I have been trying to take a small walk everyday. I want to build some muscle. Any suggestions on different kinds of exercises?

Being a lucky, blessed, and grateful heart recipient, I really try to raise awareness about heart health in general. After being diagnosed with Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) in 2008, and after several procedures (including open heart surgeries, thanks to an organ donor, I was blessed with a heart (my Gift of Life) on April 20, 2015.

Heart disease is still the #1 cause of death in the 🇺🇸. So, let's all please get involved and make heart health a priority. Heart disease doesn't discriminate at all. Someone has a heart attack approximately every40 seconds! I survived a massive heart attack 2008.

Throughout the month of February, I will post materials related to heart health, including information about the risk factors etc. Uncontrolled blood pressure is one such risk factor. It is extremely important to monitor regularly and manage our blood presure to avoid strokes and other cardiac events (along with other diseases). Please download the blood pressure log and try to track/monitor. (See link)

Please feel free to comment about your experiences related to heart health.

Male, 57, ALD, surprisingly, I wasn't a big drinker, except in my twenties.

Celiac and vitiligo are the autoimmune diseases that I was diagnosed with about 16 years ago. I'm used to sudden, necessary lifestyle changes. -

We, my wife and I, finally called the hospital to schedule my liver transplant for May 2026.

My wife will be my living donor. It has been a struggle for me to agree to that.

There are still so many unanswered questions. I work with my team and therapist. We have a small business that relies on my wife and me to be present and working.

In the last few years, we took up recreational running, and now I've started running in the gym and lifting weights. My doc says I need to lift to maintain muscle. Sometimes I get too competitive and run faster and lift more weight than my doctor would approve of.

I want to be in the best shape I can be again.

I hope recovery will not take more than 3 months before I can return to my desk. My wife gets scared when I speak of potential risks and side effects.

Would love to hear what the real post-transplant life will look like.

Has anyone been able to run again post-transplant and live a (somewhat) normal life?

Thanks for reading this!

Coming up on Tuesday 1/20/26, I'm leading a webinar on setting and achieving health goals. I would love to know if you have questions or examples ahead of the webinar that I can have in mind during the presentation and Q&A.

Whether you are struggling to keep on top of your goals or you're a seasoned goal-achieving expert, I'm hoping you join the conversation on Tuesday January 20th. Register here: https://www.transplantlyfe.com/webinars

............ blood urea : 45 mg/dl ...........................................................

blood sugar random : 120 ........................... Urine albumin : 28mg/dl ...............................

urine creatine : 60 mg/dl ........................ Urine albumin / creatine ratio :47 mg/g ........................

Tacrolimus observed value : 4.7 ng/mL .......................

Tacrolimus genotyping ( cyp 3A5 ) : 3/3* poor metaboliser

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right now I had fungal infection on my leg in one spot and I am using Ketokem soap

Our very own Danny Hiles @DannyH is there representing the UK, as well as a few other faces you might recognize from our community

its my dream to one day be able to attend one of these events. I love watching all the countries represent transplantation and show that together we can thrive.

what are you most excited for? What sport are you watching the scoreboards of? What country are you cheering for?

I am 4 months post transplant.

I have gained nearly 20 pounds and it is really upsetting to me. Mostly because it makes it harder to do yoga effectively. I have always been a healthy eater and very active.

It seems like activity is being interrupted because I get so tired easily. It is very frustrating.

I am a single mom so very little time to rest but I get really anxious when I can't work out.

Everyone tells me to just be thankful and that it's early on and I get that...but why the sudden weight?

Sorry to whine

in this latest episode, I talk to Elsa about her heart transplant and her journey to thriving.

listen here, or wherever you find your podcasts

https://www.transplantlyfe.com/education/podcasts