NEW Shingles Vaccine...

For something fun to do, Steve and I walked the two miles to our local pharmacy to get vaccinated against shingles.

Shingles vaccination is the only way to protect against shingles and postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), the most common complication from shingles. CDC recommends that healthy adults 50 years and older get two doses of the shingles vaccine called Shingrix (recombinant zoster vaccine), separated by 2 to 6 months, to prevent shingles and the complications from the disease. We were called to let us know our coveted second shot was waiting for us, so off we went. I feel healthier already.
“Vaccines are the tugboats of preventive health.”
-William Foege, eliminated smallpox during the 1970s. 

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