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Transplant: Vaccines: Covid, Flu, RSV
Transplants | Last Active: Oct 14, 2023 | Replies (44)Comment receiving replies
My husband, 9 months post liver transplant, to my surprise, was advised by Mayo Clinic not to take the flu nor the covid vaccines at this time due to his cmv detected and low white blood count weekly test results. To be safe, I check with his wonderful transplant team before giving him anything new, even meds prescribed by other doctors.
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Hi @valbob 😊
It's a pleasure to meet you. I am so happy that you joined this discussion! Your post is excellent. If your husband has CMV, that probably means the immune suppression is running a little high. In that instance, your husband would probably have my experience with the covid vaccine, which was no immune response and no antibodies created by the vaccine.
In addition to Valcyte, did transplant lower your husband's immune suppression dosage or is the CMV currently at a low viral level at this time?
When I had active CMV during the first year of my transplant, I took Valcyte and my immune suppression was lowered. (I also had a very low WBC before they adjusted the immune suppression down).