Kidney Patient Guide

Vikki, sorry to hear this, if your mum wants to e-mail a live doner and get some more info she could e-mail my wife at alaska95@msn.com. See my wife donated me one of hers back in Oct of 04 and everything is going great!! I'm doing great and my wife is doing great. So keep your head up and maybe thi...

Hey Guys,
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www.transplantawareness.org
You can find a lot of stuff here.
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Every thing that I couldn't have while on Dialysis, now that I have this new kidney, You know things like milk, cheese, Tomatos and the best thing about it all is that everything tastes good! Not just blah, Hope this says on well I feel about my transplant and I realy hope that everyone on this boar...

Elaine, I live here in the states and we had the option of removal and my wife decided to have it done lapo and the only thing that help her decide is the surgeon that done it is rated in the top 5 surgons in this country on this . But so far so good she has a check up Fri and will let you know how ...

Thanks Rachel, Every day is a little better and I just can't belive how good I feel. Had surgery on the 19 th of Oct and went home on the 27th. I'm still quit sore but every day it gets better. This board has been realy a good thing for me this past year and I realy do thank you and everyone else th...

jooms, My wife donated me an kidney back on the 19 Oct and it was done lapra. and she was out of the hospital on the 22 Oct and all she has is 3 little holes and one incen about 2 in long just below her belly button. She has realy no pain and is doing very well, I will recomend this to anyone wantin...

Hey Jman, Ive been using a an wet wipe named Zephiiran, I was getting them from my local drug store and they cost a little more but they are antiseptic skin cleansing tissues, but this is the one my unit suggested for me to use but Iguess you could use just about anyone you could get. Hope this help...

Hey All, Just got home from transplant surgery on the 19 Oct, I'm here to say that this is the first time in 7 years that I feel alive agin, So I just had to tall everyone how I'm Doing. So have fun and live life to the fullest. Also will keep everyone posted on any changes if thay ocure. LWADams :D...

Mitch, I've been doing the transplant thing for a little over a year now, and what I can tell you is that the transplant people will not even look or talk to you if your function is over 15% so just hang in there and try not to rush this night mair. Hope this helps and you can e-mail me if I can hel...

Hey I also do 10 hours at night, I find it a kind of a pain but I've lived with it for over a year now. The real pain is getting my times together, like tonight, I have to be up in the moring by 0500 so I can be in the city by 0700 for my pre-op and final crossmatch. other wise when I start I just g...

Seven more days before transplant! I kind of wished it was tomarrow insted of next tuesday. My transplant team wants me to start Prograf and CellCept this saturday, I guess what I would like to know is are there any side affects that I should look for or look forward in having? Thanks for your help ...

My date is 12 Oct, here in Kansas City, Missouri. My wife is my donor, it took her alot of studying so she could pass all the pre tests, HA HA I'm just glad and lucky that she was compatiable . Well got to get to bed got early labs in the morning. Hope the your transplant goes well my wife and I wil...

Hey it's been awhile but I haven't and my computer for awhile. So now for the good news, my wife and I have been trying to get this transplant eval completed. Well as of Wed of this week the last Doctor gave the go ahead and we got a date of 12 Oct , See my wife is going to donate one of her kidneys...

Hey guys, I have two things to address at this time. First here in the US, in the summer time, the ladys were tube tops. They are pieces of material that are sown together to forn a tube, then you slide it over head and around your top or around your middle. I've been using one sense starting PD in ...

I've been on pd for just over one year now, and during training my PD nurse sugested a tube top so I tryed it , and now I have differant ones for every day of the week. Hope this helps