At Last My Kidney Transplant is Confirmed

We finally have it – a date for the kidney transplant.
It’s scheduled for 9 June… which is only 2 weeks away?!
I admit I have mixed feelings as I contemplate the enormity of what we’re doing. On the one hand, I am excited to have finally reached this point. We’ve been working towards the transplant for so long, over a year now, and it feels almost inconceivable that the end is in sight.
At the same time, I’m nervous about it. An organ transplant is hardly a small thing to consider. And although my medical team are doing their best to prepare me for what lies ahead, there are still so many unknowns, so many uncertainties and I have so many questions racing around in my brain.
And then there is the relief. Perhaps that is the dominant emotion right now. Because after all that I’ve been through in the last 17 months, I am finally able to start seeing the possibility of returning to the life I knew.
Well, that last hope may be a little misplaced. I understand that my life will again be changing following the transplant. I’ll have new medication to manage, I’ll need to be vigilant about avoiding even minor ailments due to my suppressed immune system, and no doubt my diet and fluid intake will again change. So perhaps I should rather think of myself as going towards yet another new normal, one that will resemble my life before dialysis but not be exactly the same.
So, with only 13 days to go, all is now becoming intensely real. I haven’t actually started counting down the hours yet, but I’m sure it won’t be long before I do.
If you’d like to stay in touch and receive my updates while I’m in hospital, you can join the WhatsApp group where we’ll be keeping everyone updated.
Here’s that group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/BjKotK5gkagAWVQzatc55M?mode
There it is. We finally have a date, and it is Tuesday, 9 June. Please keep me in your thoughts and prayers for this lifesaving and life-changing surgery.
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