So happy to read these posts. Can you direct me to a post re after surgery. How much pain, how much time in hospital, when can I drive again, when can I get back to the YMCA. Been a hermit since the flu epidemic and no longer feel strong as I did when excerciseing. Thanks for sharing.

@beach757 Sorry for the delay in responding but I have gotten behind on these posts.
I was in pain in the hospital. I do not remember the pain, but I do remember that one night I had a problem sleeping because of it and a nurse came in and told me to never let that happen, that she could have given me some more pain meds, which she did then.
By time I was released, 6 days after the transplant surgery, I was feeling a lot better and at my first post-transplant visit a week later I was doing great. I think I progressed quicker than many because I had worked on getting in shape to some degree and that helps. It sounds like you are working at that too. I don't remember how long it was before I could drive, definitely not if you are still taking any narcotics.
I belong to a health club where I go for water exercise and regular exercise. I think you basically have to wait until your incision is well healed before doing any exercise. My main focus was the water but I assume they would not want you to do anything strenuous unless you were totally healed either.
Please feel free to ask any questions if you have more specific ones. I would be happy to respond. My transplant was on 09.23.2016 so some of it vague now. I wish very much that I had kept a journal. I intended to but somehow that fell by the wayside.
JK

Thank you. That is the information I was looking for. I want to communicate with a patient. All the articles are too generic. I will keep a journal. Thanks again, hope to write to you soon.