Managing hunger and meals is one of the biggest parts of having a transplant. If you are on prednisone (steroids) and tacrolimus these will all dramatically increase and interfere with blood sugar levels and cause sudden hunger pangs, irritability, and sugar spikes. As well as this they can also cause GI issues such as diarrhoea,…
Category: Health
Transplant Tips: Summertime ☀️
It is now 35 degrees in November and I am preparing for summer. Here is my guide for navigating a transplant in the summer. Maintaining fluid balance The heat tends to cause swelling especially on hot days. Couple this with tropical climates and issues such as insect bites can lead to stomach face, legs feeling…
Transplant Tips: Clinic Visits
Continuing on with this little series, I wanted to write about a familiar and all too well known part of life for transplant recipients: The Clinic Visit: Currently, I am 24 years old and live in a suburb in the North-West Sydney 20km from the CBD. Being a paediatric patient, meant I received all my…
Transplant Tips: Wintertime
This post is created after my experiences of having a kidney transplant, however it can be for anyone who has a condition in which they have low immunity. This is a constant battle during the colder months when the flu season comes around. Currently being around 9ºC in Sydney, and being in a situation where…
Transplant Tips: Introduction
Currently being on holidays, I thought i’d continue with the blog and introducing myself. Having only discovered the joys of blogging a few years ago, it’s only now I feel I have the time to sit down and make this post, and talk about it. I was born with a rare, aggressive form of kidney…
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