Is it safe to get the shingles shot if I have CLL? If yes, which one ?
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Shingles Shot
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The new Shringex shot is the one recommended for us. The old one contains a live virus. It is recommended that we not get any live virus vaccines.
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Yes it is safe, but the name is spelled Shingrix (no E ).
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Len
CouldBworse,
I was diagnosed April 2019 with SLL. On watch and wait since then.
I've had the Shingrix shots (2/29/2020 & 7/28/2020) with no complications whatsoever. Injection site was sore for 3 or 4 days though.
Hal
If you can get it, take it, because shingles is very taxing and may provoke complications. I had shingles and the acute phase took about three weeks. It left me with periodic post-herpetic neuralgia irritation on one side of the torso.
Yes, get the shot. Two shots 3-4 months apart is what I had. No side effects other than a sore arm and I have been W&W for almost 15 years now.