MY KIDNEY TRANSPLANT REJECTION PART TWO!!

Summary

In this video, Cindy shares the detailed journey of her kidney transplant rejection, from initial symptoms of tiredness and nausea to the emotional and physical challenges she faced during hospitalization. She candidly discusses the side effects of treatment, including weight fluctuations, severe fatigue, and persistent diarrhea. Cindy's story is one of resilience, as she transitions to a healthier lifestyle with a focus on fitness and a cleaner diet, aiming to regain her strength and provide for her daughter.

Takeaways

• 😀 Cindy shares her personal journey with transplant rejection on her channel, providing both a summary and detailed experiences.
• 🏥 Cindy initially experienced symptoms of tiredness and nausea, which she initially attributed to her busy lifestyle as a single mother, real estate professional, and community member.
• 🤯 Despite feeling unwell, Cindy continued to push herself physically, even playing a soccer game the day before being hospitalized.
• 🚨 Cindy's health rapidly deteriorated during her hospital stay, with symptoms including weight gain due to fluid retention, nausea, headaches, and weakness.
• 💉 The treatments and medications Cindy received caused additional side effects, such as severe headaches and constipation, which later transitioned into a month-long bout of diarrhea.
• 📉 Cindy experienced a significant weight loss after the hospital stopped administering fluids, dropping below her healthy weight and feeling extremely weak.
• 🌱 In the aftermath of her hospital stay, Cindy made lifestyle changes, focusing on a cleaner diet and attempting to go vegan, which helped alleviate her nausea.
• 💪 Cindy has been working on regaining her health and fitness, incorporating both gym workouts and playing soccer to improve her physical condition.
• 🧘‍♀️ Cindy has adopted a new mindset, prioritizing her health and well-being over work, aiming to be present for her daughter and focusing on self-care.
• 🙏 Cindy expresses gratitude for the support and encouragement she has received from her community, which has helped her through this challenging journey.
• 📹 Cindy plans to create more content, including a Q&A session and a video about her workout routine, to continue engaging and motivating her audience.

Q & A

What is the main topic of Cindy's video?

The main topic of Cindy's video is her journey with transplant rejection, focusing on the details of her feelings, symptoms, and experiences during and after the treatment.

Why does Cindy recommend watching the first part of her transplant rejection series before this video?

Cindy recommends watching the first part to give viewers a summary of her transplant rejection process, which will help them understand the whole picture and journey before diving into the detailed experiences shared in this second part.

What were Cindy's initial symptoms of transplant rejection?

Cindy's initial symptoms were overall tiredness and nausea, which she initially attributed to her busy lifestyle as a single mother, working in real estate, and being involved in various social activities.

How did Cindy's health condition change after starting treatment in the hospital?

Cindy's health condition deteriorated significantly after starting treatment. She experienced rapid weight gain due to fluid retention, severe nausea, headaches, weakness, and abdominal pain.

What emotional impact did the hospital treatment have on Cindy?

The hospital treatment had a profound emotional impact on Cindy. She felt broken, sad, and overwhelmed by her physical condition and the reality of her situation.

What changes did Cindy make in her professional life as a result of her health challenges?

Cindy quit her job at the title company and decided to focus on real estate from home. She prioritized being a stay-at-home mom and taking care of her health.

How did Cindy's physical symptoms evolve after leaving the hospital?

After leaving the hospital, Cindy continued to experience diarrhea for a month, which she tried to manage with various dietary changes and medications. Eventually, the diarrhea subsided, and she was left with only a hunger-related nausea.

What dietary changes did Cindy implement to help with her nausea?

Cindy started eating a clean diet, following the Daniel Fast, which helped her to overcome the persistent nausea she was experiencing.

What fitness goals does Cindy have after her health challenges?

Cindy's fitness goals are to get fit and healthy, focusing on gaining muscle in her arms and legs, and maintaining a healthy weight while burning fat.

