Originally Posted by
oldnslow2
It's not just a "old" persons disease, my son (26) got it and it was in his eye. After a few months and many visits to the eye doctor, it went away.
I was in my 30s when I first got it. Got the shot a couple of years ago as a precaution. Yup, don't want to go through that again for sure.
Although my wife took the vaccine a few years ago too she did get another case of shingles but her's was very mild this time around. Her scalp got all red and stuff but not too bad. Hate to have her go though with a full blown case of that, thank God...