@kequick That's a very good article but I find the results to be very predicable, basically an "of course"! I was fortunate in that I felt well enough up until the last month and a half prior to transplant to continue doing pool exercises and I was eating well and healthily because I was determined to lose some weight prior to transplant. I knew that being in decent condition going into surgery would improve my recuperation. I think this is true of any surgery. I had a knee replacement about 4 years ago and wished I had done more prior to surgery. My post surgery recuperation has been rapid and better than anticipated.
JK

@contentandwell, thank you for sharing your experience! That's great to hear you were able to eat well and stay active leading up to your transplant, and that it paid off in your recovery. I'm sure your doctors were very pleased!

@kequick I do think my doctors really have been pleased by my rapid recovery and progress. My husband thinks the surgeon takes my whole appointment rather than having the NP take the beginning of it because I'm his star patient! I feel incredibly fortunate to have been well for so long prior to transplant and to have recovered so well after. So much to be thankful for. So many people were praying for me it's incredible, even my son's ex-wife (She's a very nice woman but they never were well-matched,and a whole chain of nuns were praying for me too).
JK