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@jabrown0407
Helpful message. Thanks! Unsure about our comparative Tyenne dosing (maybe the same percentage) but I was warned about infection risk (and it preventing me from getting my monthly infusion and/or worse) and just wanted to lower that risk closer to zero since I can do so by masking in public. For me, it sure beats dealing with any kind of respiratory infection--it works, easy solution. I did ask my rheum. about various immunosupressant Rx(es) and disease scenarios and she did explain the continuum and that I'm/we're certainly not fully immunocompromised for sure. I got Prevnar 20 in May 2025. My strategy with vaccinations is that I get them 1 week before my monthly infusion, hoping that that is the best window for them to have a chance to be the most effective they can be in my situation. Haven't gotten much guidance from docs on this, despite asking.

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@julieahp My ID doctor said I could do my Tyenne one week after the vaccination. I actually had 10 days between them because I had to go thru Drug Coverage trying to deny the Rx. Never fun.
I am retired and not out around people much, so my exposure is not what yours is. That can have a minus for me, by you being exposed your resistance builds. Mine gets lazy when exposure is low. I suspect if I were driving people around I would mask up as well.
I do plan to ask my ID doc the next time I need a vaccination. I am not sure of the timeline I should use because I take weekly Tyenne injections. For now I am not worrying about that - I will ask when the time is right.