Abstract
Objective: Understand the definition, experiences and meanings of patients who underwent kidney transplantation. Methods: A qualitative research was carried out using an unstructured script. The study included 09 patients who underwent kidney transplantation at the Rim Hospital in the city of Montes Claros/MG in the year 2015. The Technique of the Discourse of the Collective Subject was the resource used to analyze the data. Results: The study revealed that transplant patients started a new life after transplantation, since they began to experience a "well-being", emotional growth resuming part of life as it was before the disease. New ways and means of living in the conditions after transplantation, which became a positive fact, therefore, allowed a greater autonomy to them. Conclusion: This research made possible the participation and expression of kidney transplants on the aspects and changes that occurred in your life after transplantation.