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Safety after transplant: When is it safe to go to events, to travel?
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I swim with a a couple of women at my club both of their sisters had liver transplants one of them didn’t follow any of the rules and is no longer here the other one only 9 months post is doing horrible same thing I am 3 years post and follow the rules probably more extreme than others but for everything I endured wouldn’t be worth it crowds is a lifetime big no and eating out is very limited and only family owned places I don’t trust fast food and never have, a sports event with over 40,000 people hell no , you’re immune system is very compromised, All I can say is try to be safe it sounds fun to go to big events but it could be deadly as the 2 examples I gave you keep that in mind it’s not worth it to me .
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@pgruetz This is a good question that even our transplant team and local nephrologist have given us zero advice about. My spouse received his kidney over 7 yrs ago and the first 14 months he had many problems -rejection, low hemoglobin 8 months, CMV virus and then all was good in blood labs. Six wks later COVID-19 arrived. We were living isolated before Covid19 arrived and we still do. Me as his healthy wife also lives isolated: no group settings, no restaurants, no one in our home visiting and rarely inside friend's homes, no clubs ,movies, galleries and such. Last year he had 6 UTI's in 10 wks and ended up in hosp for 6 days on IV med for that ,which did not work and while in hosp he got COVID-19 first time and brought it home to me. THe hospital doctors,nurses and more we explained repeatedly to wear a mask (we did) and most would not put one on. I was livid and very upset about all this. He was sick over 4 months and not able to do anything but recover from being sick. His immunity is low being on these immunosuppressants and with so many people who are sick with anything are 'out and about not wearing a mask and such, it has made us lose more faith in public and also in our hospital system too. We are home 99% of the time for over 7 yrs.. This is our choice and it is the hardest journey we've been on. Harder than chemo for 9 months--at least then there was light at end of tunnel. Transplant would be easy if taking these meds was not required. YOu have to make up your own mind. Life is not fair, but it is your choice. My worry as the wife is bringing home a sickness.