Shingles Vaccine & BG
My doctor wants me to have the shingles vaccine. I think it is a good idea as I had chicken pox as a child, & a friend who got shingles says it was excruciating.
My question: any other T1s had it & how did it affect your BG if at all? My last flu & pneumonia vaccines hardly affected me so I am hoping this will be the same.
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Permalink Reply by Laddie on -
I had the shingles vaccine last April. I didn't notice any effect on BG numbers. I did get some swelling/redness at the injection site, but nothing too serious. Even if I'd had BG problems, I would still get the vaccine in hopes that it will protect me from shingles or at least protect me from a severe case.
I'm very pro-vaccine and am not quick to blame BG problems on vaccines. I know that I don't want to get the flu and I don't want to get shingles. So give me the vaccine and I'll hope that it works.
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Permalink Reply by David (dns) on -
For the record, I am T2 on insulin, not T1. In any event, I did get the shingles vaccine a couple of years ago and did not notice any discernible effect on BG. I also had chicken pox as a youngster and one thing I am sure of is that I do not want shingles if it can be avoided. There are no guarantees, of course -- but the vaccine improves the odds substantially. That's all I need to know.
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Permalink Reply by Melitta on
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I have T1, and I got the shingles vaccine a little more than a year ago. I did not notice any effect on my BGs. I know several people who got shingles in their late 40s, and I really want to do all I can to avoid what they went through.
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Permalink Reply by Linda on
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I'm type 1 and had the vaccine last year with no bg problems at all. I would definitely recommend getting it as I imagine having shingles can be very, very painful.
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