And the next morning, I couldn’t lift my Shingles shot arm and I was walking around like a lopsided orangutan with my knuckles dragging on the floor. My husband, of course, thought I was being a ...

One patient of mine with shingles on his forearm switched for several weeks to wearing a short-sleeved shirt to the office, something he never had worn to work before.

While Zostavax, a live vaccine that came out in 2006, reduces the risk of shingles by 51% and PHN by 67%, the new vaccine Shingrix “gets a better immune response” at more than 90%, said McAfee.

Shingrix, the new shingles vaccine, ... And that post-shingles pain goes on for months; it’s debilitating. A sore arm is a small price to pay for 90 percent protection against shingles.” Close.

I’ve had the flu vaccine and the aftershot for that one isn’t bad at all, but I’d heard that the aftermath of the Shingles shot is bad. Like, your arm hurts so much you can’t lift it to ...