jodyrn, congrats on being a donor. I donated in March to my niece. I was at 90 eGFR went to 45 of course and now at last testing, I am up to 68% of the original 90. Creatinine is now under 1 as well. So all is going well.
My recovery the first month was slow as I wasn't in very fit condition and overweight. Well all that has changed. I am quite fit now and down to 125 with a loss of 25 lbs, so it was a win, win for me. I am much more health concoius now and forever.
I have a question, why aren't you having both surgeries at the same time? Others have had multiple at the time of donation, the last one to come to mind was a full tummy tuck, no small surgery and did very well.
Then one sedation, hospital stay, and recovery. Your insurance may have to pick up the second surgeon, but I would think that would be the only expense, as the hospital stay would be about the same. A lot less copay for you on your insurance.
I'm sure there are things to be considered, but, I was just wondering.
Best wishes and well come to the club. Janice
I had a second surgery about 6 months after the donation and it went very well, but again, I was out of work for 6 weeks. I have a fairly physical job, pet grooming, so had to wait until I was in fairly good condition again physically.