You Have No Idea How Bad I Have to Pee Right Now!!!

The thing is, neither do I because my body is apparently playing post-transplant tricks with me in the form of urinary urges that have literally had me running to the toilet at least half a dozen times an hour!

Fortunately, it’s already known – and actually expected – what the issue is, as a stent is placed in the ureter connecting my new kidney to my bladder to ensure that the path for urine remains clear as my body adjusts to the new organ. Now that I’m officially a month out, we’re about ready to have it removed – I actually have it scheduled for next week, which unfortunately now can’t come fast enough because my understanding is that as I move around, that stent is floating back and forth in said ureter which has become a constant source of irritation as it moves.

For example, I took Christopher to Target this evening for a few things and I literally had to stop to try and pee three separate times!

Walking around that entire store was definitely an exercise in endurance because deep down, usually my mind would know that it was just an urge with nothing behind it, yet with every step the sensation either presses on or even surges upward until the worry of peeing myself in the middle of Target finally drove me rushing to the nearest restroom to spend thirty seconds not peeing before returning to the cart for another hundred feet of torment.

It’s been like that for the past couple of days, with me making a frantic stop at the bathroom down the hallway anytime I’m either going to or from my office. All day long. Really frustrating because as I continue to heal, I’m trying to do more and more around the house to get things in order while I’m not working, however even just walking from one spot to another in my office can be enough to trigger it.

All in all, admittedly it’s a pretty good problem to have, as it’s completely expected and my kidney continues to perform at the best the doctors have seen it each week, so overall I’m progressing rather nicely and if anything, I’ve actually been recovering a bit ahead of schedule, which is great! Before too long, my pee problems should theoretically be a thing of the past and then I can go back to just being in awe at the sheer volume that I’m peeing now that I have a working kidney that actually does what it’s supposed to!