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Just wanted to share the exciting update that yesterday my hubby was discharged! We had a good first night and are hoping to settle into a routine soon. We live just 15 minutes from the hospital, I'm grateful that follow up care will be simpler for us. Our daughter is in high school so it's a blessing that we don't need to travel. Please keep the advice and suggestions coming, we appreciate the support! I also saw that these members were tagged on previous questions since they've had a heart transplant so I thought I'd add them. Thank you!

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@nala1 Awesome, Welcome to the very exclusive club of Heart Transplant Patients So it's been a couple of weeks and I think for me the biggest change was the fear of not being in the Hospital. A bit nervous at first but soon it became a routine. I found doing Cardiac Rehab helped a lot to gain confidence that I could lead a normal life without worries. Is He planning on attending an outpatient program at some point. I know that the first few weeks you'll probably be up at the Hospital for checkups anyway. I remember one thing I looked forward to was driving again. I think that was about 6 weeks as long as your off of pain meds. So any questions I'm sure we can help answer.