Charlotte's Heart Transplant

 11.10.18 Hello everyone! I can only apologise for not being as active on my blog as I was but my life is busy with non-transplant things now! And I like to keep my blog just for transplant updates really rather than my life story! **I do not recommend this post if you have not yet had your transplant as it may frighten you to read about or make you think of things that may upset you that you haven't yet even thought of!** It was mental health awareness day yesterday and I thought it would be fitting to write about the emotional side of transplant, and some of the things myself and others have struggled with. I think it will be best to start with a list to summarise some of the issues people can struggle with (not everyone struggles with these things and some obviously struggle more than others): Guilt, from someone dying and you essentially celebrate that death because your wait and your illness is over Sadness that someone has passed away Trauma/PTSD from the surge...