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Maco, my mom had a kidney transplant in 1980. She is still alive and well.
She does skin cancer and has ongoing treatment for that, but skin cancer (if caught early) won't kill you.
Transplants have gotten much better since the eighties. I can remember her taking fist fulls of pills after the surgery, thankfully those days are long gone. The newer drugs are much better controlled (it had been 33 years after all) and the actual transplant process is way more efficient now.

I hope this helps your fears a little.

Best of luck,
Chris