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@katimacaz- Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. - Wow, you have thought a lot through very well and have a plan! It is extremely important to be open and discuss things. My husband and I have always been that way and through 4 lung cancer treatments, it helped immensely. What or how will you know that it will be safe to adventure back into society?

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Such a weird question, that. My T-cells will be back to normal 9 months from my last dose of the chemotherapy. But IgA Nephropathy is considered an incurable disease, so I will have that for the rest of my life, and it puts me at risk of a flare up if I should ever get any type of respiratory infection. So I wasn't "safe" interacting with others before Covid-19 and I won't be "safe" after. There is no magic bell or milestone that will suddenly signal it's time to throw open the doors and go hug everyone in sight. When the urge to get out is stronger than the urge to protect myself, it'll be time to go out. That time is not now.