How has Cindy's community responded to her openness about her health journey?

Cindy's community has responded with encouragement, prayers, and love, showing her support and appreciation for her openness and motivation to keep going.

What is Cindy's plan for engaging with her audience in the near future?

Cindy plans to do a Q&A session within the next two weeks to engage with her audience and answer any questions they might have about her health journey.

Outlines

00:00

🌟 Personal Introduction and Journey Recap

Cindy, the channel host, warmly welcomes viewers and introduces the second part of her transplant rejection journey. She encourages viewers to watch the first part for a complete understanding. Cindy shares her experiences, symptoms, and feelings during her hospitalization and recovery. She also briefly mentions her channel's content, which includes her kidney transplant journey, travel vlogs, lifestyle videos, and workout tips. Cindy's openness about her health struggles is emphasized, setting a tone of authenticity and vulnerability.

05:02

😔 Hospitalization and Emotional Struggles

This paragraph delves into Cindy's physical and emotional experience during hospitalization. Initially, she faced symptoms like tiredness and nausea, which she initially attributed to her busy life as a single mother, real estate professional, and community member. However, her condition worsened in the hospital, with rapid weight gain due to fluid retention, severe nausea, headaches, and weakness. Cindy's emotional journey is highlighted by her tears and feelings of sadness, frustration, and a sense of being overwhelmed. She also discusses the impact of her health on her career, leading to her decision to quit her job at a title company and focus on her health and family.

10:03

💪 Recovery and Lifestyle Changes

Cindy discusses her recovery process, which includes dealing with persistent diarrhea, weight fluctuations, and a transition to a healthier diet. She mentions trying various remedies to manage her symptoms, with green juices providing temporary relief. Cindy's commitment to a healthier lifestyle is evident as she shares her fitness goals, including gaining muscle and maintaining a healthy weight. She also expresses gratitude for her supportive community and plans to share her workout routine in an upcoming video. Cindy's narrative emphasizes the importance of self-care and the positive changes she's making in her life.

Keywords

💡Transplant Rejection

Transplant rejection refers to the body's immune response against a transplanted organ, recognizing it as foreign and attacking it. In the video, the theme revolves around the narrator's personal experience with transplant rejection, detailing the symptoms and emotional journey associated with this medical condition.

💡Kidney Transplant

A kidney transplant is a surgical procedure where a patient receives a kidney from a donor to replace a failing organ. The video script mentions the narrator's kidney transplant journey, which is the central focus of the channel and the context for the discussion on transplant rejection.

💡Symptoms

Symptoms are the physical or mental features indicating a condition, especially a disease. The narrator describes experiencing symptoms such as tiredness, nausea, and weight gain, which are indicative of her transplant rejection process.

💡Treatment

Treatment in this context refers to the medical interventions provided to manage or alleviate the effects of transplant rejection. The script details the narrator's hospitalization and the various treatments she underwent, including plasmapheresis.

💡Plasmapheresis

Plasmapheresis is a procedure that separates and removes plasma from the blood, often used to treat conditions where the immune system attacks the body's own tissues. The narrator compares her experience with plasmapheresis to dialysis, highlighting the discomfort and side effects she faced.

💡Diarrhea

Diarrhea is a condition characterized by loose, watery bowel movements. The script describes the narrator's prolonged bout with diarrhea, which was a side effect of her medication and a significant part of her health struggle.

💡Weight Gain

Weight gain refers to an increase in body weight, often due to fluid retention or fat accumulation. The narrator mentions gaining 13 pounds in fluid weight within two days, illustrating the physical impact of her medical condition and treatments.

💡Lifestyle Changes

Lifestyle changes involve modifications in one's daily habits and routines to improve health or well-being. The narrator discusses her decision to quit her job and focus on her health, her daughter, and real estate, representing a significant shift in her lifestyle.

