My wife is a doc and her best friend since residency is my doctor. They some times entertain them selves with stories of how high maintenance husbands can be when we are sick. Several years ago I had read a thread here about how terrible shingles can be.
Our insurance didn't cover the shot for people under 60 and back then it was expensive 600.00 IIRC. After reading several really scary threads about it I decided I wanted the shot anyway. When I told my wife she said "you got that last year when you got your flu shot". Since she is on my HIPPA form she just had to tell her pal she didn't want to even think about how much I'd complain about shingles...
I have since had both of the newer versions of the vaccine. No side effects that I recall. FWIW I don't think I'm especially that high maintenance with health stuff. I do think some people in the health care profession are a bit jaded though.....
