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Originally Posted by Chocaholic

I had a mild case of shingles about 3 years ago. Got on acyclovir pretty quickly and it wasn’t the horror story many others experience. Have not received a clear answer about needing the vaccine now that I had it. Many say just do it, but why would I not have antibodies after having the actual virus?

Well I've got a buddy who's had it more than once and so has his 80+ year old father. I'd get the shots. I've had them and the first one was made me sick for a day/two and my arm was pretty sore. I don't even remember getting the second one. Had to ask my doc to make sure I got them both.