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Shingrix and peripheral neuropathy
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@auntieoakley First, I meant to ask if anyone else had been told to not get the shingrix vaccine.
Why was your husband told to not get Shingrix since it is not live? Is he by chance also a patient at Mass General? They are waiting for approval from the infectious disease department. Granted, I am sure that department was over-burdened the last year and a half but this has been going on since well before the pandemic.
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It was my understanding that because it was a live virus, and he has had two stem cell transplants that it was a risky business. Then when they came out with shingrix some time later. Our current doctor said let’s wait and see. It could be because it is so new and my husband is off and on treatment for multiple myeloma, and he is somewhat fragile health wise. We haven’t revived that conversation since then. Our doctor is a proponent of vaccination. He revaccinated my husband with all the childhood vaccines after transplant.
Is Mass general holding it up for everyone or just certain groups of patients. Truth is I haven’t had it either, and since I have moderate peripheral neuropathy this thread is making me question the wisdom of getting it. I had shingles in 2019 and was told to get it after 6 months but then we were in a pandemic and then I got the COVID vaccine and they said wait at least 4 months which would be July.