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Mood changes after transplant

Transplants | Last Active: May 17 3:09pm | Replies (29)

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@rosemarya

@jovanna, Welcome! Congratulations on your liver transplant in Feb 2023! That was only one month ago, and your body is still recovering and getting adjusted to the strong medications that you need right now. As you continue to get stronger and continue to heal you will begin to become more active and gradually resume your previous healthy life.

I want to let you know that everything that you are experiencing has been experienced by other transplant recipients, myself included. I want to provide an article from the Mayo Connect Blog that explains it better than I can.
-Post-Transplant Mental Health & Well-being: Q&A with Shelia Jowsey-Gregoire, M.D.
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/blog/transplant/newsfeed-post/post-transplant-mental-health-well-being-qa-with-shelia-jowsey-gregoire-m-d/
@jovanna, Have you shared this with your transplant nurse or doctor? My nurses at Mayo were able to reassure me that my feelings were normal for my stage of recovery. That alone was a huge relief!
One specific thing I remember was the guilt. No one, outside of transplant, understood that. I was ecstatic one moment. and in tears the next moment as I thought of my anonymous donor and his family. I had an anonymous deceased donor. Did you? In the future, (4-5 months) you will be encouraged to write a brief letter. It helped me move forward and beyond my guilt. Later, I can help you do that if you want help.

Remember that you are not alone in what you are experiencing.

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I have given a great deal of thought about my donor who was deceased. I have yet to write the family. I did ask If I could and have not recieved a response as yet. I really which to share my gratitude and how this gift was a true life changing experience.