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Those were the worst. But hey, your immune system is working. You got that going for you

I took both shots and beat the odds. I got shingles anyway. The Shingrex is 97% effective. Best of luck.

Vaccine is good! But set aside a day to recover

I was flattered by it but only for a day and a bit. And now I feel a bit smug and happy about it

Like the chicken pox was not bad enough, oh no that was only round one, awful virus.

That 2nd shot was so much worse than the 1st

Oof. Hope it passes soon. If it helps, I had shingles in my 40s and had constant, then intermittent, nerve pain and phantom itching for the next four years. A decade later that nerve still fires up if I’m particularly stressed. So glad kids these days get chickenpox vaccines!

Yep. First one: cake. Second one: low-carb vegan cake.

It was the first dose for me. 24 hours, almost exactly, of flu-like misery.