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Third vaccine to boost antibodies against COVID infection?
Transplants | Last Active: Aug 23, 2021 | Replies (93)Comment receiving replies
You’re making some unfair assumptions based on my comments. I’m not reluctant to wear a mask and I’m also extremely grateful for the gift I’ve received. There have been viruses around for many years that could be deadly to transplant recipients. I received my transplant in February of 2020. When I left the hospital I was only advised to wash my hands regularly and stay away from sick people. Not to wear a mask everywhere and stay away from asymptotic people. Now, I’m being advised by my transplant team to avoid large crowds, wear a mask in public and practice social distancing from anyone other than my vaccinated family members.
Im a person who will question things that don’t make sense. If you aren’t that’s fine too.
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I’m not a confrontational person at all and sincerely sorry if what I wrote was taken the wrong way. I absolutely meant nothing judgmental, disparaging or negative in my reply to you. That’s the challenging part of online communication when we can’t hear a voice inflection or chat face to face.
My comments were solely based on the excerpt from your posting: “However, they’re still recommending that transplant patients continue to mask and practice social distancing while in public. So, we’re still basically being told to live in fear and isolation. That is discouraging.”
I still just honestly don’t believe we’re being told to live in fear and isolation. We’re being educated. Knowledge is power! With the knowledge of this completely new virus, garnered from this past year’s scientific studies, data and experiences, our health professionals have given us the latest information to help immunocompromised people avoid potential infection from Covid. And so, we can now use this latest information to continue to keep us safe while we enjoy life with our new transplants.
This virus doesn’t play by the rule book. It’s dangerous, aggressive, unpredictable, and extremely communicable. It now requires a more aggressive stance in protection, superseding previous standards for transplant patients. That is why your transplant team has done an about-face in your post transplant protocol.
You received a liver transplant which didn’t directly affect your immune system but the anti-rejection meds you will take for the ‘rest of your life’ reduces your immune system’s ability to function at a full strength making you vulnerable to more aggressive diseases. Pre-Covid, you were able to maintain safety by washing hands and avoiding sick people. Covid, is a game changer.
So for that reason, because this Covid virus can be so deadly and transmitted so easily, your team is now advising you, for your health and safety, to wear a mask and practice a level of social distancing when in public. It’s not living in fear and isolation. But living with an educated respect for the potential of infection.
Does this help make sense of the information given by your transplant team?
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@ladydidehart Feb 2020 it seems there was a lot less information out about protection/avoidance of Covid. Things were still in the developing stages for how we ultimately have changed our lives.
My husband is a kidney recipient, and I have kidney disease and cancer. We both practice social distancing, avoid large gatherings, and mask up/sanitize hand when out in public. We both take our current health conditions seriously, and know we are doing this more to protect where we currently are at, rather than risk exposure to infection. For me, it's a personal choice, one that others might question, but sits well for me.
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