I, too, know someone who went blind in one eye because of shingles in that eye. She had to relearn to do many things, including driving which couldn't have been easy because she was in her 60s. And her husband is a doctor--but a neo-natologist who worked with premies, so shingles is probably not something he would have to deal with.

Science geek, I'm glad you found out you could get the vaccine at a pharmacy. I know you can in RI (though I got mine at a clinic at the senior center) but didn't know if you could get it at pharmacies in other states.