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Transplants | Last Active: Oct 6, 2018 | Replies (57)

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We are only driving a few hours from home and staying in our timezone. It's a good "training" trip! Lol

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@jodeej When we went to Hawaii last year I just kept taking my medications on EST, and set my alarm for the middle of the night to take them. Now I realize that at home I was taking my immunosuppressants with food but taking them in the middle of the night I was not, which effects the level of the drugs in your system. Next time I may have to figure out a better plan. That seemed easy at the time.
JK

Jodee, You are going to have a wonderful trip! First adventure with hubby's new liver. First of many!!
I think that you will both be overwhelmed (in a good way) at the new freedom of worrying and waiting for the phone call! I am very happy for you. Send us a picture when you get home:-)

@jodeej Our first "trip" after hubby's kidney transplant was 7 weeks post transplant. We love camping, and took the little trailer down to a campground about 30 miles from transplant center. We had an appt there early on day before Thanksgiving. Went down on Tuesday, got set up. Went to appt, then spent the day wandering in a small town about another hour away. When it came time for meds for the evening, he realized he had forgotten them at home. He hadn't set them up before leaving since they were still tweaking doses. So, at 7pm on night before Tgiving, we loaded back up, joined the holiday traffic and got home a few hrs off schedule for meds. We laugh about it now, but he really learned his lesson that day!
Ginger