Kidney Patient Guide

Sorry, didn't mean to worry anyone with that comment. You're right, one's diet is soooo much freer after transplant. However, one has to be slightly careful because of the drugs one is taking. THe steroids make the body use blood sugars less efficiently making one prone to diabetes, and I believe it...

Hello all. Its good to hear people's positive attitudes all over this board. I'm not entirely new, but am now six weeks post-(first) transplant and feel like a new man already. I've had progressive failure since childhood, and looking back now have been seriously comprimised for years (at least sinc...

Comforting reply. It is the underknown that worries us, isn't it? Once something has happened you can learn to cope and progress, but waiting in not satisfactory. I didn't say in my introduction, I am a doctor myself. A senior traineee in histopathology (the docotrs who process the biopsies). I have...

I know exactly how Anne feels. I have a similar story. My name is Simon and I lived with renal impairment since birth. THe progression has accelerated and I am now joining the transplant list and attemping to face dialysis of one sort or another. Ican;'t decide which. I have been struggling at work ...