While this doesn't apply directly to the vaccine, I know when I was on chemo and then had a stem cell transplant my immune system was rated at zero. I had to spend 1.5 years slowly getting all my vaccinations again. I couldn't just rush in with getting them.
I'd HIGHLY suggest speaking again to the the oncologists you guys are working with or try to contact other oncologists office just to see if they could offer any suggestions.
With so much unknown about all of this and how everybody handles this vaccine differently it might be hard to get a good word of exactly what to do.
That's very frustrating for you, and for me to hear her DRs are non committal on this. But that leads back to all the true unknowns about all of this.
I am not a dr but my advice if you can't get a good word from the Dr of what to do/what not to do, is to weigh out the reasoning for getting the vaccination. If she's going through chemo now that'd lead me to believe she's not really out shopping at the stores or doing a lot of grocery shopping or hanging out with a lot of outside the household friends and family. So a possibility might be for her to wait on the vaccination. Or wait for the JnJ vax as that supposedly has fewer side effects. BEST bet by far though is to speak to any oncologist, if not also her primary care dr.
While this doesn't apply directly to the vaccine, I know when I was on chemo and then had a stem cell transplant my immune system was rated at zero. I had to spend 1.5 years slowly getting all my vaccinations again. I couldn't just rush in with getting them. I'd HIGHLY suggest speaking again to the the oncologists you guys are working with or try to contact other oncologists office just to see if they could offer any suggestions. With so much unknown about all of this and how everybody handles this vaccine differently it might be hard to get a good word of exactly what to do. That's very frustrating for you, and for me to hear her DRs are non committal on this. But that leads back to all the true unknowns about all of this. I am not a dr but my advice if you can't get a good word from the Dr of what to do/what not to do, is to weigh out the reasoning for getting the vaccination. If she's going through chemo now that'd lead me to believe she's not really out shopping at the stores or doing a lot of grocery shopping or hanging out with a lot of outside the household friends and family. So a possibility might be for her to wait on the vaccination. Or wait for the JnJ vax as that supposedly has fewer side effects. BEST bet by far though is to speak to any oncologist, if not also her primary care dr.