@contentandwell That's a good question. Prior to transplant, I was on a fluid restriction to some extent. So after transplant, I asked my team if those rules still applied. They said absolutely no. Based on that, and the fact that all doctors will tell you to drink a minimum of 2 liters per day, I thought more would be better. And I've not read anything to tell me differently. So I thought why not double that number. My nephrologist was on board with it as well.

I do the same thing with exercise. It's recommended to exercise 150 minutes/week, so I figured I would double that as well. And everything I've read, provided I'm healthy enough to do it, it will do nothing but help me. I take the same approach with nutrition.

I don't have an easy time with this. But at the end of the day, I've gone through too much, put my family through too much, to not give my body the best chance I can do be healthy, controlling the things I can control. There's no doubt that at some point in the future, I'll get sick or have rejection, but it won't have anything to do with how I treat my body.