Congrats! I had my liver on Sept 10, 2023, and was in the hospital (and rehab) for 2 months. My pain was on and off for a few weeks. A ton of pain in the very beginning but mentally I was in and out for a few days so I don’t remember too well. I was in bad shape going in so I had to like totally relearn how to walk and even sit up on my own.
I just got added to the safety net list one week ago for my kidney so I am ready to go any time! I’m 100% healthier this time around and just looking forward to being grateful and taking care of myself. Life is so precious these days 🩵 Wishing you all the best!
When a screener or interviewer asks you to tell them about yourself, think of it as a sales pitch. What sets you apart from the other folks they’re calling today? Even just the chance to speak with a friendly and positive tone is a chance to showcase your professionalism. It’s an opportunity to show off in a nutshell why you’re a good fit for the role.
(Stall on the intro so you can search the job posting while the recruiter introduces themselves), then:
“I’m so excited to hear from you on this role! I graduated last year and have been searching for a perfect fit, and I noticed XYZ about your listing and (ABC trait you’re looking for) is a major strength of mine!”
Also I started my first professional job around age 20, I started in a call center and moved up into sales and leadership. I highly recommend the call center career path if you have decent social skills. It’s fairly easy to get hired and there is a lot of mobility without needing a degree. Check out r/sales for inspiration.
If you’re really urgently looking for a job ASAP, solar sales is always hiring. Best of luck out there!
Hey also being a transplant patient doesn’t give us the ultimate pass for being tired/in pain/sick. Just for the record I actually feel better, healthier, happier, and more grateful and patient than I’ve felt in years. Even in early rehab and recovery I finally felt relief from the pain I’d been in all those years.
When I have days where I’m still nauseous or very tired or get a nasty headache etc I think of how grateful I am to have a comfortable home to rest in and a partner who loves and cares for me. Not to mention the gift of life I received. Focus on the positive.
You are doing a great job, I’m rooting for you. ❤️🩹
Hey so I’m liver transplant 8 months out. I was super sick and needed a lot of care. I always tried my 100% best to be easy to care for, but it was still a lot of travel, sleepless nights, doctor visits, bodily functions, hell I even had to relearn how to walk and needed a walker and a chauffeur everywhere, help with bathing etc.
I’m a woman and countless people have gushed to me how lucky I am because most men would’ve left me by now. I know everyone means well when they say this, although it’s harsh, but I also know it’s true.
People tell my fiancée to his face that he deserves a medal for sticking by my side.
I’m sure no one has said this to you, but I think you need to hear this. I also really think your DH needs to tone it down and practice mindfulness.
Caregiving is definitely harder than being the patient. I was like a damn newborn for like the first few weeks. The least we can do is act grateful and treat our loved ones with basic patience and respect.
Yep, I drank for just 4 years and needed a liver transplant at 36. Went to the hospital extremely sick, bleeding from everywhere, delirious and seizing. 2 months later I emerged with a donor liver and re-learning how to walk (with a walker).
8 months post transplant today. So grateful for my second chance and the healthy sober life I get to live now.
I turned yellow and went to the hospital and was admitted for 2 months, on life support for weeks, and left with a liver transplant and lifelong anti-rejection meds and protocols. And that was best case. I got extremely close to dying, it is a great miracle I found a hospital willing to transplant me within 6 days before I perished. And no I did not go home and drink more. Once you turn yellow it is serious.
Same. I also had neuropathy in my feet and it only went away when I started going to the gym regularly and walking more often. I just noticed that it’s totally gone and I’m 7 months post transplant.
It’s the most incredible blessing, I had my liver transplant last September. Unfortunately I was an alcoholic, but the fact that someone gave their life and saved mine in the process is far more powerful than my desire to drink again. I don’t think or care about alcohol anymore and I have no problem accepting a lifetime of sobriety.
Good luck with your transplant and congratulations on your sobriety and upcoming procedure!
I was of that mindset as well, until after just 4-5 years of drinking I ended up with an emergency liver transplant, and two previous hospitals had me on life support and were about to pull the plug and let me die on my own.
Like I would always read about people with 20 years of drinking a liter of vodka a day and be fine. I was just a wine drinker 2019-2021 and then 2022 that switched to vodka. And mid-2023 I almost died right before my family’s eyes. Doctors sat them down and said basically that they weren’t doing me any favors keeping the life support running and that when they turned it off for them to be prepared for me to die right away. I’m 36 years old by the way.
7 months sober and healing absolutely amazing now! Sitting in a hotel room with an ocean view of the sunrise and feeling happy and grateful.
At the Palladium during Rev Rad tour in 2016 they played Private Ale and Christie Road. It was magic. But I saw two other shows in that same tour at stadiums and they didn’t play the first two, but they did 2000 Lightyears Away at Petco Park and the Rose Bowl. Also magic 🤩 I’m going to Saviors on the last tour date Sept 28 🖤 So excited!
I had an IUD fragment actually get stuck/embedded and had to do a separate visit to extract it. She dug around in there for several minutes, plus had the U/S super tight pressed down on my pelvis and omg it hurt like the freaking dickens. She eventually told me she couldn’t see it on the ultrasound anymore and it was “probably” gone and put in a new IUD. I’ve also had biopsies and multiple IUD removals/insertions. I would rather get a root canal than go to the lady doctor, I hate it so much.
UCSD and Sharp hospitals in San Diego both told my family my condition was a death sentence and wanted to pull the plug on my life support. UCLA gave me a second chance that I am deeply grateful for and they saved my life with a transplant.
At my current job, when I interviewed, I did all my research on a website similar to greensunsolares.com, and it turns out my company was greensunsolaresp.com. Basically another similar company came and took a similar name and url to try to undercut them and I researched their competitor!
He asked me about it directly and I admitted my mistake. He was super cool and said it was very understandable and I ended up getting the job after all! You’ll be fine :) best of luck!
My ex-husband always thought his dad’s drink order growing up was a “Roman Coke” (rum and coke)
These are mine too, plus blood orange. Idk where you live, but I’m in SoCal and I’ve found a few good vegan sushi restaurants, all plant-based really yummy and scratches the sushi itch :)
Good call! I had a pink one and it was filled with little styrofoam beads.
I’m a liver patient but my kidneys are still waking up. I was on dialysis but stopped in mid-December. I’m still in line for a transplant evaluation but for now I’m getting my weekly labs and my creatinine is regularly between 3-3.5 and sometimes higher. My doctors are concerned and monitoring, but it’s not something they’re panicking about.
I read a fantastic tip here on Reddit a long time ago- spray sheets with Windex/ammonia, soak a few minutes and throw them in the wash on cold. Works like a charm!
Whoa that’s pretty interesting. I used to have a very sensitive belly button, like it was so intensely sensitive it was almost painful to touch. And now I can’t feel anything there 😅 it’s kinda bizarre because I lived 36 years used to having pain/sensitivity in that spot.
I’m 36- sent this to my mom as I was conceived in 1986 😅 born in 1987
I also had a hematoma! I needed a second surgery to fix it. Thanks for your reply, have a great night!
I’m 8 months post liver. If my team finds out I’ve had a drop (they test for it), I am banned from ever receiving another transplant for the rest of my life (I’m 37). I don’t even eat food made with alcohol just in case they test me and traces of alcohol show up.
Surgeon told me it was fine to have a drink sometimes, hepatologist told me absolutely not ever. Who to listen to?
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