Recognizing the importance of your mental health as you undergo a transplant, you may also benefit from incorporating alternative forms of treatment, such as meditation, mindfulness, relaxation, visualization, journaling, and yoga, as part of your treatment plan. Many experts believe these are powerful mind-body tools that will improve your mental wellbeing and facilitate your recovery.)

Most importantly, as a patient undergoing a transplant, it’s important to recognize the strong interconnection that exists between your mental health and the transplant process. Your feelings play a role in your physical response to your transplant and your recovery, and the transplant process impacts your emotions. 

Thus, your mental health is important and cannot be ignored. Fortunately, most patients do well following their transplants. According to research, transplant patients express satisfaction with the quality of their lives and describe themselves as productive, stable, and well-adjusted adults. Clearly, this is the outcome you want to achieve, and it is definitely attainable as long as you pay attention to your feelings and receive necessary emotional support as you undergo your transplant.