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Transplants | Last Active: May 21, 2023 | Replies (197)
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Thanks, @rosemarya This is actually very timely for me, if we ever manage to get our acts together and sell our home to downsize. I am very conscious of not being further away from Boston since that is where I have the majority of my medical care, except for my PCP, but I hadn't thought much about convenience to other things if I had to stop driving. That's tricky in the area where I live. There is very little public transportation. I abhor being dependent on anyone so I would really like to be close to shopping, etc. to not have to rely on anyone other than myself and my husband.
Thanks for posting.
JK
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The need to give up driving and independence is something that we are all going to have to face someday if we are drivers. Shopping and convenience don't matter when safety of self and others is the focus. At 70, that is something that I have to start to be aware of.
However the implication in this FB post was that even young transpant recipients need to be aware of how our medications can affect our response time and seriously affect our driving.
Here is what happened to me several years ago. I was not able to pull into 1 of 3 in-a-row parking spaces. And then I was going to run a red light at an intersection, so my husband had me pull over so he could drive. Next day I called my coordinator and she and I discussed some other symptoms that I was having. She told to me lower my tacrolimus dose and to get my labs drawn along with a prograf kit. Sure enough, my numbers were too high. I guess that is why I encourage patients to call tneir transplant coordinator or team.