Experiences with

Organ transplant

New study below [1]. A post on the possible influence of vasectomy on PCa development might seem like navel gazing at this point, but the subject continues to interest me. When the first "bad news" about vasectomy was published long ago, the reaction was unexpected. Rather than warn men about to be

Hello everyone, I have not posted in such a long time. I hope everyone is doing well under the circumstances. About 4 weeks ago I developed pain on my upper back but right side where the ribs are. The last 2 weeks it has been horrendous to the point I have been bedridden. The GP had prescribed a few

Hi all. I had a bone marrow transplant 2 years ago. It put stress on my heart. Last week i had a echocardiogram which has come back good!!! Though my bnp level is 600... i am 38. So too high. My consultant is not worried though. Does this sound right?? Does a high bnp always mean heart failure? Back

I got my kidney transplant in July 2020 and know I'm getting rocking nr on my scale I go from 84 kg to 88 kg in a day and sometimes it resets when I sleep because I urinate most in the night is this normal?

Does anyonesuffer from terrible arthritis, what if anything do you take for the pain?

I need answers for my question.

Hi everyone. As many of you know, I'm living the dream and doing a PhD about literary representations of chronic heart disease. I have recorded a presentation about a little bit of my recent research, looking at the fictional cardiac devices of Peter Bunzl's children's novel Cogheart, and how these relate

I am 16 months post kidney transplant. I always have the need to urinate and this is affecting my life in many ways. I cannot hold my urine there is too much pain and there is always this urge to go. Sometimes I even have to go every 30 minutes. I got tested for urine infection and it was negative

I'm waiting on a heart transplant and been put on entresto aling with all my other meds but find my mental health deteriorating as though feeling better but due to lack of sleeping not got any quality of life help!!!

Is someone in their late 70's and older too old to have Car-T therapy or a bone marrow transplant?

Week 9 Run 3 - DONE!! This programme is so amazing. To start just over 2 months ago hardly able to get through 1 minute of running to graduating today is just blowing my mind. It’s such a sense of achievement. The health of my body and my mind is so much improved. As I’ve posted before I’m exactly a

Oct 31 will be my 3-year kidney anniversary. I take 4mg of Envarsus (Tacro) and 5mg of Prednisone daily. I am doing exceptionally well except for the severe sweating that causes me to change clothing multiple times during the night and day. It happened for a while last year. The doctors did a number

I'm now 7 weeks post transplant and my liver is working perfectly, but at clinic this week my kidney blood tests were elevated to moderate (stage 3) kidney failure. Is this common following a transplant and is it something that will improve or continue to be a concern or get worse? P.s. I am diabetic

Last week I completed the MIN-102 trial which concluded with an MRI. The next day I received a call from the neurologist saying there are changes from the last MRI (9/19) and what is brain inflammation. She felt it urgent enough to prompt a video visit with me and my neurologist. I got the radiologist

I’m planning on doing my graduation run on Sunday morning. I really can’t believe I’ve got this far. Tomorrow is exactly a year since I had my kidney transplant donated by my twin sister. This time last year I couldn’t walk the length of myself and now I’ve run 5k for both of my last runs. The gradual

Hi, i am a kidney transplant patient, and have past Diabetes 2, We stay in very remote place in Nepal. Can someone suggest home isolation and treatment options if we catch Covid, as covid is very prevalent in our area.

I have been reading a lot about the benefits of infrared sauna in general about health(cardiovascular, inflammation, cognitive, hormonal). Some studies mention benefits to the kidney function (http://europepmc.org/article/MED/17267744). Before buying one I would like to know if anyone had positive results

Hi All, Sharing this with you - all are welcome to join and sign up. It is funded up until November by Kidney Research UK and in collaboration with the renal physio team at Kings College Hospital in London. With a number of renal researchers and renal centres involved, we are really keen to get this

hi all. Currently taking 8miligram daily of tacrolimus and 2 500miligram of microphenolate and now being eighteen months post transplant seem to be getting side effects from them. One as I’ve previously mentioned “could be” Raynauds, but still need to tested to see if it is my meds as I do and always

Hi, After the 3-4 day lung transplant assessment was your prognosis mentioned if you chose to not go on the transplant list. I was given a lot of information regarding a transplant improving my quality of life and my hopefully having a few extra years if I was lucky enough to get a transplant. Consultant