💡Daniel Fast

The Daniel Fast is a religious-based partial fast that involves abstaining from certain foods for a period of time. The narrator mentions following the Daniel Fast, which helped her overcome nausea and represents a spiritual and dietary change in her life.

💡Fitness Goals

Fitness goals are objectives related to improving one's physical health and well-being through exercise and nutrition. The script includes the narrator's aspirations to get fit and healthy, which is part of her recovery and self-improvement journey.

💡Community Support

Community support refers to the encouragement, understanding, and assistance provided by a group of people. The narrator expresses gratitude for the support she received from her audience, emphasizing the role of community in her healing process.

Highlights

Introduction to Cindy's channel and her journey with a kidney transplant.

Cindy's initial symptoms of transplant rejection: tiredness and nausea.

Cindy's experience of playing soccer the day before hospitalization despite feeling tired.

Hospitalization and the unexpected severity of Cindy's condition.

Physical and emotional struggles during hospital stay, including weight gain and various symptoms.

Cindy's decision to quit her job at the title company to focus on health and family.

Cindy's spiritual journey and finding hope during her health crisis.

The side effects of plasmapheresis, including headache and nausea.

Cindy's battle with constipation and diarrhea due to medication.

Weight fluctuations and the physical toll of the hospital stay.

Cindy's dietary changes and the adoption of a clean eating lifestyle.

The impact of the Daniel Fast on Cindy's health and well-being.

Cindy's fitness goals and her approach to maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

Cindy's appreciation for the support and encouragement from her community.

Cindy's plans for future content, including a Q&A session and workout vlogs.

Closing thoughts and gratitude from Cindy to her viewers.

Transcripts

hi everyone and welcome to my Channel

today I'm going to be sharing with you

guys part two of my transplant rejection

Journey if you guys haven't seen the

first part I highly recommend that you

pause this one go watch it and then come

back to this so you guys can kind of see

the whole

idea the whole picture or journey of my

transplant

um rejection process because the first

video was kind of like a summary but

this video I'm going to be hopping into

details what I was feeling and my

symptoms along with it so without

further Ado let's hop into this video

but quickly let me introduce myself for

anybody that is new here my name is

Cindy and here on my channel I share my

kidney transplant Journey as well as

travel Vlogs lifestyle videos workout

videos and so much more so if you are

new definitely consider subscribing now

let's begin

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so like I mentioned in my previous video

