Saturday, February 28, 2009

PD...Transplant....and employment.....: Working on Dialysis

Hi

I did PD  - during the day 3x a day and managed to continue full time
employment in a senior management position - My job was also
predominantly desk based and my exchanges took place around my working
hours  morning, after work and before bed. PD is designed to fit in
with you and your life and if you control it and don't let it control
you it is a great way of doing dialysis.

I have recently had a kidney transplant and allowed myself 6 weeks off
work following this and my employer has been great to keep me on full
pay throughout this time.

To be honest, I had a really smooth 'healthy' transplant with no
issues and I really could not have gone back to work in the first
month. My body told me I was doing the right thing in just staying
put!  But these last two weeks I have been champing at the bit to get
back.  I feel great - physically and mentally ready to get back.

If you can manage financially I would say realistically you should
give yourself a minimum of a month to recover. In the first month so
many things can go wrong and it is important that you look after
yourself, don't get stressed, do everything you should and focus on
YOU! This is a real opportunity to start living again and I would do
everything to make sure that you don't do anything to detriment it.
You will only kick yourself and wonder 'what if' if anything went
wrong.  Then if anything does go wrong you know you couldn't have done
anymore to help yourself.

Good luck with anything you decide and happy to talk m ore on PD or
the transplant anytime you want to

2 comments:

  1. Hi BP,

    Sure, let's keep in touch. Where are you located? Send me an email (address in my profile) and we can correspond.

    Thanks
    Kamal

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