FIL is getting a trans operation

[89th]

@Jon said in FIL is getting a trans operation:

I know what it’s like to identify as a person with fully functioning organs after being assigned end stage organ disease in middle age.

Indeed! Do you take medications today, such as anti-rejection meds?

[Jon]

Oh yes. Every day for the rest of my life.

[LuFins Dad]

How much did you tip the surgeon?

[taiwan_girl]

@LuFins-Dad said in FIL is getting a trans operation:

How much did you tip the surgeon?

555 LuFins. Depends on how good the service was!

[bachophile]

Best of luck. The “available space” is always the iliac fossa and the vessels connected are iliac vessels. It’s an easily accessible anatomical space and doesn’t involve messing around in the peritoenum so as far as surgery goes it’s not so morbid. The big issue is of course immunosuppressants to prevent rejections. But the quality of life is much better than dialysis.

[brenda]

Congratulations to FIL for getting this opportunity. Happy for him, your MIL, and the whole family. Will be nice for your kids to have their grandpa for more years. Best wishes!

[Mik]

So how's he doing? Well, I hope.

[89th]

@bachophile said in FIL is getting a trans operation:

Best of luck. The “available space” is always the iliac fossa and the vessels connected are iliac vessels. It’s an easily accessible anatomical space and doesn’t involve messing around in the peritoenum so as far as surgery goes it’s not so morbid. The big issue is of course immunosuppressants to prevent rejections. But the quality of life is much better than dialysis.

Good info, thanks!

[89th]

@Mik said in FIL is getting a trans operation:

So how's he doing? Well, I hope.

So far so good. The kidney took a bit to “take” but seems to show signs it’s settling in. They’ll stay nearby the Mayo for 3 weeks as he goes to daily appts.

[Mik]

Excellent.

[George K]

Good news indeed. Kidney transplants are a “mature” technology. I remember doing them 40(!) years ago when they were a big deal - at least from a immuno suppression standpoint. As I said, the surgery is not all that complicated.

Glad things went well and here’s hoping that he continues to recover.

[cathys]

Glad the surgery went well. Wishing him a quick post-op recuperation

[89th]

Thanks so much! He’s a conservative like me so when we first talked after the operation I told him he had been out so long that Kamala is now President.

[taiwan_girl]

@cathys said in FIL is getting a trans operation:

Glad the surgery went well. Wishing him a quick post-op recuperation

+1

[Aqua Letifer]

@taiwan_girl said in FIL is getting a trans operation:

@cathys said in FIL is getting a trans operation:

Glad the surgery went well. Wishing him a quick post-op recuperation

+1

+2. Glad they seemed to be able to get everything done so quickly.

[mark]

Happy to hear things are going well for him.

[Mik]

@89th said in FIL is getting a trans operation:

Thanks so much! He’s a conservative like me so when we first talked after the operation I told him he had been out so long that Kamala is now President.

Yer out of the will.

[Friday]

This is one trans story that I'm happy to read about.

[89th]

This man loves a steak that’s still mooing. Not sure how he’s gonna take the news that he needs to order it well done, among countless other dietary restrictions right now given his suppressed immune system.

[George K]

@89th said in FIL is getting a trans operation:

This man loves a steak that’s still mooing.

(off topic, sorta)

If you haven't watched "Longmire," you should.

"So Walt, how do you like your steak?"

"Grab it with a pair of tongs, wave it over a flame and yell 'FIRE!' and put it on my plate."