[magicalhippo]

Interestingly the family member I described stopped taking the meds they gave her shortly after being discharged from the hospital.

No idea if it worked for or against her, but clearly she managed a long time despite them.

[tushar-r]

Hmmm...the senior doctor in my case spent a fair bit of time telling me about the medicines and making sure I was aware of how closely they need to be monitored and taken. In his setup, each patient is given a notebook with a template to track medicines and fluid intake/outgo etc. He won't see you post transplant unless you bring the book with the latest info!

(He is quite old - in his 80's. Will be retiring after the current set of patients are done with surgery + 1 year!)

[magicalhippo]

I'm assuming drugs today are much better and more targeted than what they had 60 years ago.