I love your journey, Scott!!!
I'm Nicki. I'm 34 years old. I have 4 kids, who are currently 9, 7, 6, and 4. I donated last July. At the time I donated, I was working full time, part of that "full time" was from home, so I could take care of the kids and not pay $100+/week for 4 kids in daycare during the summer. After my surgery I decided to leave that job, which I'd be at for 13 years, to be home full time with the kids until my youngest goes to school. I'm watching my niece and nephew and a couple of neighbor kids to bring in some money.
In other words, I have plenty to do, all the time.
If I didn't have the scars, I would never, ever know that I had surgery. I feel completely normal. The only things that are different are that when I drink, I feel it much faster, and I was a lightweight going in. I also don't require as much medicine if I ever take it. I think these things are pretty normal for donors.
Like Scott, I feel like I'm more conscious of my body and how AWESOME it is, so I do what I can to be good to it by staying active and feeding it well.
No doctor has ever once said that I need to change a thing at all, but common sense kinda leads on this.
Thank you for considering such a selfless gift!!!! Keep researching. Knowledge, especially when it comes to living donation, is power!
Nicki