@award Let me add my welcome to the group here on Mayo Clinic Connect. There are many of us on this same journey, and yep, it really hits close to home when a loved one has a condition that we also get pronounced with!

Here is a link to the International Myeloma Foundation website, defining MGUS. https://www.myeloma.org/what-are-mgus-smm-mm.

We can only do what we can do to protect ourself and loved ones from germs! I have been getting COVID vaccines since 2021, the last one just last week. When we have a compromised immune system for whatever reason, we need to make the conscious decision to keep as healthy as possible. My husband, on the other hand, is a kidney transplant recipient and seems to be skating through with little thought to maintaining his schedule.
Ginger