The virus that causes chicken pox resides on your nerves not in the genes. You are right, there is a vaccine that helps prevent shingles which is painful. My doctor said it is recommended after age 60. However, two young people I know recently had bouts of shingles. BOTH are in their 20s. Anyway, good advice if slightly off-topic. Hope you feel better soon~ On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 11:11 AM, Dave Cummins <dec405@comcast.net> wrote: > I have Shingles, I am old and Shingles have been in me since Christmas. > Most unpleasant, I was exhausted walking ten feet, I had fire crackers > going off under the shin on both sides and once in a while a cherry bomb. > My skin was like that of a Snow Bird that sat in the sun for twelve hours > on his first day in Sarasota. Now, just much pain in each arm pit and a > fire cracker, once in while. New pills. > > Why this story. If you had chicken pox and are sixty year old or older > there > is a shot that just about guarantees you will not have to go through the > hell > of Shingles. I never heard of the shot until I was well into the exercise > and > if I had, maybe I would have ignored the opportunity. That would have been > a very bad decision and would have saved the Tax Payers lots of money. > > Google Shingles and if you are old consider the shot. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MDSTMARY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- ===== Kathleen Bowen Simons Falls Church, Virginia "I don't really care that they label me a Jesus freak - there ain't no disguising the truth." DC Talk & Newsboys, "Jesus Freak"