u/BobaFett501st

I don’t feel tired like a lot of posts say, I do walk a lot (it’s only day 4 since surgery), drink plenty of water, and take medicine (not the hard stuff cause I don’t want bowel issues). Mostly I’m walking and sitting reclined playing games. I’m 26 so that may have a lot to do with it but I wish I slept more. When I am sleepy, I am full blown exhausted but it only lasts a few hours then I’m awake again.

Now on a totally different topic, my recipient got discharged yesterday and is doing so well! My kidney (her kidney now) is enjoying its new home. Any help would be helpful. It being the 4th it’s hard to reach out to my care team about my sleep. Obviously if it was urgent I wouldn’t be looking to Reddit for answers before them.

I made a post earlier but experience has been awesome so far. Day 1 I fell asleep before the anesthesia happened, woke up like “it’s over? Cool”. Walked a bit already but definitely taxing on me. Love eating pudding and jello, chicken broth never tasted so good either. Recipient is doing well, peeing already. Overall not as bad as I thought. Catheter sucks but it is what it is, being a guy it’s kind of odd lol. Ask me anything

My surgery is coming up on the 30th of June 2026 to donate one of my kidneys. Please pray for me, I have a small family (wife and daughter) and the kidney is going to someone I don’t know. I have been lacking constant prayer these past few weeks because, truth be told I’m scared. I’m a young guy and never really been through surgery before. I came to Christ last year in August and now I’m doing something that I just simply feel called to do. I know Christ is with me, but the anxiety prevails sometimes. All glory to God I was able to do this, I wouldn’t even consider doing this if it wasn’t for my belief in God. No I don’t think all Christian’s should follow the same path as me, I am being charitable with what I have. Do I have loads of money? No. Do I have loads of stuff to give away? Also no. I do have my health which I’ve taken for granted many years, so if I can give someone a whole new quality of life, why wouldn’t I jump at the chance.

I simply ask for you to pray for me, my name is Jordan. I don’t ask people to pray for me often, but the more I thought about the CHURCH, I am a brother to all of you and your brother needs prayer haha God bless all of you.

Also, this was not a sudden decision. I went through this process before for someone specific in which I wasn’t a match for them. This time is however different because my reasonings are because we are told to love our neighbors, and do to others as we would have done to us. No one thinks they will have kidney failure, but when they do they wish someone would donate one of theirs to them. No, God didn’t TELL me “Jordan, go donate an organ”. To live Christlike means to be charitable, to be thankful for the opportunity to help those in need.

My donation is coming soon and that’s all that’s been on my mind. Sometimes my wife will be talking to me and I won’t even be listening, just focused on the weeks ahead. I’m donating to an old classmate who I don’t really know, I was going to donate anonymously but I found out they were in need of one so I pulled the trigger.

Do I have second thoughts? No, but am I terrified? Yes! I’ve read every post here lol but maybe that just worsens my anxiety about it idk. this is more about not being greedy with my good health while others suffer. Knowing I can make a difference by jumping through a few hurdles? Of course. Needless to say, it’s so hard to map out recovery, and that’s what scares me. This classmate of mine moved out of state so I’m traveling to donate. My wife hasn’t been without my help for that long, my child has never seen me “sick/recovering” so it’s just a lot of stress thinking what it may be like.