you guys saw basically the whole summary

or a quick summary of what I went

through I want to hop into the details

of like exactly what I was feeling prior

and then during the treatment of me

being in the hospital and then after

till what I'm feeling now so in the

beginning of my process

um what I was feeling was just a

tiredness and overall tiredness and

nauseous so those were the two main

symptoms the tiredness I felt very

sleepy I felt like I didn't have energy

to do much but one thing is that I

continued to push myself even the day

before going into the hospital I

actually even played a soccer game

hustled sprinted and did everything so I

was like a tired but it was more like of

a

ah what is the word it's kind of like no

motivation for anything

um but I would still push myself but

honestly I thought it was just tiredness

from being uh work at the title company

as well as doing real estate being a

single mother plus church and socials

you know different things family you

know I thought it was just an

overwhelming tiredness and that's

honestly what it felt like also the

nauseousness I would only feel it when I

went hours without eating and my body

was like hungry and I wasn't feeding

myself then the nauseousness would begin

and once I would eat something it would

go away completely so that was prior to

when I got into the hospital and they

started the treatment that's where I

really went downhill I was not expecting

it to be as hard as it was and when I

was in the hospital I cried so much and

this is me being 100 transparent I'm not

gonna have any filter with you guys

um when it comes to anything with my

health because I'm here to be an example

for you guys and to motivate you guys

and this is not an easy journey I think

we all know that and I would be lying if

I said that it was smooth and that I

didn't shut any tears that everything

was great because reality hit and I was

broken I felt so sad you know the fact

that I had gotten to that point and then

on top of that everything that I was

feeling emotionally plus physically and

physically I was just feeling very tired

doggies they're trying to get in here

but they make way too much noise when

I'm trying to record so I went into the

hospital when 140 pounds because that's

my usual weight right by day two I was

weighing 153 pounds so I had gained 13

pounds in fluid weight in just a matter

of two days why because they were

pumping fluid after fluid plus

medication and the medication had me

with nauseousness tiredness headache

very weak abdominal pain I felt very

swollen so I was just feeling like sick

I had no appetite just everything was

just this is when I really felt like

sick I just felt everything just coming

downhill and it was just bad and it was

just

I this is where I began to hurt you know

like spiritually mentally physically I

was just hurting okay I was like down

um didn't have too much of a motivation

for anything else

um at this point I was just so

traumatized by my work I ended up

quitting my job at the title company

um and I was like you know what I'm

gonna focus on real estate I'm not gonna

work the same I'm just gonna be at home

be it stay a hot mom and just pay

attention like put all my focus in my

daughter raising my daughter and taking

care of my health and this is where my

mind is during this time I'm just

feeling very like hopeful like to get

out because I'm like okay once I get out

I want this this and I'm gonna do this

this that I'm gonna like take care of my

health I'm gonna be there for my

daughter I'm gonna you know focus more

on me versus working and hustling

because things come and go right like my

health is

above everything if I'm not okay if I'm

not healthy and strong how am I gonna be

able to raise my daughter and that was

one of the things that was very like

conflicting within me and I was just

like why why work so much

to have something that I'm not even

gonna be healthy enough to enjoy it if

I'm not taking care of myself so

everything was just

I was in a like I mean how they say like

I'm in the valley right and you're

walking through the valley but the Lord

is still in this but the Lord is still

there while you're in the valley and

there's still Grace and hope and that's

what I was trying to stay focused on

um but my body was feeling very sick so

I was feeling all those symptoms and

then on top of that

um the weight gain and then I started

the plasma For Recess did I feel

anything when I was doing plasmapheresis

to be honest I kind of felt like

dialysis I had the catheter place and

everything and it felt very much like it

just not as tiring as on your body like

you know after dialysis you feel like

drained like you don't have energy for

nothing okay so plasmaphoresis I just

had like a headache a huge headache I

had no appetite I felt very nauseous I

felt lots of headache but a nurse told

me to drink a lot of water because that

would help my

um you know headache so I was just

chugging down water and basically all I

had was water for a good couple of days

um by the way by like day three of me

being in the hospital I got constipated

from all the medication they were giving

me so I had asked for a stool softener

they gave me and by like the next day I

went to the bathroom and guys I'm gonna

be TMI with you guys I'm gonna be

transparent I'm gonna share it all with

you guys I was feeling so sick I went to

the bathroom I thought I was gonna pass

out because I could not use the bathroom

and I wasn't gonna strain myself I

wasn't gonna push I was like okay if I'm

gonna go to the bathroom then I'm gonna

go I'm not gonna over like I'm not gonna

hurt myself trying to go to the bathroom

so I didn't I just was there you know

