Shingles shot

Several friends have recommended getting immunized against shingles, which apparently you can get if you had chicken pox as a child. Those who have recommended it have had shingles and shingles is something no one wants. They say it hurts like hell and can leave scars.

So, I asked my GP (now known as Internal Medicine Doctor) and he said to go for it - but said he would go to the pharmacy to get it because he would have to charge twice as much as the pharmacy. After filling out the forms for one pharmacy and running out of time, then later to the Tom Thumb pharmacy, it turns out that you have to have a prescription AND it costs $214 since we didn't sign up for Medicare part D.

Then I dithered - would it be worth it? What if I was too cheap to get it THEN got shingles? I went back and got it.