Hi, @jeffdavis0617 I haven't had a transplant but with several serious chronic health issues and older to boot, I am going to take re-entry into the world-at-large very slowly. The price is too high for me to do otherwise. Discouraging to contemplate that it may be much longer than I'd first thought and hoped but maybe just continuing to take each day at a time will make it doable for the longer run? Best to you.

@jeffdavis0617 Welcome to Mayo Connect. I hope you will find us to be a helpful group in navigating the world during and after this pandemic. There is a fairly large and active community of people living with transplants in the group https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/transplants/ who discuss many of the challenges they face. They have an ongoing discussion about precautions they are taking in this discussion: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/covid-19-in-transplant-patients/
I hope you find the information helpful.
Sue

Hi @jeffdavis0617, and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. You'll notice that I moved your question to this existing discussion called "COVID-19 and Transplant Patients". I did this so that you can easily meet other kidney transplant recipients like @jolinda @rosemarya @dshaver @cmael and many more.

Jeff, you ask a great question - Being immunosuppressed, am I going to have to wait until there is a vaccine before I am able to socialize again?

Many in this forum are grappling with the same question and listening attentively to the evolving developments. The short answer is that no one knows yet. The latest news seems to indicate that people, especially those who are immunosuppressed, will have to keep up some form of social distancing until a vaccine is found. What socializing might we consider safe in a month from now? What safety measures are you still practising?

@jeffdavis0617
Hi Jeff!
Congrats on keeping you transplant healthy for so long, that's an awesome accomplishment! It's good to have you here where you can socialize freely with a 0% chance of contracting COVID-19. We are all asking the same questions and wondering when we can return to normal. As for me, the risk of going out hasn't outweighed the reward but I am getting antsy. How are you coping? Are you staying in? Working from home? Binge watching Netflix?

Welcome to Connect, @jeffdavis0617 You are asking a question that many of us wonder about. I am 3.5 years post-transplant and am being very cautious. I have not been out in weeks except for walks in my neighborhood, which is a very spread out neighborhood.
Only time will tell what the recommendations will be, particularly for those of us with risk factors, such as taking immunosuppressants.
We are all in this together, and dealing with it the best we can. It is a major inconvenience but I value my health over going out and doing things.
JK