Your Lung Transplant Journey

Your lung transplant experience is important to us. Our transplant team encourages you and your family to bring a list of questions to ask during your lung transplant evaluation.

Related Links

• About Your Lungs
• Cystic Fibrosis
• Lung Transplant Evaluation
• Lung Transplant Manual
• Specialized Transplant Programs

Your single lung transplant surgery will take approximately 6 or more hours. Your double lung transplant surgery may take up to 12 hours. Before surgery, the transplant team will examine you, test your blood, and order chest x-rays to ensure that you are ready. Our dedicated transplant team will make every effort to ensure your surgery runs smoothly and comfortably.

• Lung Transplant Surgery Guide
• Living Lung Donor Surgery Guide

After surgery, you will wake up in the Medical Surgical Intensive Care Unit (MSICU). The average stay there is 4 to 7 days, but varies depending on your recovery. You will then be moved to Transplant Acute Care Unit for several days. As you improve, you will then be moved to the Transplant Unit. Here, you'll learn about your new life with a transplant, the medications you'll need, and how to take them properly.

• Guide to lung transplant for families and support people
• Healthy eating after your Lung transplant
• Using Herbal and Other Natural Health Products Before and After Transplant