Re: [TMIC] shingles vaccineI had open heart surgery three years ago and have
had a flu shot every year since with no problems. I have also had shingles this
last year and I would take the vaccine in a second to avoid getting them again!
TM attacked me over 13 years ago, it isn’t attacking me now. The damage is done
and I hated having shingles, they really hurt on the area of my body I could
feel and felt really nasty on the area of my body I can’t feel.
Just my 2 cents worth!
From: Akua
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 11:39 PM
To: tmic-list@eskimo.com
Subject: Re: [TMIC] shingles vaccine
AGreed!
And my TM struck twice -- I walked away the first time after a long weekend in
the hospital and the second time -- a month later -- i was knocked down. I
suspect that the steroids left me open to
greater attack from the unidentified underlying cause.
I had a very, very mild case of TM but it persisted. Stupidly I did not go to
the doctor immediately but waited for weeks and weeks. I was asked the same
questions...vaccines, bug bites...this was before I was actually diagnosed with
TM. I was also rather surprised that my neurologist actually asked me if it was
possible that someone could be poisoning me. That was a bit freaky to be asked
that. Ultimately it was concluded that mine was also idiopathic. The months
prior to my coming down with it I suffered a long bout of Bronchitis, followed
by a miscarriage which was followed by a tooth problem that I ended up getting
a root canal on. Who knows if any of that contributed to it.
Anyway, as far as a shingles vaccine? I personally would not get one. I never
get the flu shot either or the pneumonia. No thanks. That being said, I would
really, really hate to come down with Shingles. Yikes!
On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 11:21 PM, Akua <a...@artfarm.com> wrote:
after they asked me about the flu shot, they asked me about bug bites.
I did a lot of tromping around, gathering weeds for papermaking and
gardening
before TM struck,
A Lyme sufferer told me theat most Lyme goes undiagnosed and unrecognized
and suggested that my idiopathic TM might be Lyme's.
Akua
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