@benlam11, I did not have experience any breathing issue like you describe. I was sore and it hurt to cough or take a deep breath in the early recovery. I had a device that I had to blow into to build up my breathing and clear my lungs and airways, though.

I had been fairly active as a walker and a hiker in my pretransplant time, until I became very ill at around 9 months before transplant. I never had a breathing problem before, so that could be partly why. Did you have any breathing issues or underlying condition that might be a factor here? Does this happen all the time? Does it happen when you exert yourself? What have your doctors said about it?

Lastly, After I had been on 5mg daily prednisone for 5 years, I was able to taper off of it. Then I developed a type of asthma that is defined as exercise induced asthma and it causes labored breathing for me when I exert - as when I hike uphill, It is also triggered by allergies and humidity. But that was 5 years after my transplant.

I am also a liver/kidney recipient. Did you have both at the same time? Same donor?