Today marks eight weeks since my donor surgery. I went for my first get back into shape/training hike two days ago. It felt good to be out. However, due to my previous lack of activity I was definitely winded earlier than I should have been for some portions of the trail, but I managed to […]
Labs
The lab results are back from my second follow up and everything looks great. My creatinine levels are really good, so my lone kidney has picked up the slack.
Second follow up
As promised, here are the updates from my second follow up appointment earlier today. First I met with my surgeon, everything checked out fine and my restrictions have been lifted. I can now resume all normal activities, and that I just need to listen to my body and not overdo it. They did take blood […]
Seven weeks
Today marks seven weeks since surgery. Tomorrow (7/24) is my next follow up appointment, so I’m hoping to have something worthwhile to report after.
Short update
Just a quick note to say I’m feeling pretty damned good these days. Still not 100%, but getting closer.
Testing, testing
Today I decided to test things a little and see where I’m at physically. I did one pull-up and a few push-ups. Hanging for the pull-up, I could still feel the tension around the large incision. But, other than that things felt okay. I felt really out of shape after, meaning I’ve got a lot […]
Six weeks
It’s hard for me to believe that it has already been six weeks since my surgery. The time has flown by. I still feel like I’m feeling little bits better each and every day. I’d say I’m at about 95% now. I’m really hoping to be able to start working out at least a little […]
Picking nits
I checked in with my coordinator to see about my next follow up appointment which should be next week and I got an immediate reply of: “You have an appointment 7/24 at 2:00 PM, see you then.” I know I’m picking nits here, but I find this quite annoying. First, that I’m not asked if […]
Five weeks!
Today marks five weeks since surgery. I continue to feel better and better every day, even with the stress of having returned to work. I can now sneeze and cough without any pain, just the slightest of twinges. There’s still some tightness and pulling around the large incision as well as the one numb spot […]
Quick update
Though today is not my first day back to work (I worked on July 3rd and 5th), today marks the start of my first “real” work week back. My boss is off-site all week (and I’m on point for our team) and I am on-call as well. So this could lead to a stressful seven […]