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Hi Peeps, I hope this post finds you as well as you can be today🫠 I seem to have acquired a new skill: shingles! I am immunosuppressed (have RA), have had an operation for breast cancer and radiotherapy back in May to July this year. Yes, I certainly know how to party! 🥳 I have been quite run down

I’ve been told that due to my RA (diagnosed Aug) that it is recommended to have the shingles vaccination. As it’s not a live vaccination, it is no longer mandatory to come of methotrexate. However it is recommended to come of 1 week before 1 week after. I’ve only been on methotrexate for 6 weeks,

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Hello everyone, I was deemed eligible for the shingles vaccine and will have it in early November. I’d appreciate any thoughts and expressions. I don’t know if I had chickenpox as a child. I was told this might be relevant. Many thanks

Yes, more good news!! This morning I woke up because my feet were cold; they were cold and wet. There was a 15 x 18-inch puddle of soaked bedding under my ankles and feet. My left ankle had been red for about a week, and I outlined the red area with a permanent marker to see if it shrank or got larger

As anyone had the shingles vaccine and how was you ??? I am on Benepali weekly hopefully I will be ok

my granddaughter has chicken pox , the older two have been vaccinated so hopefully won’t get it , how safe is it to see them ? Anyone done this , I’m on 3mg pred and had chicken pox as a child . Any advice welcome doc wasn’t very helpful .

Hello I was wondering if anybody had any insight on what this rash could be? I am prone to shingles and on prophylactic antivirals as I am primary immunocompromised with my lupus.Suffering quite a bit of stress at the moment with a poorly dog so not sure if it's just a flare of lupus or what it is?

We saw the doctor for the first time after having shingles. Before shingles his Abs. Lymphs were 2.3 1000/mm3. Now 5 months later it is 3.5 1000/mm3. The Dr. was concerned. We were surprised that he started talking ( not now) about starting treatment. He stated that studies have shown it is better

Hi everyone just to say that big boil did burst it was gross its nice and flat now but a hole still there but feels good I enjoyed blackpool weather good then I find out my blood preasure meds candersarton has to be increased from 16 to 24 mg I thought fore goodness sake one thing after another

Hi everyone any suggestions I've have a big boil middle off shoulders it's nasty docter give me antibiotics is there any suggestions to bring it to head so it bursts cause if antibiotics don't work it has to be cut drained I'd rather try other method off sorting it

Good morning has anyone had a bad reaction to their second shingles jab? First one was fine a slight sore arm but this time well I can’t tell you the reaction I had ….. muscle ache painful ears severe headache and a temperature anyone else suffered or was it just me!!! The arm didn’t hurt how ironic

I've previously learnt on here that live vaccines are not recommended whilst on long term steroid medication, and that in many situations, alternative vaccines are available... as with the shingles vaccination program. Well, yesterday, whilst trimming my Wisteria, I accidentally pruned the tip of my

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Hi all,Just tying to figure out what we're dealing with here using your experience. My daughter, which is 10, started what looks to be a case of impetigo (meaning blisters in her nostril, crust and typical looking scabs). She only had few spots (under her nose and in top of one nostril). We started

I have a letter telling me to stop taking pain medication for four weeks Before my hand and foot scan. Im taking liquid naproxen as it takes the edge off, however I’m unable to even manage a day with out pain relief Have you had a hand foot scan and told not to take and meds for four weeks till

Hi Everyone, I'm writing this just in case there is anyone out there who thinks they can't have the shingles vaccine because they are on pred. I believed this and refused the vaccine. I later found It was only true if you were on over 20mgs of pred (which I am not). Last October, a new vaccine

My tetanus injection needs to be topped up. I have an allotment in London which used to be part of a railway embankment and wondered if it is wise to take the injection or to wait till I have tapered down to under 5 mg? The same goes for the Hepatitis which is due? Any advice would be appreciated

I have a friend who contracted Lyme disease and recently underwent a series of hyperbaric oxygen therapy sessions. The treatment has completely transformed him and he is now his old self. I have read that this therapy helps Fibromyalgia and other autoimmune diseases and was wondering if anyone knew

Hi All, after a couple of days of feeling quite ordinary, I developed a horrible rash which was raised and blistered . My immediate thought was Shingles. I was lucky enough to get an appointment when I booked this morning for today! Yes I know how lucky I am living in Tasmania and that some of you