MAC and getting the COVID vaccine

I had a huge immune response (produced IgG) to the Moderna vaccine and I normally make low gamma globulin (IgG)

I just went to gym twice this week ( 3 weeks after second Moderna shot), first time in a year. It felt great. Ive gained a lot of weight --- before Covid I was pretty fit for my age. I used to go to personal trainer 2s week for weightlifting and flexibility , also group gym classes, and two types Pilates classes weekly (barre and reformer)-- which kept me in OK shape. I finally recognized I have no will power to do planned exercise on my own, but I will go to an appointment-- so I scheduled it into my life. I stopped all of those except one the pilates classes (where the teacher is doing it online) , last March. And I gained a tone of weight and got out of shape -- it will be hard to recoup my fitne4ss at age 70, plus Im short so the wright shows. I live in place with a lot of winter weather so I need organized activities to stay fit. LabCorps has an antibody test that can measure your titer (quantify of IgG antibodies) against the spike protein which will measure your response to the vaccine. It is new--approved in Dec 2020;

Do you need a doctor's order for the antibodies test? Do you just find a location and make an appointment? I have had no reaction whatsoever to either dose. My arm wasn't even sore after the second one. I'd feel safer knowing I have antibodies.

I needed a doc order for it-- Labocorps has two tests, one is earlier from last summer, and measures general antibodies to the nucleocapsid (the round part) of the coronavirus , and is used to see if you've had the disease-- but this new test just measures the titer (antibody response) to the spike protein which is what the Moderna /pfizer vax are reacting to (they put gener5tic material from spike protein in you and then you create antibodies against it )

I paid $25.00 at Kroger without a doctor's orders and it came back "long-term" positive antibodies. This means i had the virus some months back (which I figured after breaking 3 ribs coughing and still having lung issues). Also, got the shot after that, to be on safe side. Take the next one in a few weeks.

@rits I know in New York, if you donate blood they will check for antibodies.
Gina

I also had a $25 Kroger test before I had the Labcorps test--after the first shot. It is different. It is not quantitative-- it does not give a number of antibodies, so you cannot tell how strong your response is. Also, the Kroger test I had does not differentiate between antibodies to the spike protein, and the nucleocapsid. If your antibodies are to the latter, it means you've had the virus, but the $25 test won't tell you whether you've had the virus or the vax. The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines just create antibodies tot he spike protein. Since the Labcorps tests only the response to the spike protein (get the one with "S" on the end of the name)-- it does not test whether you've had the disease , just whether you've had a reaction to the vax. At least that's how I understand it-- it was vdeveloped by Roche-- google Roche antibody test Dec 2020 and you can read about it

I donate blood in Wisconsin and they also test for antibodies for coronavirus. Mine came back negative. But that only indicated that I had not been infected with COVID-19.

Granny, I think you deserve some credit for harboring excellent intentions. After all, lots of people seem not to even give a rat’s butt about their fitness.
I hatched an aphorism several years ago with which I suspect you’ll resonate: CONSISTENCY TRUMPS INTENSITY.
At age 81 my “routine” has decelerated to “pumping” light dumbbells with my wife 3 x weekly along with a short daily walk which I do faithfully, pressing thermal underwear into service on cold days.
At walk’s end I reward myself and my wife too, though she did nothing to deserve it beyond being wonderful. Coffee for me, tea for her along with a bran muffin I bake for us both.
Notice the “reward” is enjoyed following the fitness activity. B.F. Skinner would be so proud of me. Although I doubt ole Skinner would agree that being generically wonderful
is worthy of reinforcement. He seemed to be an anhedonic sorta guy.
So here’s the formula. Choose something you really enjoy and make it contingent on exercising. Treat yourself like a lab rat; gotta run the maze before you reach the M&M dispenser. Try it and tell us all about it. Don

Terrific .