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neadods ([personal profile] neadods) wrote2014-05-21 01:30 pm

How you know you're entering your second childhood

How you know when you're entering your second childhood... you get vaccinated. Again!

There are now two confirmed cases of the measels in the greater DC area, and according to the CDC, there is a question of the efficacy of the vaccine in the prime years I would have gotten jabbed. On the basis of "can't hurt, might help" I've signed up to get the adult MMR next week.

I've actually had the second M in that combination, so whatever vaccination I got either didn't take (if it was MMR) or was the pre-MMR version.

You'd be surprised how hard it is to get adult vaccs. Fortunately, my doctor pointed me at Passport Medical, which does vaccinations for travel. I said I was going to the UK (true, if not true in the near future) but frankly, "I'm going to Fairfax" counts these days!

[identity profile] redpanda13.livejournal.com 2014-05-22 02:18 am (UTC)(link)
WebMD says you can get the shot whether or not you've had shingles before. As far as I know, you can have an outbreak of shingles more than once. I wouldn't let a past bout discourage me from getting the shot to fend off another one. Did the doc say you didn't need one...?

[identity profile] not-hathor.livejournal.com 2014-05-22 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
I asked my doctor if getting a shingles shot now would prevent future outbreaks and he said it was 50-50, so I passed (shot was expensive). My bout of shingles was very mild, from what I hear -- thought I had a rash from new laundry detergent! until doctor at walk-in clinic asked how long I'd been suffering from Shingles ?!? - oh, yeah, and I had a sinus infection,too...