Kidney surgery?
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- identity
Anyone else here ever get kidney surgery? A transplant, specifically? Just had one last week. Recovery is way worse than I thought. Would love to gain some perspective from someone that does what I do (design) and how long it took them to recover back into a feeling of 'normalcy'?!
Thanks guys!
- Salarrue0
Hope you didnt sell it in your kidney in the internet.
I have a friend that had two kidney transplant, first time there we complications but second time her body accepted better the kidney and she recovered a way faster, with the support of family she was getting bettter around a month of surgery, but takes time.
Good luck
- sine0
my cousin's husband had a kidney transplant last year, but he was quite ill. waited a long time for a suitable donor. went for dialysis twice a week. literally had a few weeks to live when a suitable organ became available. his recovery was long and hard, but the transplant was successful. he's healthy, but has picked up a lot of weight.
- goldieboy0
No advice fella... But get well soon!
- GeorgesIV0
Hey sup mate, get better and use this time to stay away from the computer and get some rest :)
- mekk0
Best friend had one removed a few years ago, no complications but needed a long time to recover and he always told about the felling when his stomach kinda 'slided' in the position the kidney was..
Well.. this didn't help, right? :-(
Get well soon!
- utopian0
A friend of mine had a kidney transplant about 15 years ago, it took about 6 months for him to be fully mobile without any physical discomfort. The drugs that he is permanently taking made him retain water and gain some weight. Other than that he is doing well, I wish you best!
- irrelevant0
Best wishes for a speedy recovery.
- identity0
Thanks guys. Happened last Thursday.
Taking a lot of drudgs for pain/anti-rejection.
I've heard it takes a month and a half for all the muscles to heal back (most of the pain is basically from the medical equivalent of a c-section).If anyone's actually experienced it would love to hear from their perspective too (in an email if you prefer)
- boobs0
I've had abdominal surgery several times, and it really does take longer than that to get back to full normal. You'll find it painful to walk normally for several weeks. Getting up from a chair, getting out of the car, will be a struggle for some weeks after that. Of course, it depends on how big the incision was. Mine were on the order of 8 inches.
Although it's painful as fuck, the more you can do, the faster it will feel better. Walking, which is surprisingly difficult after surgery, is really good. If you can manage to do some stretching, that will help a lot, too.
But the tissue where the incision and the stitches were will probably never feel completely "normal." There will probably always be something of a mass in that area, and some numbness, and an odd feeling, that never really goes away. The scar will get better looking in time--many months.
I've also taken Imuran, which I imagine you'll get, for years at a time. Not too many side effects, but you have to get your blood drawn a lot, which is a drag.
Be really alert for an inflammation or infection. Chills, fever, warm to the touch--all that shit you've got to tell the doctor right away. Don't fuck around, because infections can spread fast, especially with imune suppressing drugs.
Good luck Hombre! You're going to do great!
- noneck0
I had my gall bladder out last summer. I had a ten inch incision across my abdomen, and it took about four weeks for the muscles to heal enough that sedentary living wasn't uncomfortable. It was another month after that before I got the go ahead to do any kind of rehab work on my core.
boobs is right, the incision was the worst part for me too.
The area around the scar is still pretty numb, almost a year later. Feels weird.
boobs was also right about walking. It helps. Take it easy, but push yourself a little bit every day. You'll get better.
I hope you feel better soon.
- yikes. my wife had her gallbladder removed - 2 tiny incisions, maybe a half inch each (laparoscopic procedure). sorry to hear.bulletfactory
- Mine was supposed to be done like that, but when they got in it was inflamed to the size of a large baked potato.noneck
- yikessine
- 'a large backed potato' not to laugh at your misfortune, but that was a great metric for comparison :)detritus
- That's what my surgeon told me after. She's cool.noneck
- ArmandoEstrada0
went last week to get blood tested for kidney donation for a friend. i figure ill wait until i get results back to research recovery time, side effects and risks. did you learn about the donor? were they a friend/relative?
get well soon!!!!
- pr20
Bro, in your spare time watch this animated series:
This is better then biology lessons. I'm pretty sure my friend who's a doctor knows less about human body than me watching this series as a kid (i'm only half joking).
And yeah, get better!
- dbloc0
Hope all goes well. Get better man!
- utopian0
How is your recovery coming along Randall?
- BusterBoy0
One of my best friends had a transplant when he was 15...he's now 50 and doing great. Took him a few months to get over it and at the time he thought he would never feel 'normal' again. The initial pain was really bad...
After that initial pain and once the scars heal, you'll never look back!
Good luck mate.