I also got my (second and last) shingles shot last week so that maybe was part of why I didn't think to sit down and write, I was monitoring how I felt (I did ok, phew!) and that probably took up more brainpower than I had to spare!
But yeah, if you're of whatever age that your area allows you to get the singles vaccine everyone I've talked to who has had shingles, even a mild case is like yeah get the shot. It doesn't mean I'll never get it (knock on wood I don't) but that I'm less likely to get very sick if I do get it.
I was really pretty scared. Lots of people had sort of warned me that they had a really bad or really strong reaction to the shot, usually the second, so I made sure I had nothing booked and I got in enough food to make sure I didn't have to think about cooking or shopping just in case and so I was really pleasantly surprised when I didn't "get hit by a tuck" the day after or anything.
I did have the biggest reaction to a shot on the arm though. Quite a large red spot that was warm and a bit swollen, so that shows my body was reacting to the shot which is good. I also had a night of I'm too hot, no I'm cold, no I'm hot, but I knew what it was from so just kind of dealt with it. So, yeah, I'm really happy to have my shingles protection done and that my reaction to both shots wasn't much more than my reaction to most shots, phew!
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