Kidney transplantation is a surgical procedure involving the removal of a healthy and functioning kidney from a donor and implanting it in a patient without any properly functioning kidney.
Since the kidney transplant recovery period is unpredictable, it becomes very important for any surgical candidate to understand the details of the recovery process.
This is because for some people, both physical as well as emotional adjustments after surgery will take place.
The first few months are the most critical for a successful recovery period.
To help you better understand the whole process of kidney transplant recovery, here is a detailed summary of how to avoid development of any complications once you have been discharged from the hospital after surgery.

• Follow-up care: Once you are discharged from the hospital, your primary contact will be the post-transplant coordinator who is responsible for your long-term follow-up care.
  You will be required to see the kidney transplant team as agreed and as your condition continues to progress you will be referred to another medical practitioner such as a nephrologist.
  Follow up care for kidney transplant recovery also includes periodic appointments with the transplant coordinator at pre-scheduled times, laboratory tests and prescription medications to help reduce the chances of organ rejection.
  
• Recovering at home: Kidney transplant recovery in the home setting requires the patient to closely follow the transplant coordinator with regard to the activities that you can do and those that you can not do, during this critical time.
  

Tips to help you maintain the health of your new kidney include:

• Limiting your exposure to germs.
  This means keeping your hands clean at all times by washing them before and after touching any food stuff, eating, using the toilet or any other soiled surfaces or items.
  
• Minimizing your exposure to the sun.
  
• Observing all precautionary measures while caring for pets such as wearing gloves.
  
• Limit your physical activities by pacing yourself
• Rest for long hours
• Avoid crowded areas such as shopping malls
• Maintain your transplant by taking the prescribed medications
• Stick to all scheduled appointments
• Make inquiries about any developments as a result of the transplant that make you uncomfortable in any way
• Keep an open eye for any sign of organ rejection.
  This includes pain, fever, nausea, vomiting as well as sudden decrease in output of urine.
  

By following all of the above points as closely as possible, you will enjoy a speedy recovery and an increased quality of life.
Your kidney transplant recovery period will be uneventful and not too difficult to follow.