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As things are looking right now, I will be getting a new kidney tomorrow!
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Surgery expected to start in about an hour, they just came in for prep.
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Currently en route in hospital bed
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Now waiting in the anesthesia room
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Hello from post-surgery recovery room. Surgery was textbook, everything working, currently breakfasting with tea, cheese sandwiches, yoghurt/vla mix and lemonade. And laptop of course because I cannot sit still.
Doctors were - as per tradition - somewhat baffled about me going from "awake" to "fully functioning and conscious" in like 5 minutes. I asked if I got a recovery highscore (while reassuring them I don't intend to rush).
The answer: "you're definitely pretty close."
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If I had to describe my current mood, it would probably be something like "full of life, and craving for tasty food"
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I just learned that the normal procedure is to feed people liquid food until they recover enough to eat solid food, but I apparently beat them to it and requested (and got) sandwiches before they could get around to putting in the liquid food restriction, and that went completely fine so they've just decided not to restrict my food type because I can apparently immediately eat normally lmao
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It's now day 3 after the surgery. I can get out of bed and walk independently, albeit slowly. I've showered again, and can do that mostly independently too; just not bending over. I might walk around the hallways a bit later today.
Blood pressure is high and still a point of concern, blood sugar is a question mark (rising a little but still okay). Otherwise seemingly no side-effects from the immunosuppressive medication, and I also don't feel like I have a permanent cold anymore. Catheter is still a huge pain, as is the wound drain.
Overall very optimistic!
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@joepie91 hope it all goes well 
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@joepie91 Woohoo! Good luck 💪🏻🍀
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@joepie91 yay! 
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@joepie91 woohoo!!!
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@joepie91 Whoop whoop, fingers crossed!
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@joepie91 "Break a leg!" - I mean, you're already in hospital anyway. No, don't break things. Let's stick with toi toi toi and good luck!
ACAB
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@joepie91 stay safe
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@mynameistillian Thanks!
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@joepie91 Good luck!
🔥 (any/all experimental)
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@joepie91 good luck!
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@joepie91 🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀
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@joepie91 hope all goes well!!
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@joepie91 Aaaa! Just caught up: happy kidney day!
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@welshpixie Thanks :D
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@joepie91 all the best! I hope everthing works out and you'll have a good recovery
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@joepie91 best of luck for the surgery and a speedy recovery!
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@joepie91 Oh wow!
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@joepie91@social.pixie.town Those are some very good news!! 🙌
Congrats and all the best for a quick recovery!
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@joepie91 welcome back! Glad to hear it all went well!
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@joepie91 glad to hear it, wishing you a good recovery!
... Also thanks for reminding me of the existence of vla while I'm hungry...
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@joepie91 yay! Welcome back! 🥳
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@joepie91 Glad for you!
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@joepie91
Woot! Glad it went well, impressed you're so quickly alert.
I hope.your recovery continues as gently!
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@silvermoon82 It was an objective I had set for myself, in light of my lifelong experiments of brain/body control (beyond what people tend to believe is possible) and it appears to have worked out
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@joepie91 Gefeliciteerd 🙌
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@joepie91
Ik dacht al een flinke poos aan je transplantatie. Zo fijn dat het goed gaat 😊
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@pascaline Dankjewel :)
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@joepie91 amazing to hear, yay!
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@joepie91 great to hear! Wishing you a continuing speedy recovery.
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@joepie91 Congratulations! (on the surgery and the high score)
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Oh my gosh I'm jealous of this. No one ever told me the specifics, but apparently I react badly to anaesthesia?? I wake up distraught and in tears, and I think paranoid, and it takes a while for the world to make sense to me again.
Your way sounds much more pleasant!
Congrats on the successful surgery, yay!
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@joepie91 OMG congratulations! I wish you a fast recovery, although it sounds like you are way ahead in that area :)
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@joepie91 I did not know you could bring your phone there. Good to know for whenever I need that in the future.
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@joepie91 i know we haven't spoken in a while, but good luck! hope all goes well
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@joepie91 Veel sterkte met het herstel vandaag!
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Transplantation day today! Here's to hoping it all goes well.