Activity After Discharge

After discharge (first one month)
  • No lifting items over 10 kg for six weeks
  • No Driving for four weeks
  • You may: Walk and use a stationary bicycle, perform light housework, if you feel strong enough, you can use stairs.
  • You may not be left unattended or alone for one month after transplant.
  • Avoid contact sports like football, cricket, hockey etc.  which can directly hit to transplanted kidney, you can play badminton.
After two months, you may
  • Swim in clean pools (Do not swim until your incision is completely healed , Never swim in fresh water lakes or rivers due to increased risk of infection)
  • Bike ride, jog and participate in sports that require bending / lifting.
  • Increase the amount and distance you walk gradually.
  • Mow your lawn and perform other yard work.
  • You should be able to return to job work within 2- 4 months, depending upon the nature of your job.
Sexual activity after renal transplant
  • You can resume the sexual intercourse 6 to 8 weeks after transplant surgery.
  • Condoms are acceptable birth control methods (IUD is not recommended).
Travel
  • Certain destinations require vaccinations. Check with your transplant team prior to travel as you cannot take live vaccines under immunosuppressants.
  • Locate the nearest transplant center at your location beforehand.
  • Take medications for your entire duration of trips (+15 days) and keep them with you all the time.
  • Avoid going to crowded places.
Daily routine
  • Check weight in the morning.
  • Take temperature.
  • Check blood pressure.
  • Check fasting blood sugar (At least for 3 months or regularly as advised in diabetes patients and then as advised).
  • Check urine output at least once in a month after 3 months post- transplant. Report if any significant decrease in urine output or frothiness in urine.

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