- Visit your transplant team regularly and follow their advice to prevent your body from rejecting your new kidney
- Take your anti-rejection medication daily as directed by the transplant team.
- Follow the recommended time-table for lab tests and clinic visits to make sure your kidneys are working properly.
- Follow a healthy lifestyle including proper diet, exercise and weight loss if necessary.
Anti rejection medication
Rejection from your body is a normal reaction after any transplant surgery. You must take anti-rejection medicine exactly as prescribed by the doctor to prevent rejection.
Infection is a concern after kidney transplant
Anti-rejection medicines that help prevent your body from rejecting the new kidney also weaken your immune system. Your immune system is low so infection can happen.
NODAT (New- Onset Diabetes)
You can develop diabetes after a transplant, even if you haven't had diabetes before. This type of diabetes is called post-transplant new-onset diabetes, or NODAT.
