Hi folks,

My rheumatologist suggests that the time we get the vaccine matters. I get a shot of immune medicine every 2 months. Doc suggests that I get vaxxed 2 weeks or so before my scheduled med shot. That is when the medicine to slow down my immune system is lowest and so it's when my immune system can work best with the vaccine to generate a good response with the vaccine.

Good luck, everybody! This is tough decision time for us.

Were you able to follow the link to the study I included? NAC is N-acetyl cysteine which helps produce glutathione and has numerous benefits. It’s even given in the ER to counteract Tylenol overdose. There are lots of interesting studies on it so you may just want to google NAC.

CIDP which is also known as chronic Guillain-Barré Syndrome, is diagnosed through electrical conduction studies. Lumbar puncture is also used to diagnose it but I refused that test. It’s a demyelinating disease in which the nerve fibers are stripped. The best natural thing I ever took for it was alpha lipoic acid which is a super antioxidant often given for diabetic neuropathy. Sadly, I have reflux and couldn’t tolerate it.