Anybody here get the Shingles vaccine AFTER TX. ?
My wife and I both had shingles before the cancer. It wasn't pleasant even with the antiviral drugs. Yesterday my wife had to rush to the doctor when we realized she had shingles again in a race to make that 48-72 hour window from when the itching starts that the antivirals are effective. It's much worse for her this time.
The literature all says not to get the vaccine DURING TX nor immediately afterward or if sick or a compromised immune system
My doctors say my immune system is "not compromised" but have no direct experience with their cancer patients getting the shingles vaccine. I really do not want to get it again = but the stress of planning a move to get rid of the mortgage (which means we move out of this area where our only child is) plus my constant problems with the damn feeding tube does not bode well. I finally got the flu shot last year for the first time since the cancer and I ended up with a bad case of the flu anyway.
So any experiences?
Charm