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Liver transplant - Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Vaccine ABRYSVO

Transplants | Last Active: Oct 31 6:05am | Replies (9)
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@rosemarya

Hi, @grateful76, I did get the RSV vaccine. It was recommended by transplant team. In fact, even my husband got it when I did! Before my transplant he had never gotten the annual flu vaccine, but as a teacher, I had received it for many years. He was strongly advised-no, he was told- that he would need to get it every year at flu season! He hasn’t missed a year and we have both reaped the reward of not having any flu or complications.
Anyway, back to the RSV, I don’t recall any side effects so I must not have had anything that a Tylenol could relieve.
I am more than happy to comply with the directions from my liver and kidney transplant teams which are in agreement before ever recommending anything.
By way of experience and dislike for arm pain, I choose to take my shots on different days that I space apart.
This year my vaccine directions were to get flu, pneumonia, and Covid. I spaced those apart and completed my vaccines last week!
Is there any particular reason you are concerned about side effects? Have you experienced any bothersome side effects in the past?

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my44 | @my44 | Oct 18 12:06pm

@rosemarya and @mkhogan

@rosemarya I, too, choose to space my vaccines apart, taking them on different days. The reason I do that is in case I do experience side effects, I can have a better idea of what caused it. If I have two vaccinations at the same time, and I have a reaction, I wouldn't know which shot caused it.

I hear all the time about getting your shots together at the same time. And that's probably more convenient for most people. But, interestingly, I had seen the following comment from @sueinmn on October 9th where she mentioned what her doctor advised her about taking the shots.

@sueinmn said: "She said that with lowered defenses, it was important to build whatever immunity was possible with the vaccines. I felt like a pin cushion for several weeks as she insisted each be done a minimum of 7 days apart."

I had never heard that advice before, but I think it's very interesting. And, I will use that as another reason to continue spacing out my shots.

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