I had my 2 year checkup at Mayo,Rochester May 11,12. My husband and daughter were with. My daughter is my donor and needed to have labs done, too. We stayed at the Kahler close to the clinic and could walk to the clinic indoors. We brought most of our food with and our room had a mini kitchen. Mayo was taking every precaution to keep people safe. My new kidney is doing very well, but I’m showing signs of the BK virus. My Cellcept dose has been cut back and I’ve been having labs done every two weeks. I’m waiting to hear the results from last week’s labs.

Good morning @rosemarya ! We are currently at appointment #3 for Tim's annual checkup. It is crazy to see how everything is different, yet the same. I was extremely nervous about traveling here but that actually went smoothly. I did notice that people working in locally owned gas stations in smaller towns don't wear masks, but in the larger/corporate ones they do wear them.

Tim's recent appointment with his neurologist was a telehealth visit. We scheduled his next one as a telehealth also. It was a good appointment, but like the doctor said, there are things you can't pick up on via video.

On a side note, we are staying at the Gift of Life house. When we got our name badges and etc from our room mailbox someone had purchased a gift card to the Canadian Honker for us! What a fun and wonderful surprise!

Many blessings,
JoDee

@rosemarya We are basically not leaving the house still except for medical appointments, and walks in our well spaced out neighborhood and a really nice trail maintained by the state, The Granite State Rail Trail. We pass maybe 3 or four couples while walking and we and they walk single file on opposite sides of the trail when that happens.
My husband did go to get a haircut last week. The same day he had to go for pre-appointment lab work at his oncologist. The safety measures at the salon were more protective than at the doctor's! He couldn't even come in the door until his temperature was taken.

My son and daughter-in-law have been isolating but are going on the large annual vacation that all of his wife's relatives go to on the coast of SC. I am not happy about that, I think there will be about 20 - 30 people there and many are working outside of their homes. I suspect there may be pressure for them to go. We told them to not come here. Not only would he feel forever guilty if he brought any germs here, but I would feel forever guilty if either of them contracted the virus while traveling.

Since my daughter and her husband are isolating I am thinking they can probably come. I hope so. They can make the drive directly.

I do have some medical appointments coming in July. I'm a bit apprehensive but on the other hand it might be nice to get out of the house! I am really getting so sick of having groceries delivered. I really have to plan ahead, plus I much prefer to choose my own produce and meat.
JK

@rosemarya Hi and great to hear everything went well. I actually have been to Mayo Phoenix a few times now for labs and a Drs apt. Plus some testing on a issue im having with my prostate. I saw a little blood just a few drops while urinating but had a zoom visit with that doctor and following up next month in person. But just as you said Mayo is doing well keeping us safe and I did get tested for covid for a Angiogram test and was negative. I decided back when this started not to go to outside labs mainly because the ones near me were usually crowded and I believe at Mayo labs it was safer.
I've had a couple of IVIG treatments also and everyone is masked plus sanitizing so feeling pretty good about the risk of catching it.

I was a little concerned tho on an article from the journal of Medicine that mentioned a study done in England that is showing certain blood types get the virus more severe and mine was at the top Type A and O was the least likely to get a severe case.

Also, it seems my area in Arizona is having a bit of an increase and even in my area there have been some deaths so im staying vigilant not exposing myself like it seems others are
Still attending Church Services online and only getting out during my morning walks. My wife what a trooper is doing most of the other needs like grocery shopping, Mail box checking etc. I am missing all the things I used to love Attending Church, Golf, eating out with friends so im looking forward to a vaccine it seems is the only solution for us transplant folks. We did do a hotel stay for a few days when I had my angiogram so my wife could have somewhere to wait.
I thought the hotel did great on keeping everyone safe. Staff wore masks and room cleaning was between guest stays. If we wanted towel exchange we would put them in a bag and the fresh one's would be given at the door. Well that's about it.
Have a Blessed Day
Dana

While I would feel safe at the MAYO - I do not feel the same about staying a week in Phoenix. I am lucky to be able to complete my tests in Las Vegas and do TeleHealth with the MAYO Doctors. Maybe next year will be better. I can say this because I feel fine, and the MAYO Liver and Kidney teams are still reviewing my Labs every other week in addition to my Local Doctors. However if there were any real concerns, I would definitely take the risk and maybe rent a Motor Home.