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It’s been a while since I last updated my transkid site, as it has helped alot of people I thought I should add a recent post.  So its  its about 8/9 months since my kidney transplant now and I have got over the little bit of rejection I had a few months ago and since then I would have to say that my life is pretty much where it was before I got sick.  I am working full time now, I say full time but once I was fit enough to work 5 days a week I was then put down to 4 days a week so im trying to get the odd bit of freelance work to help the money situation but even so with that I went to toronto in may and planning a trip to the big apple in October.  The way i see it is I have been sitting around the last year so I might aswell treat myself, only live once and my kidney could fail any time, but i try not to think about that.  I have been paintballing twice using my protection, playing regualar hockey, going to gigs, next one is in wales to see lost prophet, planning a camping trip, basically everything a normal 21 year old does except for getting drunk every other night.

Currently I am trying to get my core strength back for the new hockey season, for this I have been in the gym alot, and going for rides and playing a bit of football, need to get my fitness up and loose the slight belly I gained after my transplant.

Basically im feeling great, the tablets are really no issue to me at all, people say you must hate taking them, but they dont understand that taking them is nothing compared with sitting on a machine.  Getting a transplant is like passing your driving test – freedom.  You can do what you like and go where you like.  oh yeh and hospital visits are every 4 weeks, its in and out. which is great.

tablets currently are:

• 7mg prograf – 4mg morning 3mg night
• 5mg prednisolone which look like mini smarties
• 10mg ramipril
• 5mg atorvastatin
• 5mg amlodipine

Above: Image of my friend ollie and me in Toronto and me back to hockey.