Sugar pie said:
Thanks for the support everyone like I said before it does really help. Hi Sah154 well done on your recovery how are things going at the moment. Do you feel much better than previously/was it worth it? I know that sounds a silly question but I have so many questions running through my head that I suppose this is what it narrows down to. My consultant at the renal clinic is not easiest person and does not seem to want to answer any questions or concerns I may have, the whole team seem to be so laid back. Also could you tell me if the side effects of the medication kick in straight away. I have gastroparesis and very frightened that these will make things worse especially while in hospital (weird I know). So sorry for bombarding you with all these but any little info would mean a great deal. Hope all is going well for you. x
I had the operation Jan 2012 - in hospitial for 9 days and total time off work was 11 weeks.
I can't take painkillers except paracetamol I had bad reactions to all other pain killers so I had to suffer a bit - it took about 6 months to really get used to it.
Yes I do feel better and I'm glad I had it done.
My pancreas is bladder drained (bit of a nightmare) but if you're having a dual transplant they should drain yours through the bowel. Plus you have a much lower chance of rejection having the dual transplant than just the one organ.
The side affects of the anti rejection drugs so far have been more irritating than serious. I do get more frequent colds but they are nowhere near as bad as a cold when on insulin. I have lost a lot of the shivering/aching you get when ill (the drugs?)
I get twinges like an ache where they cut through nerves but it's a lot better than it was - It wasn't painful just set off rejection paranoia.
My HBA1Cs have ranged from 30-35 since the operation. I have the odd highish blood sugar I did get a 10.8 once and do sometimes get the odd 8-9 one but these could be caused by the insulin going straight into the blood . On the whole the blood sugars are fine I checked one the other evening 1.5 hours after having a high carb meal and it was 4.4 ( was 4.8 pre meal)
I no longer feel hungry all the time which is nice.
Only real problems I had were nausea for about 4 weeks the mycophenolate does this. I had real bad backache for about 3 weeks (very common I'm told).
I do not feel hot all the time (this happened after 2 days of the op) as it had to be in single figures for me to feel cold - I'm not sure what caused this?
Sorry I have no knowledge of the kidney TX so can't advise on this.