← Return to Transplant: Do you have serious side effects after COVID vaccinations?

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Hi @echo2022 😊
I am a two year post kidney transplant patient. I had a couple of Pfizer and Moderna covid vaccines/boosters in an attempt to get some covid antibodies. I had no reaction at all to the multiple vaccines, including no antibodies developed. (I take Cellcept and Tacronlimis for my immune suppression).
I see you were sick for two weeks after taking the vaccine. What symptoms did you have? Do you have an autoimmune disease? I have read that some autoimmune patients have experienced reactions to the vaccine in rare occasions.
Which organ did you have transplanted and what are your current immune suppression meds? The most prevalent "reaction" to the covid vaccine for immune suppressed transplant patients is no reaction....no antibodies or a very low number of antibodies are created.
It's difficult to get a robust successful immune response to a vaccine when a patient is immune suppressed.

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I am a 15-year post liver transplant patient and I take Tacrolimus. I took one dose of Pfizer vaccine and have had a fever for a week and felt fatigue for another week. After the first dose, I tested my antibodies against the COVID-19, but I didn't know how strong the antibodies were. My test couldn't show it.