Kidney Patient Guide

http://www.britishkidney-pa.co.uk/help_you.html

does any6one know if the US offers anything like this?

congrats... yes, i was put on several different meds including lasxic (spell check) for the swelling. the only problem with that was it would over work my 'new' kidney. finally, i ended up having to go the natural route by drinking more than usual fluids and no added salt. wear the teds (stocking) a...

i can only tell you about my episodes. i was deemed dehydrated and that cause the sudden spike in my levels. after that i developed pneumonia and was given the antibotic thymoglobin (unsure of the correct spelling) for 5 or 7 days and my levels returned to 1.4 i have had stage 1 and 2 rejections. yo...

6 months until my next clinic visit...Yeah baby Yeah!

It seems that the second transplant is the charm!!!! :lol: I am very grateful to the family that donated their loved one organs. I am still some what bitter towards the renal staff at John Hopkins for not trying to save my brother's kidney or test for allergic reations to the anti-rejection medicati...

also, she is on hemo m/w/f for 3.5 hours. a liquid diet, and she was told that she was too old to be put on the list for a donor (i'm not sure od the age requirements) she is currently in a florida hospital. if i get any more info i will post it.

she is a 74yr old newly dialysis patient and i am not sure of the correct questions that should be asked. ido not know how to speak french. so the language barrier is a problrm for me. general questions, concerns, meds,etc. would be helpful.

Amanda, My (soon to be) kidney was being flushed for a few days before they transplanted it. I forgot what type of procedure they use now to maintain the organ (I keep having a frankinstien or steve martin's "man with 2 brains" flashback) after it is removed from the person (whom had died ...

Hi everyone! i met a co-worker who's sister-in-law refuses to go on dialysis simply because of vanity ( not wanting anyone she knows to see her at a center or having to wear the body jewerly) . i tried to strees the importance of treatment and i told her about this web site so if "Neicy's siste...

i verified this with my team of doctors at john hopkins.... q1. they can do plasmapheresis for several reasons: my problem was to except my spouses kidney because we did not match (in fact they said that my blood attacked my spouse's blood during testing which then haulted the rest of the testing.) ...

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clint eastwood
tom cruise
steve martin
adam sandler
lesley warner
leslie neilsen
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all godzilla movies
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all horror movies

Dr. Callendar is the director at Howard university in Washington, dc. and Dr. Millie samiego of university of Wisconsin (whom used to work at john Hopkins, both I have been evaluated by) they are both excellent and very knowledgeable on that subject. :P for one you don't need a living donor, or 60% ...

here's more...

Gifford said there are no plans to begin testing other donor organs for the virus since it is so rare and testing could take several days, potentially making the organs unusable. He said he believed there was no commercially available test for the virus.

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http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/Transpla ... ochure.pdf

It's just that i feel and have felt soooo frustrated with the whole process. i am not happy with the non-esrf people i work with, who think that i have changed and think that i am no longer capible of doing my job. i would like to be somewhere that my time and experience matters even if itwas part-t...