From a kidney recipient

[riverheart]

I am posting this so prospective donors can get an idea of what the surgery preparation and aftermath is like. The author had a transplant recently; the kidney came from his wife Heather.

- We had to go for blood tests 2 weeks before surgery. I had to go through blood tests the day before the surgery and Heather (my wife) had to have a pregnancy

Comments

[starweaver]

I also have two other friends who are going through this. May I share this with them as well?

[riverheart]

Sure!

[caitlin]

Oh god...

I don't think I could ever do the whole "transplant" thing.

I get the WORST side effects on prednisone. Not to mention that stuff tastes horrid.

Regardless, though, I hope things work out for you!

I'm pulling for you!

C.

[kightp]

You might enjoy reading this feature I wrote for our university's faculty-staff newsletter about a month ago. It's a human interest piece, not an in-depth look at kidney transplants, but these two women (one of whom works for my program) are just great.

[sashajwolf]

The BBC had an interview this morning with a family where the mother and father had both made living kidney donations to their son - first the mother, and then the father after the kidney donated by the mother failed. The son is doing really well now, and the father said it really helped him that he had seen the mother go through the process, because he knew they could get through it. It was a nice piece. I thought of you.