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To vaccinate or not to vaccinate? That is the question.
Transplants | Last Active: Jun 28, 2021 | Replies (313)Comment receiving replies
@kohlgryl079, Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect.
I am a transplant recipient. My husband got COVID in November, but I did not get it. These are indeed complicated times for all of us. I have had both doses of the vaccine, and according to research, I may not be protected either. In my recent post transplant appointment, I learned that the antibody test is not being given routinely as it was in the beginning of the pandemic. As a transplant patient, I was told that it is a measurement of a specific time, and 'Real World' observation/research is ongoing to learn what that can mean for transplant patients.
Transplant patients are instructed to follow the CDC guidelines for unvaccinated population and that means continuing to wear masks.
Are you a transplant patient?
What kind of blood test is this medical person telling you to get?
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For antibodies and to insure the PCR test was not a false negative. Not a transplant patient. Thank God! My prayers go up for you.
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I have thyroid disease, thalassemia, IBS,
I was born with these diseases. We are diagnosed as Primary Immune Deficient. The blood test is to determine if I actually have covid, since my test are positive, with no symptoms. I am. A patient at University of North Carolina. They are a research center. All I have heard is the auto immune folk have not been tested enough or Vaccine does not work on us as well.