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Transplant: No or Few Antibodies after COVID Vaccination
Transplants | Last Active: Mar 7, 2022 | Replies (193)Comment receiving replies
I am a liver and kidney transplant recipient in Oct. 2017. I had my first two Moderna vaccinations in Feb. & March with the third in August. The antibody test after the first two showed no antibodies. The spike protein antibody test done this week showed positive >250! We still don't know what that means and how much protection that represents. But, it demonstrates some degree of antibodies from the third vaccine. I just don't feel quite as naked during this dangerous time for us. All the precautions are still necessary.
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@millds, We are alike and also different-
I'm also a liver and kidney recipient.(2009). I take Cellcept and Tacrolimus. I had Pfizer vaccine in Feb and March. I had my booster (#3 for immunosuppressed) in August. I don't know my antibody level and I am comfortable without knowing until there is some reason for me to get an antibody test.
Like you, I continue with precautions, and I am careful of when and where I go somewhere. I have been known to walk out of a store if I am not comfortable there. I also felt a huge degree of comfort when I got that 3rd shot!
I will get my flu shot next week, just as I have done forever! My husband, by the way, had never had the flu shot until I got my transplant and the transplant team told him that he "will need to get it from now on". Neither of us has had the flu, but he did get a mild case of Covid19 last year in November. I never got it!
Keep on doing what you are doing! And remember to stay on schedule with Labs, Medicines, and always take the necessary precautions.
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@millds Congratulations on showing positive for some antibodies!! I totally agree that some antibodies are better than none! 🙂 May I ask if you are on MFF and Tac and what dosages...or are you taking something else?