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Shingrix and peripheral neuropathy
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Hi Hank, Don, everyone who has gotten sick after following their dr.’s advice which was to help or prevent illness has a right to be very angry. I think part of the problem is that dr.’s don’t know everything and don’t have the time to thoroughly research the possible side effects. I have also had 3 negative health related unnecessary operations in my life which have caused me much stress but decided against legal action because the deck is usually stacked and would not ultimately change anything. I learned that we must do our own research and make our own decisions re: our health and should not rely totally on our dr.’s. For what it’s worth; I developed SFN after getting a flu shot and taking Tamiflu, is there a connection, who knows??? Helen
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@helennicola , I would agree but I think that the issue here is that no amount of research would have identified the potential for SFN. The company that created the vaccine needs to be held accountable and it needs to be published as a potential side affect so that people who do research can make an educated decision.
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I agree with you Helen, we have to be our own researchers and advocates. The problem lies with the newbies to health care, which we were at the time. If I had been more savvy I would have done a TON of online research beforehand so my wife had all the facts up front. I think if we had done that she might not have started the chemo in the first place. She was hesitant at first anyway. It's just a shame how many people enter the healthcare world without any forewarning of what they are going in to. It's after we have been used and abused by the system that we become the advanced and wary souls that we are afterward. Too late, unfortunately. Hank