6 months post transplant today (8/15)!!!!!
Still on 30 pills a day (16 AM, 4 during day, and 10 PM). Got filling the pill caddy with 210 pills for the week down to 15 minutes. Take vitals in morning and before bed. All are fine. Incision has scabbed over and have a dressing on it until the scabs fall off. Go to transplant center weekly for them to see progress of the healing and for any signs of infection.
They take blood and urine every two weeks to check if kidney function OK (it is) and to look for signs of rejection or infection.
Last blood test (8/7) they saw a slightly raised level of antibodies to CMV. CMV is cytomegalovirus, also known as Epstein-Barr virus which can cause mono. It is distantly related to chicken pox and it can lie dormant in your cells. Chicken pox causes shingles in later life. They asked me if I had mono and I think I may have had it in college (45-50 years ago) but many people are infected with no symptoms. They were giving me a med to make sure it didn't resurface for a bout 2 months after the transplant but took me off of it. They will test my blood next week and if the antibody level goes up they will put me back on it.