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Post Transplant - Core numbness and weakness

Transplants | Last Active: Oct 5, 2023 | Replies (37)

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@crystalfaye

I was not totally prepared for the vast range of emotions I am experiencing. Immediately after my transplant I was so mean!!! Totally not the norm for me. While that has dissipated, I find that I am not quite the communicator that I use to be. Yes, I loved to talk and interact with others. Today, not so much. 😢

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@crystalfaye, I had forgotten that you are a recent transplant recipient - 6 weeks. As soon as I realized that, I knew that I needed to re-reply to you.
At 6 weeks, I also was moody and emotional. Medications, recovery, turmoil of adjusting to diet and medication schedule, and the relief after my difficult pre transplant health all played a part for me. I got so-o-o tired of people, when I returned home at 3 weeks, telling me how brave I was! Blah - I don't have a brave bone in my body! Each day was a struggle, each day was facing another day of waiting and wondering if I would get a transplant in time to live and if I would ever return home. Many people in my circle were ready to move on, as if nothing had happened or changed. any thought I was being too emotional and needed to just be happy the surgery went well. It isn't that easy!
Another thing that I remember is that I had a difficult time focusing or concentrating. Crystal, time will make it easier for you to resume communication and to enjoy it again. I think that as your medications are reduced, that you will also feel differently.
Does this sound like what you are experiencing?

I feel the same!!