Hi Jim ...
firstly brilliant news about your friends trans-plant :0)
post transplant I came home to 5 cats ...
I personally didnt think about the possible problems it might cause ... but then I also dig earth ... again some people have been told that they shouldnt do that either due to the possibility of germs in the earth ... and I wont even mention I go fishing and handle unwashed fish WITHOUT protective clothing or rubber gloves up to my armpits!!!!
I think one would need to live in a plastic bubble if one took notice of ALL the slightest risks ...
its like being in ESRF and during dialysis ... one needs to take a sensible approach ... but also realise that one needs to live as near a normal life as one can ... illness or come to that ... transplant ... shouldnt rule ones life!!
blimey .. I didnt think twice about swimming in the canal last year ... maybe I should have sent samples away for testing first!!!!
well ... erm ... technically it wasnt so much as swimming but falling into the canal fully clothed ...
... but I DID have to swim back to the boat!!!!