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Transplant = Relationship Rewrites?
Being a transplant recipient changes way more than just your body. It changes your relationships too!
This is what we talked about in our international support group last week with @DannyH and I loved hearing the diversity in perspectives, from people who've been with the same partner since before their transplant to people having to navigate dating post transplant.
I've been with my partner since pre-transplant, and we both say post transplant me is an entirely different person. Not only have I changed as a person, my relationships have also shape shifted with me. Some things survived the transplant, and others didn't.
As a transplant recipient, we've gone through so much that most other people don't even have to think about, and navigating relationships on top of that adds a whole new layer.
I'd love to hear how transplant has shaped your relationships, or your dating life.
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this such a great conversation. In my experience when I first got diagnosed in 2006 my partner at the time was with me through all the unknowns and stayed with me through the tx but unfortunately it became toxic and lots of resentment as well. I lost some people along the way, and learning to be in a new relationship post transplant had some new challenges on how to share the fact that i had a chronic condition. Some times I always feel like i was a burden to those around me, but as ive learned to live with this acceptance that this is what my life is like (back on dialysis) and waiting for a 2nd tx that its never easy and i keep me circle close.