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Life with a transplant during COVID

Transplants | Last Active: Nov 24, 2021 | Replies (12)

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Working outside of the home is definitely a tricky thing! I worked remotely from the time Covid hit until August of this year. Now I work a hybrid schedule and work remotely two days out of the week. I work at a university where mask wearing is very much a norm, but sometimes a colleague of mine will pop into my office not wearing a mask or we will have 5-6 people eating lunch in our conference room. It makes me feel uneasy, but I also don’t want to draw attention to my health condition. It’s such a fine line for me, since I am working for a new department where only one person knows that I had a transplant.

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I report to the Mayor and work primarily with Department Directors. When I went through the interview process I was transparent about my transplant as I wanted to explain why ai left my previous municipal employment. So, typically those I work directly with wear masks. The mask mandate has gone away for City employees in the office, although the public is supposed to wear them. There’s a high rate of vaccination, but there’s been an outbreak amongst public works employees.

My office mates know I’m immunosuppressed, but like you I still have to take my mask off to drink and eat. They do not wear masks. I mostly worry about breakthrough infections, as they are vaccinated.

I’m glad you can work remotely some. But, I’m very sorry you can’t be more transparent in your workplace. It’s sad that people are often judgmental of others. Be safe @alive!