Kat's Skyrizi journey

[Kat]

Nope I'm still none the wiser are you saying I could still get shingles. ?

*Again sorry, I will split posts in this thread if you wish.

Yes you can get shingles.  People who can't get shingles are the ones where the virus isn't present (they never had chicken pox) And no, no need to split this thread, I may ask you to clean it up a bit after I start Skyrizi but this is good information I think.

The chicken pox virus. (With us they call it water pox). Is in fact the Herpes Zoster virus. And once in the body it stays there and can be activated again. I though you could not be immunised for it, but als you, Kat, say that there is a vaccine, then maybe it can. I did not know that.

It's called the Shingrix vaccine here if that helps. Although looking it up seems it is non live, at least I assume that is what it means when it says Shingrix is an inactive vaccine....    Anyway, we'll see what the doctor says once they call me back.  I may have left a message with the wrong person.  If I don't hear from them on Monday I'll call them again.