Antibodies

[ksteinberglewis]

I have had the booster and have still been acting as if I haven’t. I had an antibodies test because I had to do other tests for my doctor. The results came back that I had 20. She said that anything over 1 was positive but I had heard that some people have 2,000+. What is your experience with this terrible virus and having antibodies? Thanks for your support

[Davidcara]

Would really need to see the lab result. Because different labs result the numbers in different ways. From a lay person point of view, your results are far from robust but, definitely much better than zero. Be safe, wear the mask.

[ksteinberglewis in reply to Davidcara]

I always wear the mask and when I go to Publix I also wear a shield. Thanks for your reply

[Jm954 Administrator in reply to Davidcara]

You make a really important point here about the different way results are reported which also extends to variability in sensitively in testing platforms so it's hard for ordinary people to interpret them.Mine were zero but I think I half expected that as I'm on Ibrutnib but it doesn't bode well for the flu vaccine etc either. I had my third jab this week and was very poorly for two days afterwards, not that that means anything.

Jackie

[sweatbee]

Four weeks after booster I had 6.4. My wife who has had the same series of shots as I and who has a normal immune system had >2500.

I have SLL, am treatment naive, and on W&W.

[Davidcara in reply to sweatbee]

5 weeks after booster I had zero

[ksteinberglewis in reply to Davidcara]

I am grateful that I have some. Stay safe

[KirbyBH]

I am CLL watch & wait no treatment of any kind yet. After vaccine #2 I had an antibody test and my # was 1318. Kind of middle of the road. I had the booster a month ago and had another antibody test and my # was >2500!! Very happy with the results as we are going to be traveling soon and on a plane in December.

[Jonquiljo]

Was the test that scored you 20 at Quest diagnostics? All labs score tests differently. While LabCorp may have a maximum value >2500, I believe Quest only goes to a maximum of 20. I could be wrong, but it should be easy for you to check out.

[ksteinberglewis in reply to Jonquiljo]

Thank you for your share. I did it at my doctors office and they sent it out. I think 20 was their top number. I am still going to play it safe