http://www.britishkidney-pa.co.uk/help_you.html
does any6one know if the US offers anything like this?
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- Fri Dec 02, 2005 4:54 pm
- Forum: The KPG Forum
- Topic: grant given for travel, holidays,education, etc.
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5482
- Mon Oct 24, 2005 10:22 pm
- Forum: The KPG Forum
- Topic: A question needed answered please
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5677
heavy fat feet
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...
- Mon Oct 17, 2005 3:51 pm
- Forum: The KPG Forum
- Topic: Kidney Rejection Questions
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8337
i've had 2 rejections so far.
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...
- Mon Oct 17, 2005 3:43 pm
- Forum: The KPG Forum
- Topic: Today's marks my 1 year Transplant!!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 11916
Many thanks for the responces... they do help...
6 months until my next clinic visit...Yeah baby Yeah!
- Tue Oct 11, 2005 3:33 pm
- Forum: The KPG Forum
- Topic: Today's marks my 1 year Transplant!!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 11916
Today's marks my 1 year Transplant!!
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...
- Tue Aug 30, 2005 7:13 pm
- Forum: The KPG Forum
- Topic: What questions should my grandmother-in-law asked her doctor
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4464
thanks vicki
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.
- Tue Aug 30, 2005 4:08 pm
- Forum: The KPG Forum
- Topic: What questions should my grandmother-in-law asked her doctor
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4464
What questions should my grandmother-in-law asked her doctor
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.
- Thu May 26, 2005 2:24 pm
- Forum: The KPG Forum
- Topic: KIDNEY TRANSPLANT AND ANTIBODIES
- Replies: 8
- Views: 11260
- Wed May 25, 2005 7:35 pm
- Forum: The KPG Forum
- Topic: Share the pro's & con's of dialysis
- Replies: 14
- Views: 20703
Share the pro's & con's of dialysis
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...
- Wed May 25, 2005 7:15 pm
- Forum: The KPG Forum
- Topic: KIDNEY TRANSPLANT AND ANTIBODIES
- Replies: 8
- Views: 11260
great questions...amanda
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.) ...
- Tue May 24, 2005 1:50 pm
- Forum: The KPG Forum
- Topic: Whats your favourite movie?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 28396
my list are based mostly on the actors and categories...
anything with following:
robert deniro
al pachino
clint eastwood
tom cruise
steve martin
adam sandler
lesley warner
leslie neilsen
kurt russell
all godzilla movies
all lifetime movies
all sci-fi movies
and last but not least
all horror movies
robert deniro
al pachino
clint eastwood
tom cruise
steve martin
adam sandler
lesley warner
leslie neilsen
kurt russell
all godzilla movies
all lifetime movies
all sci-fi movies
and last but not least
all horror movies
- Tue May 24, 2005 1:40 pm
- Forum: The KPG Forum
- Topic: KIDNEY TRANSPLANT AND ANTIBODIES
- Replies: 8
- Views: 11260
howard unversity & university of wisconsin have this..
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% ...
- Tue May 24, 2005 1:15 pm
- Forum: The KPG Forum
- Topic: rodent virus + transplant recipient deaths
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5623
no testing developed yet... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7956
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.
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.
- Fri May 13, 2005 12:39 pm
- Forum: The KPG Forum
- Topic: Switching professions
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9057
- Thu May 05, 2005 1:43 pm
- Forum: The KPG Forum
- Topic: Switching professions
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9057
re: career change
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...