Transplant Folklore

AliEm14

If you joined us in support groups last night, @Laszlomark joined us for a fascinating conversation on transplantation and folklore. I love how we all brought different parts of ourselves, our backgrounds and our stories to the table and were able to have this really dynamic discussion on the more metaphysical side of transplant.

have you given much thought to the more spiritual/psychological side of transplant/organ donation? And do you think your unique background (cultural, geographical, religious…) influenced how you now view your transplant, and your donor?

onlylivingboyinny

My living donor happens to be very religious and he was confident we would ultimately be a match and that the surgery would be successful. I was raised Catholic but my faith has lapsed over the years. I will say his intense faith made me re-question my own. Things did miraculously go well...we were a match and I'm coming up on 11 years with his kidney this week. Going back to what Laszlo and others said last evening, I do feel a healthy but strong obligation to honor his gift by taking care of my physical and mental health as much as possible.