I asked my oncologist a while back if I should be getting vaccinated for respiratory illnesses and, if so, which ones. His answer was, "Yes, all of them." So that made four vaccines to schedule this fall: pneumococcal pneumonia, RSV, covid, and flu. My primary care doctor advised me to get two of them two weeks before an immunotherapy session and two of them two weeks after. So I did that, and yesterday I got my second two shots.
So now I'm good to go! As cold and flu season comes on, hopefully the worst I have to fear is a cold. With cancer in my lung lining, I really don't want to get any infection in there.
Otherwise, things have been very quiet around here—perhaps too quiet. I am no longer so sick that it takes all my attention, but I don't have all that much stamina either, with the result that I am left somewhat at loose ends. From my mesothelioma support group, I gather than fatigue is pretty universal for those of us getting immunotherapy (or chemo, for that matter). Finding right-sized activities is going to be a challenge.
Congrats on the vax! I worry about it getting harder in some parts of the US due to you-know-why. And "right-sized activities" seems like the right way to think about it, no point in comparing yourself to anybody or anything else: you is what you is and that's all that matters.
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