Kidney Patient Guide

My son's kidney rejected because for some reason the prograf caused it. He took a series of treatments which were very intense and extensive. He was left with 20 percent function and can't take any anti-rejection meds. He is 6 months post and is not on anything. His creatinine is 4.2 and holding. He...

Hey, my son has MPGN type 1 and I was wondering what meds your daughter is on and what doctor you see. I have taken my son to Cincinatti and to Johns Hopkins and they both have different treatments. I was hoping that someone else has a prednisone free protocol.

Does anyone use Johns Hopkins for kidney disease treament? If so, do they use Prednisone with most treatments?

Dear Tina: I am from Charleston, West Virginia and visit KY very often. My 15 year old son was diagnosed three months ago and was treated with steriods the first 2 months. Recently our doctor lowered his steroids to 30 mg. every other day and added a drug called Cellcept (2000 mg. per day). He did n...

I too have a son (only he is 15) who has just recently been diagnosed with MPGN type I. We found out two months ago. Our doctor started him on 60 mg. prednisone every day for 6 weeks with very little change. She just recently added the Cellcept (2000 mg. per day). She is tapering him off the prednis...