At age 70 and above you are entitled to a free NHS shingles injection. This would normally cost in the region of £100! It’s a one off injection by the way.
Good shout @SoundAsa£ prevention is the best cure. My father had a nasty bout of it in his late 60's through his scalp, forehead and face which caused some minor scarring on one of his retina and sadly it is a disease that has been known to take life. It is the same virus as Chicken Pox which if you've had that can flare up again as Shingles in later life. Fortunately Dad survived and his eyesight was not seriously damaged.
When I got to 60 I was both delighted and appalled in equal measure to find I now got free prescriptions. Nice, but confirmation of old git status is a shock.
At age 70 and above you are entitled to a free NHS shingles injection. This would normally cost in the region of £100! It’s a one off injection by the way.
Thanks for the info, not 70 yet but it’s not a million miles away.
Heard the term Shingles a lot, don’t know what it is or how you get it, is it common in older people?
At age 70 and above you are entitled to a free NHS shingles injection. This would normally cost in the region of £100! It’s a one off injection by the way.
Thanks for the info, not 70 yet but it’s not a million miles away.
Heard the term Shingles a lot, don’t know what it is or how you get it, is it common in older people?
At age 70 and above you are entitled to a free NHS shingles injection. This would normally cost in the region of £100! It’s a one off injection by the way.
Thanks for the info, not 70 yet but it’s not a million miles away.
Heard the term Shingles a lot, don’t know what it is or how you get it, is it common in older people?
I had shingles once, about 30 years ago in the Philippines triggered by eating some dodgy prawns. Completely ruined my holiday and felt rough for a couple of weeks or so. In the elderly symptoms can be far more serious, as mentioned by RedChaser above. Eating prawns (dodgy ones that is), is by all accounts one of the more common ways of triggering an attack.
Didn't Daisy put that concession up from 60 to 65?
Yes she did. There was an allowance for those that already benefitted from the age 60 concession - that they could keep it...New age 60'ers have to wait until 65.
Didn't Daisy put that concession up from 60 to 65?
Yes she did. There was an allowance for those that already benefitted from the age 60 concession - that they could keep it...New age 60'ers have to wait until 65.
I was 59 at the time and thought whoopee a cheap ST next season then it went up to 65, oh well another 3 years and I'll get it unless it goes up again.
You can get an over 60 concession at Jockey Club Racecourses, only at the gate on the day.
Didn't Daisy put that concession up from 60 to 65?
Yes she did. There was an allowance for those that already benefitted from the age 60 concession - that they could keep it...New age 60'ers have to wait until 65.
I was 59 at the time and thought whoopee a cheap ST next season then it went up to 65, oh well another 3 years and I'll get it unless it goes up again.
You can get an over 60 concession at Jockey Club Racecourses, only at the gate on the day.
I can vouch for that being the oldest of a group of 4 mates and thus the only one who qualified at the time.
Took the predictable 'are there concessions for his carers' stick but all added to the betting fund and for once in my life my winnings covered the cost of the day (including food, drink and travel) so effectively a free day out.
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Good info - many thanks for the word!!
Heard the term Shingles a lot, don’t know what it is or how you get it, is it common in older people?
Nargh not really, thanks for the info.
In the elderly symptoms can be far more serious, as mentioned by RedChaser above.
Eating prawns (dodgy ones that is), is by all accounts one of the more common ways of triggering an attack.
It's a bit fiddly getting your poo on the card but worth it.
You can get an over 60 concession at Jockey Club Racecourses, only at the gate on the day.
Took the predictable 'are there concessions for his carers' stick but all added to the betting fund and for once in my life my winnings covered the cost of the day (including food, drink and travel) so effectively a free day out.