@msfins, Please accept my belated Welcome to Connect. Congratulations on your new transplant! It is now 5 weeks since you received your new liver, and I hope that you are feeling some relief from some of the swelling and side effects of the new medications. As others have said - it can take time for your body to adjust to the powerful new meds that are needed to protect your new liver. Part of that adjustment is also dealing with the emotional part of waiting, getting sick, and then surgery and recovery.
I'm glad you found Connect and have received such good support and ideas here from others who are like you. I agree that our well-meaning friends can make us feel guilty when we don't conform to the Hollywood version of patient recovery.
My transplant was 13 years ago. I was at Mayo MN for my annual evaluation when you began this discussion. I was reading and cheering at the fantastic support and sharing by members who have so generously told of their experiences. I hope that this has helped to put recovery into perspective. I hope that you are already feeling better as your body is adjusting.

Are you feeling any improvements? And is that facial puffiness going down?