Now that I am three weeks post transplant, I wanted to give you a quick update. The surgery went very well. My new kidney is working better than expected and I am feeling great! I had forgotten what it feels like to be healthy. Over the past 5 years, my kidney function had been slowly declining - so slowly that it was hard to notice the difference day to day. It became absolutely clear how toxic my blood had become when I was teaching Zoom classes during the pandemic closur