Hello all, thank you in advance for your assistance!
I donated a kidney 5.5 months ago and have really had a great recovery. Not much to complain about, really. However, I still sometimes wake up in the morning totally exhausted. Wiped out. Like I have no energy in my legs and if someone tried to mug me on the street, I wouldn't be able to run. That is the best way I can describe it. It usually only lasts for a day.
The interesting thing is it comes at very random times. When I am very busy and using a lot of energy, I am fine. But then one day out of the blue I will wake up and just feel exhausted. I went about a month or so without this feeling, but have now had it twice in the past 3 weeks or so.
I am not really concerned, but just wondering how long other kidney donors have had exhaustion like this. I was told up to 6 months, so I am still in the zone, but wondering if other kidney donors felt this even after 6 months?
Thanks again for your feedback!