3. [serious] Redditors who are missing a body part (limb, eye, etc), what about you...

[serious] Redditors who are missing a body part (limb, eye, etc), what about your situation do other people not think about or understand?

Long time lurker. I had to create an account just so I could comment on this.

I had my heart transplant 14 months ago, at age 29. My father also had a heart transplant when HE was 29 (congenital dilated cardiomyopathy and right-sided heart failure for both of us).

My old man had his heart transplant before I was born and survived 20 years, passing away when I was 17. He never had any complications and aside from the meds, lived a completely normal life. Since my transplant I've felt great, and have tried my best to live a normal life as well, which has caused friction with my wife, family members, and friends who only go off of what they've seen on TV or movies about transplant recipients.

I'm finding it a hard philosophical tight rope to walk: respecting the amazing gift of a second chance at life, while still living my life to the fullest (food, travel, working as a conflict reporter). Isn't living a decent life honoring the second chance as well?

There's a lot of questions that come along with a new heart to which there are no easy answers.

Glad to know I'm not alone.

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