At my last appointment with my transplant team, I learned the result of my second biopsy of my graft that has allowed me to live again for more than a year. Unfortunately, there are signs of rejection present in my new kidney. Still, the transplant team doesn’t seem stressed about it.…
5 and a half months after my kidney transplant, I consider that I have almost regained my pre-disease fitness! Yet, my kidney failure forced me to stop working and training for more than two years. I want to share with you how I got to where I am now! Exercise is…
Once again this year, I will be participating in the PKD Foundation of Canada bikeathon! Its goal is to raise funds to fund research and finally find a cure for Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) that ruins the lives of more than 13 million people worldwide! The Ride to the Moon bikeathon…
Yes! I have three kidneys now! This is probably what surprises people most often when I talk about my transplant, even more so than the fact that I found my donor on facebook! 😛 I am often asked why my two problematic kidneys were not removed during the kidney transplant I…
The question I get most often when people ask me how I am doing is about what my daily life is like. What does a transplant recipient who is doing better than before, but who still needs to improve her condition before being functional enough? Basically, I’m waiting to get better!…
We are almost 3 months passed my kidney transplant, and I’m finally starting to feel happy and good about my body. Besides the evidence that it’s all due to my donor and my transplant (♥), a good part of my recent joy comes from the fact that I can finally move!…
Hello!! Yesterday was two months since my kidney transplant. Time flies! Since the last two weeks, it’s really started to get better! 🙂 The main cause of the change is clearly the pain that has really decreased since my last article! I was told that the more I walked after the…
I hope you enjoyed the holiday season! Here, we had for 12 days Erika, my partner’s daughter, and it really felt good. We hadn’t seen her for almost a month and a half because of our pre- and post-operation isolation! So we really enjoyed it as much as possible 🙂 My…
Already 13 days since my last article! Last time, I struggled to deal with the side effects of the many medications I have to take since the transplant. I was starting to get better after a psychologically difficult week. Since then, a lot has happened. I made some publications on instagram…
Already 13 days since the transplant. The last time I came to write here was to tell the story of the operation and of the days that followed. As you know, the transplant went very well and my body is recovering well. At the end of the article, I told you…
