Back to the Office?

I have worked at my current company for almost eleven years. However, it feels much shorter than that since I have been working from home, both full-time and part-time, for several years. When I first started doing in-clinic hemodialysis, I “unofficially” worked from home two days each week. At the time, my dialysis sessions were from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm so I worked in the morning during dialysis days, then made up the hours at night or on the weekend, while taking the occasional vacation day. I went back to work in the office full-time while on peritoneal dialysis, then “officially” part-time (30 hours/week) after heart surgery and switching back to in-clinic hemodialysis.

I remember about two years ago, in March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic finally hit Los Angeles, and our department was told to go home. At the time, many people thought the pandemic would last a few weeks, perhaps even a few months. Here we are two years later, and the pandemic still rages on. Here are some charts tracking COVID cases in Los Angeles County:

Given that I have had four Moderna COVID vaccine shots and the latest dosage of Evusheld, plus the sharp decrease in the number of new cases, I feel I can start going back into the office one or two days each week. I did pose this question to my nephrologist, and she was open to the idea, after checking if the Evusheld shots increased my antibodies count. Since most of my meetings are on Tuesdays, I was thinking of driving on Tuesdays/Thursdays to work for now.

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I received an email from work today that we are ending our indoor masking requirement. It is not good news, but one that was expected sooner than later. Since most of the coworkers in my department know my circumstances, I will still wear my KN95 masks while in my cubicle. Let us see how long I can tolerate wearing it for 8-10 hours per day.