What is the quality of life after Donation surgery?
Donor safety and their quality of life will be the main concern of donor surgery. Careful precautions are taken at the time of surgery and immediately following surgery. The donor can start eating within 2 or 3 days after surgery. There are no diet restrictions after surgery. Following discharge from the hospital in about seven to ten after surgery, the donor can resume normal lifestyle such as eating, walking, taking showers, climbing stairs at home. We strongly advise them not to lift heavy objects more than 2.5 kgs for up to four weeks from the time of surgery. This is a precaution to prevent incisional hernia after surgery. For up to three to six months, some donors may feel mild numbness or tingling at the incision site which recovers eventually. Pain medicines may be required during the initial post-operative period. Otherwise, the donors need not be on any medicines after donation surgery.
