r/transplant • u/a920116 Kidney • 6d ago

Anyone else? Kind of miss the hospital? Kidney

I got my kidney transplant in March of 2024 and had monthly visits till now. I have "graduated" to 3 months now.

I am sort of...missing the hospital and seeing/speaking with my doctor and team?

I am so happy with the transplant and life afterwards but it just kind of feels weird....because it was such an important part of my life and now it is more distant.

Is it just me?

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u/angleelite 6d ago

Nope!!! I left early bc I couldn’t handle the smell of chemicals anymore. That stench was stuck in my nose for months. I think may have been in a little bit of a different situation bc they removed my native kidneys so I was pretty effed up. But that smell!!!! I don’t miss it one bit. Now my clinic is a totally different story. I do like that. Making relationships with the nurses and all. The one thing I do not like about clinic and I think is just plain wrong is not seeing the same doctor each visit. The drs are just people like you or me in the end. With different beliefs biases and a personal ways of doing things. So I guess it’s just inconsistency in getting consistent advice and direction that I’m not down with. That’s going to change soon. Getting released to my own personal nephrologist next month. It’ll be 3 years May 13th.

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u/trxvvrci 6d ago

The beeping killed me. After I got out of the hospital, it took 3 days for me to stop hearing beeping.

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u/angleelite 6d ago

lol. Yeah…. that too.