Hello all! My name is Tara. I'm an 33 year old wife and mother of 3 young children and as of July 18, 2011 a living kidney donor to my wonderful mom!! I'm so proud to say that!
We had our surgeries at Northwestern Memorial in Chicago. We live in the Chicago burbs.
I'm 3 and 1/2 weeks post op and still recovering. I'm back at work this week, I'm an attorney, but it's been a bit of a struggle to stay awake and fully "with it" for the last couple of days! I still have discomfort and look like I'm about 5 months pregnant!
I'm a runner so it's been hard for me to slow down. My doctor said that I could "briskly walk" so I've been doing that for the last couple of days. It's almost like a really slow jog. It hasn't been easy, but I'm getting back to myself, slowly.... I am wondering how long I'll have this abdominal swelling and discomfort... I'm not worried, yet, but I will be if I still feel/look like this is a week or two.
I just wanted to introduce myself and say hi to all. I've been lurking ever since we decided to have the transplant ... this is a great group.
Tara