"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 01 Jun 2014 12:14:45 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
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>> On 2014-06-01 12:07 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>> > Just as I was enjoying the freedom of being able to get around and
>> > drive, I came down with shingles. It's on my left arm and hand.
>> >
>> > I did have the vaccine, but the doctor thinks that the cancer messed up
>> > my immune system.
>> >
>> > We are still raising the kittens, bless their little, noisy hearts.
>>
>>
>> Bummer. I thought shingles usually manifested itself on the abdomen.
>> That is where it appeared on everyone I know who had it. They all
>> reported it that it is very expensive.
>> I have been told that the shot to prevent it is quite expensive, but
>> nowhere near 100% effective.
>
> My friend's daughter had it when she was around 12 and besides all the
> usual places people can think of - it was in places you'd never think
> about... inside her nose, under her eyelids, in her throat. Sounded
> like a truly awful experience to me.

The TV commercials have shown people who had it on their legs and torso. I
tried to get a shot and couldn't. They don't advise it for people under 60
because it is only good for maybe 10 years.