When it comes to shingles, other people’s horror stories are sometimes the best preventive medicine. Sufferers – most often people 50 and older – use terms like “excruciating” and “debilitating” and “fire” to describe the blistery skin rash. Some go blind, the rash having invaded their eyes. And while the symptoms fade within weeks for some, others live with the pain until they die, the touch of a shirt against their skin agonizing. People seeking the shingles vaccine, called Zostavax, often report it was pain of friends or relatives that compelled them to act, pharmacists say/Adrian Rogers, SR. More here. (Wikipedia photo of shingles sufferer)

Question: I received a shingles vaccination during my recent physical examination. Columnist Doug Clark's description of the pain he went through when he caught shingles prompted me to do so. Have you had a shingles vaccination?