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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: Transplant Discussion => Topic started by: Deanne on January 30, 2014, 02:34:46 PM

Title: Another vaccination: Pneumovax 13
Post by: Deanne on January 30, 2014, 02:34:46 PM

I was surprised by a call from my transplant center. Apparently there are still one or two vaccinations they haven't scraped up to give me. Have you had the pneumax 13 shot? Any "gotcha's" I should be aware of? I'm doing a web search of course. I've had the pneumovax 26 shot already and thought I was good to go. Looking at internet information, I see that ESRD patients are supposed to get both, with pneumax 13 given one year after pneumax 26. I wonder what other surprises wait for me. I wish they'd just tell me everything in the beginning instead of dropping it on me out of nowhere.

Title: Re: Another vaccination: Pneumovax 13
Post by: cassandra on January 31, 2014, 03:08:07 AM

Thanx for the info. I'll check around here. By the way don't be annoyed , they are themself learning still  :angel;

Love, Cas

Title: Re: Another vaccination: Pneumovax 13
Post by: MooseMom on January 31, 2014, 08:34:18 AM

I'd had a pneumonia shot some years before entering the pre-eval circus, but I'm not aware that it had any number attached to it.  Whichever vaccine I got, it was good enough for my coordinator.  I'm sorry they are making you jump through yet one more hoop.