Originally Posted by
gilders
Hi Natty,
It's good to hear from you. My dad is doing great! He had a tough time on the operating table, losing a lot of blood, but 24hrs later he was very well and within 2 weeks he was completely back to how he was before the transplant.
As for me, I'm slightly better than before transplant, but not much. I always feel bad not being able to tell the Dr's that I feel great now, thanks to their ability to give me a new kidney and the drugs to keep it working. I'm sure most other kidney transplant recepients have a massive improvement and return to a normal, healthy life. But I have many more illnesses, so it was never going to cure those. But there is a slight improvement and the main thing is that I don't have to be on dialysis. I had it for a month or two 25 years ago and I really can't see how I could live like that long term.
I'm so grateful to my dad and always try and make out I'm doing better than I am to him. I know he'd never regret offering his kidney, even if there had been no improvement, but I still like him to think it was a bit more life changing then it has been.
I'll never know exactly how many extra years of life this kidney has given me, be I know it will be substantial, with many of those being dialysis free.