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Kidney Transplant

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•5 years ago

Weight Problem

Does anyone have a problem with weight loss and not being able to gain weight. I suspect my husbands Mycophenolate for this as have read it causes stomach...

Does anyone have a problem with weight loss and not being able to gain weight. I...

•5 years ago

My sister

My sister is having a kidney transplant next Friday...oddly enough the donor is her husband...what is the best thing I can do for her or bring her?

My sister is having a kidney transplant next Friday...oddly enough the donor is ...

•5 years ago

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Vaccines

I’m traveling to Thailand in September and I need to two vaccines: MMR and Varicella. I received my kidney transplant in 4/2007. What should I do ? I...

I’m traveling to Thailand in September and I need to two vaccines: MMR and Varic...

•5 years ago

Medicine dose regarding

Medicine ..I am taking..myfortic 720mg a Day... And wyslone 5mg a day..and tacrolimus..5 mg a day..I received the kidney from my brother...cretanine is 1.07...

Medicine ..I am taking..myfortic 720mg a Day... And wyslone 5mg a day..and tacr...

•5 years ago

Taking 195mg of iron pills a day: did you lose your appetite?

My spouse with doctor's orders around July 8 started taking 195mg of iron pills a day (had been taking 65 mg for months) due to "low iron stores"/low...

My spouse with doctor's orders around July 8 started taking 195mg of iron pills ...

•5 years ago

Time frame for stabilizing serum creatinine

I am 6 months post-transplant. The first month it went from 3.8 down to 2.65. The next month it stayed below 2.0, It averaged between 1.55 and 1.9. In the...

I am 6 months post-transplant. The first month it went from 3.8 down to 2.65. Th...

•5 years ago

Kidney Anniversary 45 years.

Hi everyone, it's been a very special day for me today ,on 14 August 1974 my brother gave me a kidney and I have enjoyed a wonderful healthly life ever...

Hi everyone, it's been a very special day for me today ,on 14 August 1974 my br...

•5 years ago

2 Weeks Post Op - Trouble Sleeping

Hi all! I received my transplant on 7/29/2019. It is such an amazing gift! Everything with the kidney is looking great. However, I am experiencing an...

Hi all! I received my transplant on 7/29/2019. It is such an amazing gift! Every...

•5 years ago

Looking for a thin med bracelet

I am one year out 7/13/18 i am looking for a thin nice looking med bracelet. I never stop worrying something could go wrong. Any advice Thanks...

I am one year out 7/13/18 i am looking for a thin nice looking med bracelet. I...

•5 years ago

Leg swelling

I’m 17 months post transplant. Now for the last 3-4 months I had noticed slight swelling on the right leg which is the side I was transplanted and I knew that...

I’m 17 months post transplant. Now for the last 3-4 months I had noticed slight...

•5 years ago

Need help with swollen feet

My doctor ask me to monitor my blood pressure with a new Med he prescribed since my pressure was very high every day. I’m already on two other meds and this...

My doctor ask me to monitor my blood pressure with a new Med he prescribed since...

•5 years ago

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Question: bone marrow biopsy after transplant

The kidney transplant appointment yesterday did not yield good news for my spouse as we hoped about his declining hemoglobin numbers the past 6 months and now...

The kidney transplant appointment yesterday did not yield good news for my spous...

•5 years ago

Can I get a kidney transplant if I have tattoos?

I asked my nephrologist if I could get tattoos before I got them and he said yes so I did. But come to find out I'm allergic to the ink and keep getting rashes...

I asked my nephrologist if I could get tattoos before I got them and he said yes...

•5 years ago

Scared parents - son considering becoming a donor

Hi there. I'm new to this community. Our 25-year-old son has undergone evaluation and is strongly considering becoming a living donor in a paired exchange. The...

Hi there. I'm new to this community. Our 25-year-old son has undergone evaluatio...

•5 years ago