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Kidney Transplant

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Back, from 'Holiday' and Relaxing.

Dear Transplant Friends, I have been away on a 'Short Break', in Hopton, this week. This was one I 'Bunked In On A, very good time, had by all- reasonable...

Dear Transplant Friends, I have been away on a 'Short Break', in Hopton, this we...

•5 years ago

Has anyone had parathyroid surgery post kidney transplant?

I have hypercalcemia resulting from hyperparathyroidism and was wondering if anyone has had parathyroid surgery. I have been considering surgery but would...

I have hypercalcemia resulting from hyperparathyroidism and was wondering if any...

•5 years ago

Fistula

I am coming up to my one year anniversary of my transplant surgery I am amazed regarding getting through the ups and downs of the past year. Has anyone...

I am coming up to my one year anniversary of my transplant surgery I am amazed ...

•5 years ago

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GFR 6

I know everyone is different but my husband has 6% kidney function and isn't on dialysis. He still doesn't have any real symptoms except for itchy skin and a...

I know everyone is different but my husband has 6% kidney function and isn't on ...

•5 years ago

Transplant person with Accupresure

I am a transplanted person and I am doing good since 19 years with immune supprecent medications. I fell down on a frozen slippery road 2 weeks back. Luckily...

I am a transplanted person and I am doing good since 19 years with immune suppre...

•5 years ago

Weight Loss Supplements with transplant

Does anyone here take a weight loss supplement? I really could use something to help lose some weight, but I'm afraid they could cause problems with my...

Does anyone here take a weight loss supplement? I really could use something to...

•5 years ago

KIDNEY DONOR ASSISTANCE

LOOKING FOR KIDNEY DONOR FOR LOISE, 62 YEARS . SAVE HER LIFE Loise suffers from a kidney failure and she was put on dialysis, which she attends a local...

LOOKING FOR KIDNEY DONOR FOR LOISE, 62 YEARS . SAVE HER LIFE Loise suffers from...

•5 years ago

Rotary Golden Gate Relay for Organ Donation

The Rotary Golden Gate Relay promotes organ donation. Join us. We’d love a team of transplant recipients/living donors! Tell us your stories....

The Rotary Golden Gate Relay promotes organ donation. Join us. We’d love a team ...

•5 years ago

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TRANSPLANT EVAL FRUSTRATION AS WELL AS RISING BMI

My kidneys holding steady at stage 4 and renal function a little better. Getting AV fistula in my left upper arm next Monday. Started eval in November. US...

My kidneys holding steady at stage 4 and renal function a little better. Getting...

•5 years ago

Dating and relationships.

I'm looking for help with dating/ relationships. Since mine I have had a hard time. Men seem to steer away once I mention that I have had one. I'm hoping being...

I'm looking for help with dating/ relationships. Since mine I have had a hard ti...

•5 years ago

Feeling very cold all the time

I am 1 year post transplant and I feel so cold all the time. Did anyone have this experience of feeling of cold.

I am 1 year post transplant and I feel so cold all the time. Did anyone have th...

•5 years ago

Numbness or tingling

Has anyone experience any numbness or tingling in hands or feet post transplant? Thank you!

Has anyone experience any numbness or tingling in hands or feet post transplant?...

•5 years ago

cramping feeling ?

Does anyone here experience cramps near the transplanted kidney from time to time does it have anything to do with anxiety or stress?

Does anyone here experience cramps near the transplanted kidney from time to tim...

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•5 years ago

What "triggered" your creatinine to increase?

We all know that both chronic and acute forms of rejection can happen after transplant. Although most incidents are treatable, we would all benefit from...

We all know that both chronic and acute forms of rejection can happen after tran...

•5 years ago

Lowering Creatinine

Is it true that drinking a lot of water the day before labs can lower creatinine? I've read it does and also it doesn't.

Is it true that drinking a lot of water the day before labs can lower creatinine...

•5 years ago

One year transplant check-up

Tomorrow I go for my 1 year post-op check up. During the past year I've had several good and bad moments. My creatinine has been as low as 1.3 but usually...

Tomorrow I go for my 1 year post-op check up. During the past year I've had sev...

•5 years ago

Flu / cold prevention - Coronavirus or others

Anyone with tips or measures to protect immuno-suppressed people like us with the current coronavirus situation? I wash hands, use disinfectant wipes and wear...

Anyone with tips or measures to protect immuno-suppressed people like us with th...

•5 years ago

Is it worth to get transplanted?

I have been following the forum in this site for a while. However, everytime I read many of the threads, I end up wondering if it is worth going through it....

I have been following the forum in this site for a while. However, everytime I r...

•5 years ago

Nerve pain and going to WASHROOM too much

I am 10 months post transplant and I am still having nerve pain in my surgical site. The pain gets worse when I were pants or even when I put on a belt. When...

I am 10 months post transplant and I am still having nerve pain in my surgical s...

•5 years ago

Large aneurysm in only kidney

Hello all, I was born with only one kidney, and following various illnesses including atrial fibrillation and hypertension doctors have discovered I have a...

Hello all, I was born with only one kidney, and following various illnesses inc...

•5 years ago

Does my donor have to be same blood type as me?

Probably a stupid question that I should already know the answer to but somehow I don't so I just wondering, I'm blood type O so would my donor need be O also?...

Probably a stupid question that I should already know the answer to but somehow ...

•5 years ago

Positive attitude is everything!

After reading a lot of the posts today, I thought it was time I post this. When I was first diagnosed with CKD, a friend gave me this "Attitude" poem....

After reading a lot of the posts today, I thought it was time I post this. When...

NKF Ambassador•5 years ago