First the first. There are many organs which can be transplanted. At the moment, and in my knowledge, they are:
Liver, heart, lunge, pancreas, kidney, and small intestin. Other things that can be transplanted not being organs are cornea and bone marrow.
Each of them can be transplanted to solve a bunch of problems. Each one can have multiple illness that can be solved with a transplant. That makes the person who receives, and the transplant itself, totally unique. It is completely different a liver transplant needed because of a cirhosis due to an hepatitis C, than a cirhosis due to a Wilson syndrome. And both are in the same organ. If compared to a kydney one after years of dialisis due to a renal disorder, they have nothing to do.
But all of them have one thing in common: every pacient who receives a transplant, has to take live medication for inmunosupresion. If not, the organ will be rejected. That medication carries a well known problem: a tendency to infections. As the inmuno system is depressed, the capacity to fight agains bacterias and viruses is lower than a healty person, so that is more likely an infection.
This tendency goes lower as time passes. The chances of have infections are much bigger during first year post trasplant than 10 years after, and much lesser 20 years. But it will be there forever.
That involve special care when a transplanted person needs a surgery, or even a simple endodontics. More anthibiotics, more carefull with wounds manage, and the worst of all: more time to health. This last thing depends not only on the medication, but on the general health status, the cause of the transplant, the evolution.. but those are many variables.
The facts: I suffered a liver transplantation in 1996 caused by a cirhosis caused by a Wilson syndrome. My general health is ok, but because of medication, illness and psicological consecuences of the entire thing I have suffered ED in various degrees since I was 24.
I went to implant on September 12nd, 2019. My doctor took every care needed, and I have avoid infections. The recovery process, however, is being hard: much pain and swelling right from de first minute after surgery; almost 8 weeks since then and I am still not able to have sex due to the pain. Lost about 2,5 cm in lenght, and wonder how will it be possible that tiny thing, inflated to the most pain I can afford during 15 minutes, be able to recover half the lost size.
Everybody says that cycling do the miracle, but as its said: I will believe when I see it. And time goes sooo slow now...
