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@raye

Thank you, dear Ginger.
I’m due to get my second Evusheld in two weeks. A friend with CLL was advised to wait “until January” to see what “the news” about it will be at that time. My primary recommends staying on it. Hematologist appointment will be just before and I’ll ask him.

So many questions including what does it mean, what is his Gestalt understanding, about my odd constellation of out-of-range blood tests. I google the various ones, but feel like I’m in a dark room with an elephant.

Thanks for mentioning Hep B. I need to get mine checked and wonder how my pneumonia innoculation can be checked also.

You are so wonderfully helpful. Thanks again! Hugs!

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@raye I believe the Evusheld as it was developed, had in mind the Covid as it presented about a year ago. As we all know, there are so many variants now. I had a bivalent shot from Pfizer for Covid, and the Evusheld as added protection. In my mind, much like our annual flu shots, there just seem to be mutations of the basic virus each year. It may well indeed be that Covid will go that same way, with new variants every so often that may make protocols/certain vaccines obsolete. We'll be forced to take a look at what we can do to protect ourselves as immune-compromised individuals, and it may be a real case-by-case thing.

Back in 2017, I got a Hep B series, as my husband's kidney transplant team notified him of an issue they thought was from the deceased donor of his kidney. Turned out it was the other recipient who had an issue. But I campaigned for the vaccine for myself. While getting set up for dialysis, they ran a Hep B panel and found I had no antibodies, so we are now repeating the series. For those with compromised renal function, apparently the protocol is 3 doses a month apart, then a 4th dose 2 months after 3rd one. They will rerun the panel to see if there are antibodies, and if there still are none, I will be listed as a "non-responder". Gee, thanks! ;))

Just got my pneumonia and tetanus vaccines reupped, so pretty sure I am "good to go" for now. Owies to my arm!
Ginger