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Shingles Vaccine (Shingrix): Is it advisable for transplant patients?

Transplants | Last Active: Jun 28, 2022 | Replies (111)
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@pamh480

Can tell from the broncoscopy nut not for ever so in the mean time I am on a wicked iv antibiotic for pneumonia. And you know what you do with pneumonia? Cough. And you know what this antibiotic does? Gives you diarrhea. And you know what happens when you are tied the bed with an iv? You get the picture.

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Lori, Volunteer Mentor | @loribmt | Jun 8, 2022

Hi @pamh480, I’m popping into the discussion a little late. I seem to remember we’re at about the same points in our SCT story ( 3rd re-birthday in a few days)
Were you able to get the PVC13 & PVC 23 shots with all the childhoods vaccinations after? With our less than robust new immune systems I know we can fall victim to pneumonia and that’s why those vaccines are suggested.

I’m sorry to see that you’re in the hospital! The antibiotics used when we’ve had a transplant are pretty hefty. One trick that I learned that helped immensely is load up with some yogurt between doses. You’re most likely getting IV antibiotics. If that’s the case you can eat yogurt anytime. The probiotics in yogurt helps replace the non-discriminatory loss of the good gut bugs.

As a fellow transplant patient, I’m curious…you mentioned having had covid a while back. Do you think this is related? Could it be GVHD?

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