6 month biopsy

[Amyb93]

hi everyone!

So I'm 6 months post transplant (yay!) and at the transplant center where I'm at, the transplant protocol is to have a biopsy at the 6 month mark. I've had biopsies on my native kidney's but never on the transplanted one and it's making me nervous... I'm also nervous of the results of showing rejection. Although I have no signs of rejections and my creatinine is at .74 as of this am.

So was is protocol for you to have a 6 month biopsy and how did it go as far as pain and recovery?

thank you !!

amy

[OperationKidney]

Firstly congrats on your new kidney! I hope it's made a world of difference for you.

I had one at three months and one at the year mark (I'm now a year and a half out from transplant). The worst part is the numbing needle but that wasn't even too awful in my opinion especially considering everything else kidney patients often go through. The procedure is actually really fast and pretty easy to recover from. As for being afraid of rejection, that's totally understandable! But it sounds to me like if your creatinine is that low you're doing just fine and rejection shouldn't be happening.

Wishing you all the best with the procedure! 💚

[Amyb93 in reply to OperationKidney]

Thank you! Transplant makes a world of difference. Hope you are doing well with yours

[WYOAnne NKF Ambassador]

Congrats on your transplant and your fantastic creatinine !!I am living well 21+ years post transplant with a steady creatinine of 0.9-1.0.

I had several biopsies that first year, due to my creatinine rising. For me anyway, they were a lot easier than when I had my native kidneys biopsied. They numb your skin and via ultra-sound locate your kidney and do the biopsy. You do have to stay laying flat for about an hour or so and then was free to go home.

With your creatinine I don't believe you have anything to worry about. Your transplant center probably has a protocol to biopsy all of their patients at the 6 month mark.

Best of luck.