Well, you all really know how to make a woman feel better! All of your thoughts and words gave me a physical boost of well being when I read them.
I am going to take this moment to be a bossy friend here by imploring everyone to get Shingrix the vaccine. We are living in extraordinarily stressful times so viruses like these are more likely to present. The shingles virus (varicella-zoster) lies dormant in your spinal column and re-activates during times of stress especially after age 60. The vaccine is approved for those 50 plus and it lasts around 4 years. Now I have to wait one year before I get the vaccine but I'm going to get it even though most people only get shingles once. My father had it much worse than I; he suffered permanent nerve damage. Also I have read that there is a connection between shingles and cardio-vascular events (heart disease, stroke).
Patients with shingles were more likely to be female and common risk factors for stroke and heart attack, such as old age, high blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol, were also more commonly seen in these patients. However, this group was also less likely to smoke, have a lower alcohol intake, more exercise and be part of a higher socioeconomic class.
Shingles was found to raise the risk of a composite of cardiovascular events including heart attack and stroke by 41 percent, the risk of stroke by 35 percent and the risk of heart attack by 59 percent.
/Bossy friend over and out.