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@jdlogan65 Good morning. I don’t think you’re being over cautious. Maybe sterilizing the mail is a bit much, but.... When did you have your transplant? Maybe @rosemarya can advise you. She is also a liver transplant patient

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Thank you @becsbuddy, for inviting me to this conversation.

@jdlogan65, Believe me when I say that I understand your concern. Here is what Mayo Clinic has posted for transplant patients - It will give you most of the answere that you are looking for. -Specific questions and answers about COVID-19 for transplant patients -
https://www.mayoclinic.org/patient-visitor-guide/covid-19-faqs/transplant

I applaud you for being extra careful to take care of yourself because you have been down a long frightening journey to get where you are today. I don't think that we can be too careful after transplant surgery, and I don't know whether you need to take all of the precautions that you mentioned. I do think it depends on your comfort level and also any other health issues that you might have, Only you and your transplant team can best answer your specific. Why don't you call them. (PS-I have, in the past, met other recipients who waited in their vehicle like you are doing during seasonal flu season)

Please post your question in the COVID-19 in Transplant Patients discussion where other transplantees will be able to see it and to respond. Another piece of advice from me (10+ years post liver and kidney transplant) is to read thru all of the responses in that particular conversation. I find great comfort and encouragement by knowing that I am not alone with some of the same fears as you have during this pandemic. https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/covid-19-in-transplant-patients/

Will you let me know what you learn about labs? I am due in 3 weeks and am beginning to wonder about that,too.