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Since Shingrex is not a live virus, I wonder why. Might there be some underlying condition that you have that would make it prohibitive for you?
When the vaccine was new, I remember that there were some questions about it, and so I asked my transplant nurse. She checked with the infectious disease doctor in the transplant department and he gave approval.
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Hi @rosemary I did ask last year and this year again when I saw my team in Rochester in January because I had heard that the shingles shot was no longer an active virus and again they told me at mayo in Rochester at mayo that I am still not able to have the shot as it's not safe for me I don't know if it's really a dead virus or not but I always go with what my team says and it could be because of me being a heart transplant to but I was allowed the prevnar pneumonia shot 2 years ago and I get the flu shot every year BUT I always ask to make sure that it is not the live virus flu shot because they have the live and the dead flu shots every year I hope that this answers a few question but I would always talk to your team about it first just to be safe
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@rosemarya They simply said that they were still looking into it for post-transplant patients. I have an appointment next week with my transplant surgeon. I will try to remember to ask about it. Sometimes even when I write questions down I end up immersed in a topic and forget to ask something.
JK