Angie who knows what to say about this? Some doctors say no while others say yes. Since I already got the shingles way before my kidney transplant and way after my bone marrow transplant it was fine then. But now after my kidney transplant and that I am on a lot of immune suppressive drugs, frankly I don't know what I would do now? I have already had two bouts with the shingles and I never want another killer attack from the shingles.
Read on. http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/shingles/news/20120705/shingles-vaccine-may-be-ok-for-autoimmune-patients 18's, Marty On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 8:21 AM, Peter <[email protected]> wrote: > My hematologist said, there are no data or studies available about this > subject, so nobody really knows. > For this reason, no doctor will recommend it. > Zostavax contains a live virus; if your immune system is not up to snuff, > you could well end up getting shingles from the vaccine. > He said, it is up to me if I want to take that chance, but he will not > stick out his neck and recommend it. > > > > On Friday, June 12, 2015 at 1:59:23 AM UTC-4, Poongothai Ramasamy wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> *Hi friends! Just want to know we cml warriors can take Shingles >> vaccine?Kothai* >> > -- > -- > [CMLHope] > A support group of http://cmlhope.com > ------------------------------------------------- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
