3 weeks post liver transplant: when will I feel better?

Hi, I am 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 that if my numbers continue to be stable they will start decreasing soon. I am getting labs once a month. I think if I could get on less I would feel stronger they make me fill tired/could be the heat also.. I know the prograf is doing a number on my kidneys.
Yes HOPE is a perfect for TP patients.
I hope u r well💚😎 also.

Eso es lo importante sentirse viva solo camine lo más q pueda no exagere en ejercicio su cuerpo solito lo pide a mi después de 3 días de mi transplante me mandaron a caminar y pues así lo hice y poco a poco fui extendiendo el tiempo de caminar a las dos semanas en Arizona Mayo se sorprendieron de la recuperación regrese a California y seguí caminando solamente eso ayuda mucho de ahí hasta el día de hoy he subido peso pero controlando RECUERDE su vida ya no será la misma NO ES SU HÍGADO es un órgano implantado y necesita tiempo así que CUÍDELO a mi en febrero de este año me dijeron que mi hígado transplantado está empezando con CIRROSIS de nuevo pero yo sigo peleando hasta q DIOS PERMITA que el hígado aguante y pues esperare un segundo transplante si DIOS ME LO PERMITE pero sigo agradecido

sec1205, What I did was just try walking maybe 10 minutes. I was an avid walker b/f LTP so it was maybe a little easier for me. Your appetite will come back slowly, if u r not hungry drink a protein shake, 1/2 sandwich some fruit, yogurt jello puddings soups. My favorite was orange shubert.😊
R u taking cellcept twice a day, and tacro twice a day. Yes the immunosuppressants do make u feel tired/weak but that is unfortunately a part of LT. good days/bad days and that’s ok. I think the further u r out u start feeling better💚
I am 2.5 yrs. out and I take 1000 cellcept twice a day tacro 1mg 3/3 monday-Wednesday Thurs-Sunday 3/2. I had an acute liver rejection early October 2022. but doing much better.
It just takes time and remember your body has been thru a lot, major surgery a new liver that your body wants to try and reject. So u just be patient and listen to your body it will let u know when to much is to much.
Stay positive hang in there.💚💙😊

Hurray for stable lab results! As I was reading your response and your tiredness, heat, and kidneys I was reminded of the importance of staying hydrated. I would not be surprised if your tiredness is partially related to the recent rejection, higher doses of meds, and also the heat and the desire to get back to a more normal active life. While I have been fortunate to not have experienced any rejection episode, I still find the need to nap and take an easy day.
@myfablife, I am happy to say that I am doing well. I was at Mayo Rochester in May for my annual review, and got the 'green light' to "Keep doing what I am doing and to return in one year! "

Please keep in touch and send updates.

So glad I found your reply. Now 1 month has passed. Been in the hospital for high AST,ALT,GGT. They found a stricture in one of the bile ducts and did a liver biopsy, my first. Scheduled an ERCP which was canceled because the stricture was not life threatening. Hmm. Wonder when it becomes so.
I have begun eating 3 meals a day to keep liver busy and feel it's helped but have to force it down. Still no stamina and swimming makes me more tired but I do it
. My outlook is positive today ✨️
Thank you for helping me see the brighter side of things!

Stay strong u got this.. I hope the biopsy was good, they wanted to do one on me but I am so thankful we did not have to. My numbers are stable from my rejection I had last October.
😊💚❤️🌻

Eso es lo importante sentirse viva solo camine lo más q pueda no exagere en ejercicio su cuerpo solito lo pide a mi después de 3 días de mi transplante me mandaron a caminar y pues así lo hice y poco a poco fui extendiendo el tiempo de caminar a las dos semanas en Arizona Mayo se sorprendieron de la recuperación regrese a California y seguí caminando solamente eso ayuda mucho de ahí hasta el día de hoy he subido peso pero controlando RECUERDE su vida ya no será la misma NO ES SU HÍGADO es un órgano implantado y necesita tiempo así que CUÍDELO a mi en febrero de este año me dijeron que mi hígado transplantado está empezando con CIRROSIS de nuevo pero yo sigo peleando hasta q DIOS PERMITA que el hígado aguante y pues esperare un segundo transplante si DIOS ME LO PERMITE pero sigo agradecido

@rosemarya
Hi Rosemary,
My name is Elaine and today is my 30 Year Anniversary of having my Liver Transplant❤️🙏🏻❤️God blessed me with a new liver on May 29th, 1993 at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Ga. I am very happy to be alive and you will be too once you get through a few more months and decide you aren't a freak and you are actually going to live. You may look & feel different now but things will go back to mostly normal or a “New Normal” sometime soon !! You’ve been thru major life altering surgery and the more you work at being better, the better you’ll start to get😊
Liver Transplants hadn’t been around for too long when I had mine and people didn’t know what to say or do when they found out I’d had a Liver Transplant. It was so nice once I started going to the Transplant Clinic because I was able to sit and talk to other Post Liver Transplant Patients. It helped immensely to see how they were doing and ask questions to someone who new first hand. It was also nice to see they had and were recovering like the doctors said. One person told me that I would not feel normal until after One Year. I wondered if that could be true, but he was close. I wasn’t yellow any longer and I had lost a lot of the puffiness, but I still had chipmunk cheeks 😉 It took me a while to accept the new me! However, I was alive and I was able to be with my children, husband and family and they helped me find the new me 😉 Once I started to do my daily walk around the neighborhood, I started talking to people and reconnecting with old friends and making new friends. They were all amazed at how well I was doing and wanted to know more about who gave me the liver etc.