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- Wed Dec 15, 2010 2:04 pm
- Forum: The KPG Forum
- Topic: Vitamin D supplementation
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6978
I did not have my VD levels measured. I needed a tooth implant a couple of years ago and when they went to take the temporary post out of the area the implant was attached to the jaw bone, my jaw bone fractrured and had to start all over again. My sister in law is PHD in organic chemistry. She told ...
- Wed Dec 15, 2010 1:54 pm
- Forum: The KPG Forum
- Topic: Surgery after transplant
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4849
- Mon Jun 28, 2010 7:23 pm
- Forum: The KPG Forum
- Topic: British transplant games
- Replies: 19
- Views: 13354
- Fri Oct 23, 2009 1:08 am
- Forum: The KPG Forum
- Topic: Swine flu vaccine
- Replies: 35
- Views: 23738
- Thu Apr 30, 2009 7:11 pm
- Forum: The KPG Forum
- Topic: Blood in urine - could it be caused by stent?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3537
If the antibiotics don't take care of the problem, it could be a stent issue. I had a stent left in a little too long after transplantation and it began irritating the bladder. It was very painful and I was incontinent. Once they pulled the stent out things were much better in a few days. There firs...
- Thu Apr 09, 2009 8:16 pm
- Forum: The KPG Forum
- Topic: questions for transplantees
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4054
Just know things will get better. A couple of things come to mind. One is your hematocrit levels (oxygen carrying ability) are generally lower several months to a year after surgery. Until it gets back to 40+, you will probably not have the stamina you did before surgery. Secondly, sometimes you wil...
- Tue Mar 24, 2009 2:43 pm
- Forum: The KPG Forum
- Topic: deafness attributable to a medication
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5306
I had to get hearing aids a couple of years ago due to hearing loss. I remember right after I went on tacrolimus in 1996 I started getting tinnitus (ringing) in my ears. I asked the TX center doc if there was a relationship between prograf and the ringing. The TX center said no. I don't believe that...
- Tue Mar 03, 2009 9:43 pm
- Forum: The KPG Forum
- Topic: BK virus
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2891
Polyoma BK virus
Yes, I have had the bk virus for several years. The level of the virus never got to a high count after my tx. In my particular case, the tx center took me off mycophenolate, but left me on tacrolimus and predinsone. By taking me off mycophenolate, my immune system was able to counter the virus and v...
- Fri Oct 10, 2008 12:31 am
- Forum: The KPG Forum
- Topic: Flu Jab
- Replies: 17
- Views: 13436
- Fri Oct 03, 2008 8:55 pm
- Forum: The KPG Forum
- Topic: lisinopril side effects
- Replies: 12
- Views: 24244
- Wed Apr 23, 2008 2:56 am
- Forum: The KPG Forum
- Topic: Do your employers know about your kidney issues?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9840
When I found out I was in kidney failure, I had 5% function remaining and had to have surgery for dialysis access immediately. This made it difficult, if not impossible, to be discrete about my circumstances with my employer and coworkers. It has worked out very well, but if I had it to do over agai...
- Mon Apr 21, 2008 1:48 am
- Forum: The KPG Forum
- Topic: Question for those taking Tacrolimus
- Replies: 40
- Views: 32767
tacrolimus
First tx I took 4 mg./ day. The second tx I take 2 mg. day. It's interesting, my body adjusted differently to 2nd tx for same amount of prograf level.
- Mon Apr 21, 2008 1:44 am
- Forum: The KPG Forum
- Topic: Let's play Dr House...
- Replies: 34
- Views: 26525
fluid around the kidney.
Hi Amit: Hope all is well. Your post brought back memories from almost 5 yrs. ago. I had a seroma (fluid build up around the tx) and it had to be tended to (surgery) three times before the fluid build up stopped. My creatinine went from .9 (U.S.) to 5.5 over a two week period. 5 years later it still...
- Tue Dec 25, 2007 4:28 am
- Forum: The KPG Forum
- Topic: Drug to kill white cells before transplant
- Replies: 10
- Views: 9295
CAMPATH 1H
Not sure, but you might be referring to campath. I believe it is used in cancer treatments and was being used for preparation prior to tx via IV. I was given campath prior to my tx in May 2003 at the University of Wisconsin. UW had just started to use campath in early 2003 and I am fairly certain it...
- Sat Aug 04, 2007 7:46 pm
- Forum: The KPG Forum
- Topic: Insurance question for those in the US
- Replies: 14
- Views: 15068
Hi Jen: There are many great points on this string which are very good, but would warn you not to ASSUME anything. Suggest you speak with your future employer and request that you be able to discuss your issues with your future employer's health care provider(s). Health care packages differ in cost ...