@yani2023, @footballmum - Welcome to Connect!

- Yani, Happy First Year Transplant Anniversary! It sounds like you have experienced a rugged first year, and I hope that the new year, 2023 will be a steady return to a more normal life for you.
I can understand how having a healthy head of hair is a boost to our self esteem because I, too, had the hair thinning experience during my pre liver/kidney transplant illness and post transplant period. Thankfully, that is now in my past history, and I have learned to live with and to celebrate my 'new' normal - healthy liver/kidney life. It was an adjustment at first with many small steps as my health and energy returned. I am now 13 years post transplant, and fortunate to be on stable course of medications and monitoring by my transplant team and my local PCP.
Yani, What do you most look forward to doing as you enter this new year with your new kidney?

- Footballmum - I see that you are new on Connect, and I would like to know more about you and your transplant experience. Are you a caregiver? Are you waiting? Are you a recipient? What brings you to Connect?