Warmness

[KidneyBham]

Anyone ever experienced warmness on the right side around the area where your kidney transplant is?

[LisaSnow]

No. But I would let your transplant center nurse know right away.

[KidneyBham in reply to LisaSnow]

I did, waiting to her back from them

[WYOAnne NKF Ambassador in reply to KidneyBham]

My rule of thumb is to always report anything out of the ordinary to my transplant team, even if it seems insignificant.

[Drdetroit]

WYOann is right report everything to your transplant team. I was going to take Turmeric, but I checked with my team & they said NO, It messes with your immune system. Something so simple as that, I run everything by my transplant team

[KidneyBham in reply to Drdetroit]

Thanks, I did reach out for them, on another note, thanks for the heads up on turmeric.

[Lionkin in reply to Drdetroit]

Turmeric, That a new one, Stop tumeric totally or Tumeric in food is Ok ? Ally curry mixes have turmeric when you buy them from Costco...Thanks,

My transplant team dietician did not highlight that ..

[Drdetroit in reply to Lionkin]

I was going to take turmeric as a supplement. I guess I should ask as adding to food. I have some bone & joint issues..

[Lionkin in reply to Drdetroit]

Thanks Drdetroit for creating this Turmeric awareness, apparently it messes up Tacrolimus levels: here is NIH article I found, will check with my team too.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/281...

[parojulie123 in reply to Lionkin]

We are south asian Indians and turmeric is used in all food that we prepare. Its the basic ingredient. So far this has not caused any changes to my Tac levels. I do not take turmeric raw or as supplement though

[Lionkin in reply to parojulie123]

Thanks

[WYOAnne NKF Ambassador]

Thinking more about the "warmness" you are feeling on your right side....I have had problems with the nerves around my transplant. For me it started as a severe itching, but I couldn't scratch it because it was inside. I wound up having 3 nerves in that area removed. Surgeon said they were entrapped and that wound up with the itching and later pain. The pain for me became intense lasting about 30 seconds, go completely away and come back again in 2-3 minutes.

Keep an eye on your "warm" feeling and see if it changes, becomes more intense, etc.

Make sure you report all to your transplant team.

Keep us posted.

[KidneyBham]

I did make my transplant team aware of it, the good thing is it’s not doing it anymore. I think it was more gas then anything.