Kidney Patient Guide

Hello to you all:

It's so nice to "hear" you again.

It has been a long time.

I am doing well and wish the same for all of you.


Love.....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR WELSH LADY ...... ANDY.....!!!

Hello Jen, Andy, Rachel, Amanda, JMan, Elaine and Lorna It's been a long time... Hope you all are well.... I have not had any UTI's since before transplant (2002). Although my 23yr old daughter keeps antibiotics an hand to take at the first sign of a UTI .. She had both ureters re-implanted at age 6.

alishe: I received a cadaveric kidney transplant after 2 cancers. It was 13yrs after bladder cancer and 4-1/2yrs after a sarcoma. The transplant nephrologist conferred with the oncologist before I was on the "list". That was at the point when I was 3-1/2 yrs post sarcoma surgery. but still...

Dear Rachel & G:

A wish for a speedy recovery and return home,
from your northern friend.

I have your pictures ( from G's wedding )
& look at them now & then.

My prayers are with you.

Hey JMan: Tues.Aug.7th


I hope you all had a great time.

I am looking forward to pictures of the party.

......greetings from "across the pond"

Hey Suze........... congratulations on 2 years...

HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY RACHEL.

Hey Julie:

That is good news......

...say hi for me to David>

cheryl is right on..on all points ..I was on pred as part of the anti-rejection protocol for 3 years 2 of which were at 5mg per day I took 6 months to reduce from 5 mg/day to zero at 1/2 mg per month reduction I had no withdrawl symptoms and my renal bloodwork got 5% BETTER this reduction seems too ...

JMam:

yes , I have done it. I wan't to attend an ostomy convention in St. Louis,Mo.

I dialyzed on Thursday morning, to catch an afternoon flight out of Buffalo,N.Y. I got back in town s
unday afternoon and had my regular Monday evening session.

I had no issues at all.


Art

I should correct myself

according to the University of Washington transplant centre ,
the likely hood of a donor having renal problems, increases
from the general population of 3/1000 th of 1% to 4/1000 of 1 %.


the difference is worth .... maybe 2 aspirin

your donor should be reminded that statistically he is no more lieky to have renal failure in his lieftime than the general population. His only sacrifice was the pain & time of surgery & recovery. Knowing this, the next time he/she brings up the subject ...ask if he is still in pain from th...

In my dialysis unit of about 300 hemo patients 25 of us were on self care in 2 shifts morning & evening. But there were also 6 patients that had the hemo dialysis machines at home & chose wehn they would dialyse. The renal nurses had mentioned that in Toronto, Canada there were patients doin...

S. J. This site is the data base from the U.S. Gov. It has ALL the values in all the foods ..I have used it. It is easy to use Just adjust the serving size to what you normally eat http://www.nutritiondata.com/ .... just enter the food item in the top right corner block, either under all food catago...