My daughter got shingles at age 17. She was vaccinated for chicken pox. We had her pediatrician verify the diagnosis because I didn’t believe the weekend clinic we had to take her to. Even the pediatrician’s nurse was surprised but he clarified that it was shingles and she did receive the vaccine. It’s possible to develop shingles even if you have the vaccine. It was also not very painful but Dr. warned us that she can get shingles again.
My D had shingles while in middle school! She still has scars from it and was pretty miserable. She and H had me diagnosed with Shingles very early so I could take antiviral s and avoid the pain.
D did ask an allergist and dermatologist but neither thought of shingles so hers progressed pretty far prior to diagnosis. 
I got zostervax when I turned 50 and recently got shingrex. H got his Shingles years after D. He was miserable.
Big kiddo got shingles when she was 25 or 26. Miserable experience.
Oh, no. Feeling bad for all your kiddos.
I feel lucky, my doctor’s office has mine sitting on a shelf with my name on it. They will just reconstitute it the day of my appointment. I was just eyeing the calendar, trying to decide when to do it within the 2-6 month window after my first.
My 27 year old just recovered from shingles. She had the chicken pox at 18 months old just before vaccinations came out.
My husband had shingles as a young adult. It does happen even though we think of it as affecting only old people.
My D had shingles while in college. Because of her age, it was the last thing anyone thought of so she had had it for a while before being diagnosed.
She may have gotten a subclinical case of chicken pox before the vaccine, or perhaps the vaccine was only partially effective on her, allowing her to get a subclinical case of chicken pox after.
My D had shingles her sophomore year of college. She had chicken pox as a young child.
My 22 year old called me about a skin condition- I thought it sounded like an insect bite. She asked an older woman she knows, who said it looked like shingles. I doubted it because if her age. But yes, she has shingles. Fortunately caught early and not horribly painful.
When I googled it, I discovered that she is in a unique high risk group- someone who had chicken pox when her peers didn’t have them because they were vaccinated. She caught chicken pox at a very young age and at about the same time the vaccine came out. So we didn’t have the chance to have her vaccinated.
I certainly don’t want this to turn into a vaccine vs anti vaccine thread. The purpose is to alert you if your child had a similar experience as a young child.
Wow, I had no idea shingles was this prevalent in younger people.
My daughter got chickenpox from her brother at 14 months and then shingles 2 months shy of 4 years old while we were at an out-of-state wedding. After swimming in the hotel pool, she had a very sensitive rash that wrapped from the middle of her chest to the middle of her back. My mom thought it looked like shingles, so we called the 800 number for Ask a Nurse to see if that was possible. The nurse said she was too young to have shingles. Upon returning home from the wedding, the pediatrician confirmed it was shingles!!
I had my second shingles vaccine last week - CVS called me to say they had them in and saved one for me. It was a mixed bag compared to the first one. Last time I had flu like symptoms for two days and a huge painful welt at the injection site that lasted for over a week. This time barely any pain or redness at the injection site but the I again got walloped by the flu symptoms. That night I had a brutal headache, 101 fever, racing heartbeat; I felt so terrible I couldn’t really sleep. I spent the entire next day in bed and slept almost all day (and I’m a person who never even takes a nap and rarely gets a headache.) The good news is by the day after that - less than 48 hours after getting the shot - I felt totally fine again. I jokingly said to DH that I guess spending a full day in bed would make anyone feel good. So, while not a walk in the park, I’m glad to have it behind me!
I need to get my second shingles shot this week. I did not feel well the day after the first one and ended up home from work with a fever, headache, etc. I’m crossing my fingers I won’t feel too bad this time.
Have called 4 pharmacies here in SoCal and all said, 'we have no idea when the next shipment will arrive…"
I was able to get the 1st shot on Monday. (That’s when the shipment arrived after being out of stock for awhile.) So far no problems for me other than a little shoulder soreness. I have taken ibuprofen as a precaution.
One of the outliers here. Twelve hours after injection (almost to the minute) flu-like symptoms, aches, chills, fever ranging 101.5 with motrin to 102.5 without (the .5 adding drama and eliciting much more sympathy from the fam) Going to call doc today to give data point and also discuss second shot protocol. Yep, I know 24 hours (again, almost to the minute fever broke) of crap way better than shingles, but man, if I can somehow prior/after manage things better for second shot, I’m all ears.
BTW, 87-year old parents (dad Parkinsons) got first shingrix with no reaction, but after my exp, I’m a bit concerned about round two for them.
As an aside, one week before starting first real adult job, I got the chicken pox. It was so bad (blisters even on palms, scarring), attending physician called in all the other docs. What a memory.
Oh, and a PSA. You know the little genius guy that perches on your shoulder, imploringly and repeatedly whispering in your ear “don’t do it”? Unlike me, listen to him and not the doc telling you to get the flu shot same appt. Good Lord.
@showmom858 – if you could please report second round experience?
A nurse told me that one out of three patients have been reporting flu-like symptoms, so I don’t think you’re an outlier.
@pilot2012 - Re: your 87 year old parents: In my flu-like, fevered state I was Googling reactions to this shot and one thing I read was that younger patients had more severe reactions to the shot. At 57 I don’t think of myself as “young”, but in this particular pool (50+), I guess I am. Perhaps because our immune systems are stronger and mount a stronger response to it? But because of that, hopefully your parents will be ok with it.
BTW - if anyone is interested in reading otherpatient reviews of the Shingrix vaccine, this is kind of interesting:
https://www.drugs.com/comments/zoster-vaccine-inactivated/shingrix.html