[CMLHope] Re: Cml and Shingles vaccine

2015-06-12 Thread Joan
I was in a trial for a while to test if a shingle vaccine could be made without the live virus. The results have not been released yet. I was diagnosed with CML in 2003. Joan On Friday, June 12, 2015 at 12:59:23 AM UTC-5, Poongothai Ramasamy wrote: > > > > > > > *Hi friends! Just want to know

Re: [CMLHope] Re: Cml and Shingles vaccine

2015-06-12 Thread Marty Gartenberg
So right Marty. Never had them but did have chicken pox. If you already had the chicken pox then the virus is already in you. Just be sure if you see a small rash just starting then contact your doctor. If you do start to get the shingles then there is a cream called silver sulfur dyne. Ask your d

Re: [CMLHope] Re: Cml and Shingles vaccine

2015-06-12 Thread 'Icandoallttc' via CMLHope
So right Marty. Never had them but did have chicken pox. Prayers & Blessings Jeanie 🐟🐟18,s Dx 1/2004 Started Gleevec 2/2004 Started Tasigna 9/2009 Started Sprycel 11/2009 Started Ponatinib January 2015 > On Jun 12, 2015, at 11:31 AM, Marty Gartenberg wrote: > > Angie who knows what to say a

Re: [CMLHope] Re: Cml and Shingles vaccine

2015-06-12 Thread Marty Gartenberg
Angie who knows what to say about this? Some doctors say no while others say yes. Since I already got the shingles way before my kidney transplant and way after my bone marrow transplant it was fine then. But now after my kidney transplant and that I am on a lot of immune suppressive drugs, frankly

Re: [CMLHope] Re: Cml and Shingles vaccine

2015-06-12 Thread 'Icandoallttc' via CMLHope
I chose not too however I do take a flu shot yearly. Prayers & Blessings Jeanie 🐟🐟18,s Dx 1/2004 Started Gleevec 2/2004 Started Tasigna 9/2009 Started Sprycel 11/2009 Started Ponatinib January 2015 > On Jun 12, 2015, at 8:21 AM, Peter wrote: > > My hematologist said, there are no data or stud

[CMLHope] Re: Cml and Shingles vaccine

2015-06-12 Thread Peter
My hematologist said, there are no data or studies available about this subject, so nobody really knows. For this reason, no doctor will recommend it. Zostavax contains a live virus; if your immune system is not up to snuff, you could well end up getting shingles from the vaccine. He said, it is