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My ex brother in law gave one of his kidneys to his mom about 20 years ago (he was about 25 at the time).
The surgery and the recovery was harder on him than it was on her in the short term but within 6-8 months he was pretty much back to normal and his mom has been problem free since the transplant. He was in the hospital about 4-5 days, she was in for about 8-10 days if I recall correctly.
Some issues for him were complete elimination of any soft drinks, alcohol or processed drinks - for life - since he only has one kidney now and needs it to work perfectly if he's to live a long life without problems of his own.
He took some type of meds during the recovery period but that ended fairly quickly.
His mom had to take multiple meds to guard against rejection and other potential issues for several years but they tapered off as time went on, She did experience some significant weight gain/bloating from the Prednisone but that went away on its own after about a year.
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