Thank you, @colleenyoung. It sure did get some great responses.

@gingerw I think there is a real balancing act with this. We have been ultra cautious so far. My husband to protect me, although I think he is as vulnerable as I am because he's 87 years old now, a young 87. We have flown two times to visit our son in Denver, the big draw being that they had my first grandchild last October. We would not go to crowded events. Speaking of flying, interestingly my daughter flew to Mexico recently. On the initial flight to Miami she and her husband were the only ones masked. On the flight from Miami to Mexico, almost everyone was masked, and in Mexico there were many more people masked than there are around here. She did catch Covid though and was unable to join us on a family vacation. She figures she probably caught it on the flight home from Miami.

@hello1234 I have had the 3 vaccines which is the protocol for immunocompromised patients, plus two boosters. My antibodies were tested after my second booster and if they were not abundant enough they would have given me Evusheld but they were very strong! I actually wonder if it's possible that I had a non-symptomatic case of Covid, or a case with just light symptoms. I did have something last winter that seemed as if it could be Covid and I did have the test but it came out negative.
When I go out to stores or elsewhere I do mask up.

@mollyv We have been so very cautious and also not gone to any large gatherings. We actually did go to one, a memorial service that was to include dinner afterward but when we saw how crowded it was and that we were the only ones with masks on we spoke to the wife of the deceased person and explained and left before the service actually started.

@katebw I have gotten to the point that you are at, where I need to make decisions based on multiple factors. I would not go to an indoor show/concert because I would feel the need to be masked up the entire time and that to me would ruin my enjoyment but I am thinking that a restaurant that is well spaced, at a non-busy time might be OK.

I have reached a point where I feel like I have lost 2.5 years of my life and am already at a point where who knows how many years I have left? I will be 75 in September and heart problems abound in my family. So far one brother made it to 79 but other than him no one has lived to that age in my family. Ironically, he did not do much to take care of his health! I think the very strict restrictions we have been following are having a negative effect on me in other ways so it is a compromise. It's interesting to hear how others are dealing with it. I know if I ask my transplant team, or the infectious disease department at my transplant center, they will advise me to continue to live in a bubble but of course they have to say that. If they said anything else and a patient did catch a bad case of Covid they might be cast in a bad light.
JK