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SPK (simultaneous pancreas and kidney) transplants

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@jgloede9, Hi Jennifer. I want to extend my hand in a virtual handshake to welcome you to Connect. As a transplant recipient, I am excited to see that you will be celebrating your 3rd year anniversary soon. Do you have any plans to honor the special day? My husband and I have made it our practice to go out for dinner on the anniversary of my transplant. We make it special with an iced tea toast!
I have a simultaneous transplant, also. Mine is liver and kidney. I have 2 incision sites/scars. How about you - Did you have 2 incisions/scars?

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Hello! Thanks for the warm welcome! Congrats on your transplant as well. I always feel like getting a kidney and pancreas is is so much less of a journey than what you had to endure with getting a liver and kidney! Happy to hear you are doing well. So far every year on my anniversary I spend the day in clinic for my yearly follow up. I usually end the day hanging out with family and friends and speaking to my donors family. We are actually very close and talk all of the time. I had one huge incision, that starts at the bottom of my sternum and runs to my pubic bone. I'm so happy it healed so well! How many years have you had your transplant now?