Kidney Patient Guide

Hi Grey - congratulations! I too have been waiting to hear how you have got on. So pleased things went ahead and that you are feeling okay. Very best wishes to you and your wife and of course the amazing altruistic donor. Stay in touch - I will be following your progress with interest!

Wow Sporti! That's amazing!! To think where you were with all this just a few short months ago..... Fantastic news.

Hi Henriettab

Glad to hear your Dad is doing a bit better. Long may it continue.

Hi Ruth Just a guess, but could it be an 'education' session? My reason for thinking it could be this is that I have recently attended a pre transplant education session at Guys hospital in London. Shortly after I was transferred to the advanced clinic (for those with an eGFR of below 20) and becaus...

Hi Chris

Good to hear from you and good luck with the op on 7 July!

Thinking of you today Grey! Wishing you all the very best.

Sue - fantastic news!! Congratulations.

Hi Yaniv I am not in any way medically trained and am only offering an opinion based on information I have gathered whilst my husband and I go through the work up with a view to him being hopefully able to donate a kidney to me. Firstly, from what I understand, there are VERY strict rules with regar...

Ditto what chessnut said! Nice to know these things. Congratulations on the transplant. Hope all goes well for you.

Glad you are back on the list Jan - you really are having a rough time dialysis wise you poor thing. I really hope that something comes up soon for you. I had to attend a transplant education session the other day and heard there that the double (kidney/pancreas) transplant wait is normally quite a ...

Great news Grey. Hoping it all goes ahead as planned and wishing you and your wife the very best of luck.

Results in from the crossmatch and thankfully it's negative, which I am told is what we want. :D Things are going to slow down a little again now, as my husband has been told they'd like him to lose about 6kg (approx. 12lbs) and they won't do anything further until he has achieved this......I warned...

Wow Jooles! You had a transplant! Fantastic news. Hope you are doing well.

Well said Rik. I wanted to say something on this last night but couldn't think how to say it without inflaming things further. I do want to say however that I believe we should all be entitled to put forward our thoughts and ideas etc without fear of being shot down in flames. At the end of the day,...

Hi jbell (and all) - just a quickie to say that I am so glad that they have got something sorted with your dialysis access. Great to hear you sounding a little more like your perky self.

Well, that sounds hopeful for me then Thumps. If yours wasn't considered very good and everything is still going strong for you, that must mean there's hope for me! I read on another thread that you have just had your best eGFR results for 4 years. Great news! :) Next stage for us is the crossmatch,...