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MGUS monitoring: What tests do you have done regularly?
Blood Cancers & Disorders | Last Active: Dec 23, 2022 | Replies (33)Comment receiving replies
EVUSHELD QUESTION WHETHER TO KEEP GETTING INJECTIONS: Not certain where I should jump in to the MGUS discussion.
I have IgM kappa MGUS and have had all five Modernas, the primary plus three boosters. (Absolutely no side effects from them.) However my body was tested for covid immunity and found to be immune compromised. Therefore I was given EVUSHELD six months ago and now due to repeat.
However, though my PCP advises getting second Evusheld, the covid virus variants have moved on. My hematologist, who had first said I was lucky to get E, now advises not to bother getting it. My friend with CLL is advised by a different hematologist not to get it also, and to wait and see what the FDA advises regarding Evusheld in a month or two.
My question to the MGUS and blood cancers family of unmet friends is: what are you hearing regarding continuing Evusheld?
Thanks for letting us know!
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@raye There is an active discussion in the Transplants group, about Evusheld, that you will no doubt find informational.
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/evusheld-update/I have had two doses of Pfizer, 2 boosters of Pfizer, 1 bivalent, plus 2 doses of Evusheld. My next dose of Evusheld is due in February 2023. Personally, i am of the following mindset: Evusheld may not protect me against the latest variants, but it won't do me any harm. I am immune-compromised, and any help is better than none. I am sure I do not have much antibody amount even with all my vaccines/boosters. It certainly is not that I like to collect vaccines, but I want to give myself all chances possible to stay healthy. And to that end, it includes frequent hand-washing, masking as needed, and social distancing. simlly, I cannot afford to get sick with anything!
My oncologist for multiple myeloma just last week told me we would revisit Evusheld issue come Feb when I am due again, to see what the FDA says then.
Ginger