Hi, good news!
Having lived 4 years with kidney failure and now being at "end-stage" (< 10 eGFR), it looks like I will be able to evade dialysis. My brother has been given the OK to donate his kidney to me!
Just one problem though, his blood type is A and mine is O. My doctor said that it will not be a big problem though, since we have some advanced medicines available to take care of this.
My doctor mentioned Mabthera treatments, as well as possibly Thymoglobulin induction.
Anyone have any experience going through these pre-transplant therpaies? Did you get admitted to hospital for the treatments, how long did it take, did you have to take any special precautions during this time, etc?
I guess I will find out from my surgeon once we have an appointment at the transplant center, but it's hard to get any information before that. Would love to hear your stories (if anyone has been through something like this).
Regards,
Freddy