the MMR to have been routine when I was a baby, so I had the single vaccines. Still got both mumps and rubella though. Never had measles. So should probably see about topping them up.

alexdecampi.bsky.social•108 days ago

Yeah they apparently become less effective after 40 years. I got ‘em all as a kid and am happy to get ‘em again

stunathan.bsky.social•108 days ago

NHS says adults shouldn't need MMR.

alexdecampi.bsky.social•108 days ago

yeah I think there’s more herd immunity in the UK. I don’t trust my fellow Americans

stunathan.bsky.social•108 days ago

That's probably an increasingly wise attitude.

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