How many antigens were you matched on with your donor before your transplant? I have one potential donor...age 42, I am almost 35, and another that is 30. Both are fine up to this point in testing....the 42 year old matches me so far on 0, 1, and 2 antigens (this seems to be how they label them) and the other, the younger is matching on 0 antigen. I was told statistically there is a 26 year life for the 0, 1, 2, antigen match and a 15 year for the 0 antigen match.
Am I making any sense? Is there a huge difference in that 12 year gap between those two potential donors?
I could write more...but most would be venting at this point. I hate, hate, hate my transplant center...love, love, love the nephrologist....so it's a tough call for me right now sometimes to write about my experience much..but wanted to ask about the antigen thing...
thanks
Natalie