Kidney Patient Guide

Hi All, Thought I'd touch base here before I give the dr's a call. Is anyone here post transplant and on statins? I only ask because despite eating healthy and doing the London Marathon my cholesterol is still 6.8 and I have reluctanty had to start statins - simvastatin. I have been prescribed 10mg ...

Hi Jim, I cannot say whether your friend could or should do the London Marathon, I can only give you my experiences from this year as a transplantee. 1) Train, train, train and train some more, even if it is just walking. If you can run 20 miles then you are about halfway to actually running a marat...

Thanks to all of you above - hopefully we've managed to raise awareness of the issues in our own small way.

Hey Jules, thanks for the cash, it's good to hear from you too - watch out for us doing the Staines 10k IN May!

Px

Hi Guys, just wanted to let you all know that thanks to the generous support of all our friends and colleagues Kaye (my wife) and I (Paul) and my donors kidney, completed the London Marathon on Sunday in blistering temperatures in 5;52 and 4;47 respectively. Together we have raised just under £5000...

Hi all - some of you will know me (Hi JMan, Julie etc) many of you will not, but I would like to let you know that 2 and a half years after my transplant, I have confirmed my place in the Flora London Marathon on April 22nd 2007. This is my first ever Marathon and it 40 it's probably going to be my ...

Hi all,

some of you may know me from one of the other boards (hi Stevie and Jules), I'm Paul and had a tx in March 2004 after nine months on CAPD/APD following 10 years of declining function as a result of nephritis.

Nice to find you all and hope to speak/meet with you soon

Px

Hi all, I know this is a relatively minor issue, but ever since my tx last March, my hnad tremors have been progressively worsening. I realise this is drug related, but does anyone know of any mental or physical strategies to minimise their effects - at the moment when I hold a cup and saucer it sou...