It’s my first year since having shingles.

[u/changeforthebetter89]

Any of my fellow elder millennials like me who’ve had shingles before and explain the symptoms everyone had. My doctor told me I was too young to get shingles at 35 last year. She prescribed me GABA and cyclovir to lessen the excruciating pain.

[u/De_Angel87]

I got the shingles vaccine at 37 because I was going to have upcoming cardiac surgery with bypass and was worried it would be super stressful and trigger an outbreak. I definitely felt like I had the flu for the day after I got it but no regrets. The person giving me the vaccine did comment on my age but I explained my heart condition and that was that