6.1

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Time really does fly when you are LIVING. We made spaghetti for dinner tonight. And I had a flash back of the night before transplant - we made spaghetti and my family was throwing the noodles against the wall to confirm “done”. That was 6.1 months ago.

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Werk Werk Werk

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Oh hey. I just finished my 2nd week back in the office. Commuting 3 days into the city and working from home with @Reesesthedog1 as my assistant 2x a week. I still have to go in for labs a little more frequently as we get my Tacro levels stable. Too high = Toxic vs Too low = Risk for Rejection

FUN.

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90 days...still a fighter

The plan was to start my morning at clinic then do something “fun” to celebrate. But plans change. There will still be a celebration but it won’t just be about Jack. It will be to celebrate my beautiful grandmother’s life and legacy. She passed away 2 days ago at 92 years young. I am so grateful for all of the wonderful memories we shared and all of the “teachings” over the years.

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Become A Starfish Thrower

Jack and I just celebrated our 8 week anniversary. All relationships take work and I know we are still in the honeymoon phase of things, but I can’t imagine my life without him. See I was literally dying before he came along and he made me feel alive again. All facts. Sometimes I forget how sick I really was - I was just reminiscing with a friend thinking of why I wasn’t present at a party. Oh Yeah - I forgot I was dying. Literally everything was so hard. I know most post kidney transplant recipients need to lose weight due to a combination of dialysis and/or prednisone but I lost too much weight before transplant. I am happy to report that I am up 8lbs. Which doesn’t look like much but I am very happy about it. I am also getting more physical, walking and even doing a little indoor cycling. So once I can start getting back to my strength training and my dead lifts the quality gainz will return.

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3 more sleeps

That’s what I just told myself out loud. To many of you it may seem like this transplant is happening so fast. But for me, I feel like I have been waiting F O R E V E R. Mostly because I have been feeling crappy for far too long. From the moment I wake up, I already need a nap. Nothing tastes good. Everything tastes like it was drenched in battery acid and sprinkled with blood. I know that sounds very dramatic but there is this constant metallic taste in my mouth that has been amplified these past few weeks.

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