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by Chris Wright
Thu Oct 25, 2012 2:09 pm
Forum: The KPG Forum
Topic: Flu Jab
Replies: 9
Views: 11046

Re: Flu Jab

See here: http://www.kidneypatientguide.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7998 I can only repeat what i said there. When people get a cold they call it flu, when they have flu they feel like they are dying. Having not been vaccinated for a few years in the 1980's and had real flu a couple of time...
by Chris Wright
Thu Oct 04, 2012 2:06 pm
Forum: The KPG Forum
Topic: Regrets
Replies: 76
Views: 83006

Re: Regrets

Telma, that must be dreadful for you. Certainly when i had "40 day fever" i.e. cytomegalovirus, post transplant, l felt, and was, so ill that my Dad was worried that i would die. That was the worst of my post transplant time. And like everyone, i get side effects from the drugs and have to...
by Chris Wright
Mon Oct 01, 2012 1:52 pm
Forum: The KPG Forum
Topic: Flu Jab
Replies: 21
Views: 28371

Re: Flu Jab

Did anyone get it done at their clinic. My GP is totally useless. This may be just random advice and probably more suitable for a new thread, but remember, here in the UK there are about 28,000 transplantees and about 43,000 GP's (i think those numbers are correct, but don't shoot me if they are a ...
by Chris Wright
Mon Oct 01, 2012 1:37 pm
Forum: The KPG Forum
Topic: Wasp sting!
Replies: 2
Views: 3460

Re: Wasp sting!

Keith Elliott wrote: Has anyone on immune-suppression been sting by a wasp (or bee) before .. did it all turn out ok ?

but just curious as to how long it's going to be painful for ?
Yea, yea and a few days.

Bad luck, it is surprisingly unpleasant.
by Chris Wright
Sun Sep 23, 2012 5:13 pm
Forum: The KPG Forum
Topic: Tieing of fistula after transplant.
Replies: 4
Views: 5228

Re: Tieing of fistula after transplant.

Carol,

Mine carried on for about 18 to 20 years and basically the lumps got smaller.

It stopped totally when i went into hospital for an operation and the anesthetist probably let me blood pressure get too low.

Why go through an unnecessary operation?

Chris
by Chris Wright
Fri Sep 21, 2012 3:05 pm
Forum: The KPG Forum
Topic: Flu Jab
Replies: 21
Views: 28371

Re: Flu Jab

I ALWAYS have a flu jab since a caught a really bad dose of the flu in the late 80's.

Once you've had real flu, you will never turn down the jab again.

Flu can be a very serious infection for immunocompromised people.

Chris
by Chris Wright
Sun Sep 02, 2012 11:46 am
Forum: The KPG Forum
Topic: Local support groups ?
Replies: 29
Views: 35800

Re: Local support groups ?

Sorry for hijacking thread, will communicate by pm now. Have sent one, but i have no idea if it's worked! Technology and i are not as one :cry:
by Chris Wright
Sat Sep 01, 2012 8:29 pm
Forum: The KPG Forum
Topic: Local support groups ?
Replies: 29
Views: 35800

Re: Local support groups ?

Chris, we're you in Triathlon Plus Magazine, the guy from Kingston Wheelers? I remember reading your article. Yep, correct, that was me. A one off though. I find swimming boring and the running hurts various bones as i haven't done it for 27 years. But a bit of publicity does no harm. I still cycle...
by Chris Wright
Fri Aug 31, 2012 8:21 pm
Forum: The KPG Forum
Topic: Local support groups ?
Replies: 29
Views: 35800

Re: Local support groups ?

I'm genuinely not trying to offend anyone here, but, personally, i am not really keen on support groups. From my experience it tends to turn people into "professional patients" i.e. they define themselves by their medical condition. My transplant has given me the opportunity to live a full...
by Chris Wright
Wed Aug 22, 2012 8:34 pm
Forum: The KPG Forum
Topic: Chicken Pox
Replies: 16
Views: 25390

Re: Chicken Pox

Thelma wrote:Ouch Chris that sounds horrendous!
Short and sharp, all part of life's rich tapestry, and who cares when i've been so lucky to have such a long lived kidney!

I hope that, despite irritations like chicken pox, yours lasts as long and as healthily.

C
by Chris Wright
Mon Aug 20, 2012 4:33 pm
Forum: The KPG Forum
Topic: Chicken Pox
Replies: 16
Views: 25390

Re: Chicken Pox

Yes it must be worse with a penis *shudder*. Thelma, you're not wrong there! Because i was young (21 years old) and reasonably healthy quite quickly post transplant, the Senior Nurse asked if i wouldn't mind if a Trainee Nurse took mine out as she hadn't done one before and needed to learn. Of cour...
by Chris Wright
Tue Aug 14, 2012 8:21 pm
Forum: The KPG Forum
Topic: Hair loss - anyone else ?
Replies: 10
Views: 27735

Re: Hair loss - anyone else ?

Rachael Turner wrote:and I am so emtional - crying at the slightest thing (what can I blame it on, now the Olympics has finished !!!).
Me too!

http://www.kidneypatientguide.org.uk/fo ... f=2&t=7909

Hope the kidney keeps working and the hair comes back...

Chris
by Chris Wright
Sun Aug 12, 2012 1:14 pm
Forum: The KPG Forum
Topic: Steroids and Emotions
Replies: 4
Views: 5756

Re: Steroids and Emotions

Amanda, I'm a male Chris, and 53 years old but act way way younger than that! My teenage kids really laugh at my tears.. And yea, i have heard of those who have been weaned off totally, but as you say, after 31 years i'm kind of reluctant to risk it. Hope your's goes well and would be fascinated to ...
by Chris Wright
Sat Aug 11, 2012 10:48 pm
Forum: The KPG Forum
Topic: Steroids and Emotions
Replies: 4
Views: 5756

Steroids and Emotions

I've been on post transplant prednisolone for 31 years now. Over the last few years, 10 or so, i've noticed, as has my family, that i get very weepy and emotional for the very slightest thing. During the Olympics, which i thought were brilliant, i was an absolute wreck! Continual, almost uncontrolla...
by Chris Wright
Fri Jul 13, 2012 11:01 pm
Forum: The KPG Forum
Topic: feeling weepy
Replies: 18
Views: 29170

Re: feeling weepy

Thumps. that was at the limit of my tech ability :) but i hope that it has appeared: "Psychiatric reactions Systemic corticosteroids, particularly in high doses, are linked to psychiatric reactions including euphoria, nightmares, insomnia, irritability, mood lability, suicidal thoughts, psychot...