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@contentandwell - The family of the donor had already agreed to the donation, but wanted to gather for a final goodbye. Life support was supposed to turned off at Noon AZ time, but I think it was delayed based on the surgery time change. They told me that the donor was male and 40 yrs of age, so I joke that I have a younger man in my life (I'm 57 yrs old)! My glucose went high with the Prednisone I am taking, but my diet was unrestricted. Hate having to use insulin again, but I'm on the Prednisone taper and things are getting better.
My scar is only 18" but the staples were pretty close together. When I was healthy I used to create kiln-formed glass art so I hope to use some glass pieces to surround the staples which I will lay out in a path - symbolizing the journey from health to illness to health. Still not able to focus enough to work with glass,but I'm in no rush.
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@amyintucson I hope when you do create your glass art using the staples that you will post a picture here on Connect. I would love to see it. It never even occurred to me to ask for the staples. They were not painful but I was glad to have them gone because that was a step forward in recovery.
I figure that I am much younger too, my donor would be 36 now. Many people do think that we are affected in ways by who the new organ was once a part of. I don't think I subscribe to that. I actually have wondered if she may have had IBS though because I seem to have developed that since the transplant. I think that the immunosuppressants can affect some people that way though, so I am sure it is that.
I hope you continue to do well and that your recovery is basically done at this point. I consider each day to be a gift now. I realize how fortunate I was to get a liver, it was in the "nick of time".
JK