Thanks for asking this. Just got my covid and flu vax. I got shingles last October. IT WAS HELL! On my scalp and neck. Never experienced such constant, long term pain in my life!! I advise everyone, now to get the shingles vaccine!! Believe me, you don't want to get shingles!! And I live with chronic pain! I handle it better than shingles pain!

Hi Lola👋 WoW also had been in medical job and only seen the shingles on their bottoms from where the depends held in the heat. Great info to know 😊 thank you

Thank you. I finally got brave enough for the shingles shot and got the first one 3 days ago. No problems as long as it doesn’t cause a flare in the coming weeks. I am really tired though.
Good luck. Hope you figure out the hives. Everything affects everything else and makes this very hard. 💕

I am almost 66 and haven't received my shingles shots! They put it off because I had CIU. Chronic Hives source unknown anaphylactic reactions to several sources.😬

Thank you Jennie. Not sure how to reply so I’m posting it here. I appreciate your answer. My dr just says get the shingles shot whether you’re on a biologic or not. I need to talk through my specific situation to feel comfortable. We have so many hard, scary decisions. Hope your valtrex keeps shingles far away for you. Thank you 💕