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Kidney Transplant

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All posts for October 2018

Friend wants to donate to me

I’m in process of getting on transplant list and was wondering a friend wants to donate a kidney to me and do you still have to do all the tests for transplant...

I’m in process of getting on transplant list and was wondering a friend wants to...

•5 years ago

Diagnosed as IgA

Hi I am 27 and was diagnosed as IgA with Creatinine 10.8, I haven't started dialysis but will probably start within a few months. Dr showed this community to...

Hi I am 27 and was diagnosed as IgA with Creatinine 10.8, I haven't started dial...

•5 years ago

Itching after transplant

My husband had a kidney transplant in June. He struggles with itching. Any ideas for how to get relief, it keeps him up at night.

My husband had a kidney transplant in June. He struggles with itching. Any ide...

•5 years ago

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19 YEARS AND COUNTING

19 years ago, I got THE CALL that the transplant center had a kidney for me. The coordinator that called stressed that it was a "kidney" for me. I was told...

19 years ago, I got THE CALL that the transplant center had a kidney for me. Th...

NKF Ambassador•6 years ago

Introduction!

Hello! I'm a three time kidney transplant recipient. I was hospitalized and diagnosed with ESRD as an otherwise healthy 21 year old (no known cause). I I was...

Hello! I'm a three time kidney transplant recipient. I was hospitalized and dia...

•6 years ago

Can you get dialysis with no money

I am get very close to the stage where I will need dialysis. I am about to lose my job and insurance. Will I be able to have dialysis when I have no way to pay...

I am get very close to the stage where I will need dialysis. I am about to lose ...

•6 years ago

Living donor 6 months ago

I am a living donor since May 2018. Recently I’ve had very localized pain at the incision site. Doc said it was the sutures still dissolving and thus some...

I am a living donor since May 2018. Recently I’ve had very localized pain at th...

•6 years ago

My story

Hi all. I am including the link to the story that the National Kidney Foundation wrote about "my kidney journey."...

Hi all. I am including the link to the story that the National Kidney Foundatio...

NKF Ambassador•6 years ago