CLL? Have a 3rd primary dose at least 8 wks after your 2nd jab

[Mijoed]

Booster or third dose, please read.

Just to clarify:- you should have the third primary dose if you have CLL at any stage.

The third primary dose should be at least 8 weeks after your second dose as it assumes that you did not generate a good response to the first. You may then have a 4th dose early next year and that will be your booster.

The normal booster program requires 6 months and assumes you had a good response to the first two (ie healthy adult) and just require a booster due to antibody levels decreasing over time

[RobertCLL]

I received my third primary dose yesterday. I was able to negotiate this with my GP as I have CLL and therefore compromised. It was 4 and half months since my second dose.

[Floxxy in reply to RobertCLL]

I'm slightly confused. I thought that as someone with CLL I was classed as immunocompromised and would receive a third primary jab. However, I spoke to my CNS to clarify and she checked with my consultant who said that as I wasn't on treatment at the moment I didn't need a third primary, just a booster. Is this right? X

[mrsjsmith in reply to Floxxy]

Slightly grey area because of JCVI wording but from everything I have read seeing a consultant counts as treatment. Perhaps speak to GP/surgery.

Colette

[Floxxy in reply to mrsjsmith]

Thank you.

[RobertCLL in reply to Floxxy]

Floxxy. I believe that you are entitled to the 3rd Primary dose. This link may help you from the JCVI:

gov.uk/government/publicati...

[Floxxy in reply to RobertCLL]

Thank you. Yes I have seen this and thought that I qualified. I see my consultant in 3 weeks so will discus further with her then. X

[Mijoed in reply to Floxxy]

Green Book, 14a page 21. See point number two….under follow-up! That includes watch and wait.

Criteria for a third primary dose of COVID-19 vaccineIndividuals with primary or acquired immunodeficiency states at the time of vaccination due to conditions including:

●● acute and chronic leukaemias, and clinically aggressive lymphomas (including Hodgkin’s lymphoma) who were under treatment or within 12 months of achieving cure

●● individuals under follow up for a chronic lymphoproliferative disorders including haematological malignancies such as indolent lymphoma, chronic lymphoid leukaemia, myeloma, Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia and other plasma cell dyscrasias (Note: this list is not exhaustive)

[Floxxy in reply to Mijoed]

Wow, thank you for this. Excuse my ignorance but what is the green book? Thank you. X

[Mijoed in reply to Floxxy]

The Green Book has the latest information on vaccines and vaccination procedures, for vaccine preventable infectious diseases in the UK.

[mrsjsmith]

Thank you for such a concise and correct summary.

Colette