Im 67 years old and i had shingles before there was a vaccine. i worked in a group of about 30 people of different ages. We had all had the chicken pox with the exception of two people. their kids got chickenpox at school and brought it home. then our whole office caught it. if you had chickenpox yoy have built in shingles germinator. i asked as i got ilder about the vaccine and was told once you had shungles vaccine were useless against it. that nay be true for shingles once you have had chickenpox. over the years i gave gad a couple of breakouts but usually lasted just a week. so realize that your system is compromised now and you will be more susceptible to outbreaks.