It’s
been 7 months since Jim’s transplant. At his last checkup on April 15th,
his kidney function is great and everything is working just fine. The typical
post-transplant signs Jim is experiencing are weight gain (30 lbs. since
transplant) and high blood sugar. 30% of
kidney transplant patients develop diabetes.
Right now Jim is borderline diabetic. His triglycerides were also high.
She advised him taking fish oil to help lower. We left the visit with
instructions to watch his sugar, start fish oil and keep exercising to lose
some weight. I’m also to take his blood sugar a couple times a week just to
monitor.
He
needs to get back on track and watch what he’s eating. His excuse is always, “I
missed out eating for so long, it feels good to eat whatever I want again”. Point taken, but now it’s time to get back on
track.
With
more activity, Jim is experiencing the very, very large cysts on his kidneys
rupturing. With that comes pain. Nothing pain meds won’t take care of but the
PA at his visit said they really don’t like having to take the kidneys out. A
huge operation. So in the meantime, he
will tolerate.
So
many things we have enjoyed this spring that we haven’t been able to do for so
long. Fishing is one of them. Jim is at his happiest when fishing. We have been
out to our lake and we started trout fishing at Frank Holten State Park. That
seems to be our new weekend past time, and we enjoy it. My joy comes from
seeing the happiness on Jim’s face, doing what he loves to do.
The
other enjoyment this time of year is morel mushroom hunting. It takes a lot of
energy to traipse in the woods, but the rewards are soooo worth it. While our
luck hasn’t been great yet, we won’t give up. After all....this time last year
Jim was recouping in the hospital, in a wheelchair and feeling like crap. He
definitely is in a much better plus and for that we are thankful.
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