I’ve had shingles – Uncle Garry

Uncle Garry shares his experience with shingles, a viral infection that can be really nasty; especially if you are over 50 or if your immune system is weak.

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Uncle Garry:

I got shingles in my left hip up on the sciatic nerve. So it was a very painful experience. Two things I've had the most the pain with in life is having an eye operation, and the other one is shingles.

So shingles is really up there with the pain level.

The good news is there's a safe and effective shingles vaccine for all us mob 50 years or older. It's free.

Shield yourself from shingles. 

Yarn with your health professional about the free vaccine today.

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The good news is there’s a safe and effective shingles vaccine – free under the National Immunisation Program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 50 years or older.

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