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COVID-19 and Transplant Patients

Transplants | Last Active: Mar 6, 2021 | Replies (459)

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@rosemarya

To all of my fellow transplant recipients, Lets get back to the topic of COVID-19 and Transplant Patients.

I want to share this clip from the Mayo Newsfeed related to COVID-109.
We are already leading the way forward because we have already learned to live without handshakes!

Is COVID-19 the end of the handshake as we know it?
https://youtu.be/ep_R3-5kmZ8
You can find the Mayo Newsfeed and keep up on the latest news and COVID-19 updates at: https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/

What are you learning about living with an organ transplant in this COVID-19 era? How are you managing to adhere to your personal pre /post transplant protocol during the shelter-in-place restrictions?

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@rosemarya It could well be the end of hand-shaking. I did shake hands with people prior to this, I was never told I should not, and it never occurred to me not to. In fact, even doctors tend to shake hands.

Other than not shaking hands anymore, which I really have not had occasion to anyway since we go nowhere, I am just following the protocols suggested, which do create quite a bit of work -- cleaning everything off that comes into the house, etc. We set mail aside for four days before opening it, my husband has four rotating shopping bags set up in our foyer. We have not been out to a store in weeks. It's nice to have Instacart and Whole Foods deliver, but it's difficult when you are ordering fresh foods like produce and meat. I like to choose for myself. I don't dare order avocados since I could end up with soft and mushy ones.
I did have to go two labs recently which I was not happy about but it was necessary and the facilities were doing everything in a way very conscious of not spreading any germs.
JK