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Posted On: October 14th 2026, 08:03 pm
Organ Transplant PSA
(Originally posted as stories but thought this deserved a reel)
I’ve shared a lot of the amazing, new post-transplant life wins this past 1+ yr. But I also want to share the other side of organ transplant life.
Woke up this morning with a sniffle, due to the extreme cold weather change and sudden temperature drop, out here in the high desert of CA. I immediately went on high alert.
For a normal healthy person, ain’t no thang.
But for a post-kidney transplant patient like myself, it’s cause for concern and escalated caution.
All organ transplant recipients and patients have to take immunosuppressant medication, every day for the rest of their transplanted organ’s life. This daily medication suppresses the body’s immune system, and prevents it from attacking and rejecting what the body considers a foreign object.
Even minor infections and minor colds can escalate and become pretty extreme. Not necessarily fatal to the person, but potentially damaging or even rejecting the transplanted organ, if not taken seriously or monitored.
This is also why transplant patients wear face masks when they go out, especially in enclosed or crowded public places. Why they carry hand sanitizer. It’s basically COVID rules.
So, this is why I do curbside pickup for my groceries now. Why you don’t see me going to your concerts and shows. Why I’ll see you at brunch but only outside, if the tables aren’t too close, and you are aware and let me know of any low threshold risks you might present.
I’m not becoming a recluse. I’m selectively hermiting to protect this precious gift inside my body.
The hard work for a kidney patient never ends. It begins before the transplant, goes on during dialysis, during the transplant and recovery and for the rest of their life.
So please remember that your butterfly wing flap could potentially be a hurricane for an organ transplant recipient.
I love you all, I want to see you all and will always be right there for a safe one-on-one or small (aware) group hang. I’m still me, just immunosuppressed me.
With Gratitude and Love,
Isul
#kidneytransplantthriver #organtransplant #immunosuppressed #giftoflife #gratitude
(Originally posted as stories but thought this deserved a reel)
I’ve shared a lot of the amazing, new post-transplant life wins this past 1+ yr. But I also want to share the other side of organ transplant life.
Woke up this morning with a sniffle, due to the extreme cold weather change and sudden temperature drop, out here in the high desert of CA. I immediately went on high alert.
For a normal healthy person, ain’t no thang.
But for a post-kidney transplant patient like myself, it’s cause for concern and escalated caution.
All organ transplant recipients and patients have to take immunosuppressant medication, every day for the rest of their transplanted organ’s life. This daily medication suppresses the body’s immune system, and prevents it from attacking and rejecting what the body considers a foreign object.
Even minor infections and minor colds can escalate and become pretty extreme. Not necessarily fatal to the person, but potentially damaging or even rejecting the transplanted organ, if not taken seriously or monitored.
This is also why transplant patients wear face masks when they go out, especially in enclosed or crowded public places. Why they carry hand sanitizer. It’s basically COVID rules.
So, this is why I do curbside pickup for my groceries now. Why you don’t see me going to your concerts and shows. Why I’ll see you at brunch but only outside, if the tables aren’t too close, and you are aware and let me know of any low threshold risks you might present.
I’m not becoming a recluse. I’m selectively hermiting to protect this precious gift inside my body.
The hard work for a kidney patient never ends. It begins before the transplant, goes on during dialysis, during the transplant and recovery and for the rest of their life.
So please remember that your butterfly wing flap could potentially be a hurricane for an organ transplant recipient.
I love you all, I want to see you all and will always be right there for a safe one-on-one or small (aware) group hang. I’m still me, just immunosuppressed me.
With Gratitude and Love,
Isul
#kidneytransplantthriver #organtransplant #immunosuppressed #giftoflife #gratitude
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