Kidney failure require for certain, method of treatment by dialysis. Dialysis require a lot of time from the patients life. For some patient are kidney transplantation the last way out to recover. After a kidney transplantation patients need to take medications for a lifetime, so they don’t get a rejection of the new kidney.

Aim: The aim of this study was to describe patients' experiences of life after a kidney transplant.

Method: A literature review based on 9 articles with a qualitative approach.

Results: After analysis two themes emerged; Emotional roller coaster and New me. It showed that patients who has been transplant are having mixed experiences of the life after transplantation. For example, some patient´s felt fear of rejection for the new organ and some felt hope for a new life, and fear of going back to dialysis. Some patient´s felt gratefulness to the people how were willing to donate a kidney for them, and they felt hope for a better life.

Conclusion: People who have undergone a kidney transplant, are having both mental, physical and emotional strain