trying to do my thing thankfully I did

use the bathroom but then the following

day I had diarrhea

so I didn't take the stool softener and

I thought you know the diarrhea is going

to go away by like day five still had

diarrhea day six still had diarrhea by

the way I was in the hospital for 10

days and I had diarrhea the rest of the

days on top of that I had diarrhea the

month like a whole month after I was

discharged I tried everything I tried

changing the way I eat I tried eating

things that like were gonna help me like

clog myself up I guess I even had like

this rice water thing nothing helped the

only thing that kind of helped were like

green juices I know that made sound

strange because I know those are good

for detoxing but every time I would take

it like it really did help it would

settle down like my stomach for a little

bit I also tried anti-diarrhea pills it

didn't work they were like oh maybe and

by the way nobody could figure out why I

was having diarrhea they were like maybe

it's the microfinolate the dose is too

high and I was just thinking in my mind

like I've been on this dose for the

longest so it can't be that I also was

take magnesium

and they said maybe that could cause it

but they were giving me the slow

um acting magnesium which doesn't

suppose it doesn't cause diarrhea so it

was just kind of unknown but honestly I

think it was just the medication maybe

my body was just trying to get rid of

everything

um but I had it for a full month guys

I had lost soul remember how I mentioned

that I had gained like all that weight

on fluid so what let's say 13 pounds and

flew up like

after they stopped the fluid by like

they day three I had dropped all the way

down to 137 pounds past my healthy

weight which is 140 so I had dropped

what is that 16 pounds in a matter of a

couple of days

yeah so at this point I'm weak

not eating I have headaches I have

diarrhea I could barely walk up and down

I was so I felt skinny and I felt like I

had no energy to do anything I couldn't

I was so out of breath I look like sick

I look bony I just did not look healthy

and honestly I went into the hospital

looking good you know looking

um like healthy and fit I came out of

that hospital looking bony until this

day I haven't been able to gain the

weight that I lost

um which is basically like three pounds

which I don't mind to be honest but and

I've been eating I've been eating a lot

but like healthy I'm working out which

I'm really happy about

and so sorry let's backtrack because I'm

kind of like hopping forward so after a

month the diarrhea finally went away and

I had no more symptoms except one which

was the nauseousness and that I would

only feel when I would get really hungry

and I didn't have food but the minute I

ate something it would go away so it was

like very strange it was kind of like a

hunger nauseousness feeling that I would

get and then I would eat something and I

would be fine so now

um if the nauseousness went away roughly

around this month in the beginning of

January I started to eat on a very clean

uh like Diet I was doing the Daniel Fast

and I think honestly that helped me a

lot

um because I haven't felt nauseous since

the beginning of January I'm not on it

right now but I have been making smarter

choices while I'm eating and like I

mentioned in the previous video I'm

trying to go vegan so we're taking it

one step at a time as I tried to do so

um but I am trying to get fit I'm trying

to get a good healthy body I am trying

to maintain

my weight I guess you could say but burn

fat so I want to gain muscle on my arms

and my legs

um my basically my lower body and

honestly who doesn't want to get fit

right who doesn't want to get healthy so

my goal my Fitness training goal is

getting you know getting fit getting

healthy which I'm gonna make a video

about it

um pretty soon where I'm going to share

with you guys like what I do for working

out because I don't just go to the gym

I'm doing that but I also play soccer

which I'm getting my cardio I'm burning

lots of like fat when I'm doing that

because it's a lot of running a lot of

sprinting and I think I'm gonna Vlog

tomorrow and I'm gonna go play soccer

with the guys so I'll probably record

that for you guys so you guys can see a

little bit what it's about

um but yeah I work out at the gym

I play soccer I feel good now like now

I'm feeling good I'm taking my

medications on time I'm eating better

I'm working out I'm working less and I'm

just focusing more on myself and my

daughter so yeah

um thank you guys so much for all the

amazing comments that I got from you

guys I was honestly not expecting that I

was being so hard on myself you know

we're our own biggest critics sometimes

and I was doing that I wasn't giving

myself any Grace especially when I was

in the hospital and then even like being

so open with you guys that I was like

talking to my sister I was like man like

I know people are gonna be like you know

you're so dumb for not taking your

medication

um but honestly it was the complete

opposite and I'm so thankful for you

guys and thankful for your words of

encouragement for your prayers for the

love that you guys always show me I

truly feel so blessed and honored to

have such a beautiful Community like you

guys to keep on you know motivating me

to keep going to making these videos so

thank you guys so much if you guys have

any questions please let me know in the

comments down below like I mentioned I

want to do a q a so I'll probably do

that within the next two weeks so do not

forget to like subscribe comment share

this video maybe we can motivate

somebody so thank you guys so much have

a great and blessed and beautiful day

bye everyone