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Transplant Insurance Coverage
Does anyone have a suggestion about who to consult regarding what will be paid by my Humana Advantage Medicare policy for a kidney transplant? I asked my Transplant Center Coordinator and she (curtly) replied that I had to research that information. BTW: For those just recently put on dialysis or anticipating
Does anyone have a suggestion about who to consult regarding what will be paid by my Humana Advantage Medicare policy for a kidney transplant? I asked my Transplant Center Coordinator and she (curtly) replied that I had to research that information. BTW: For those just recently put on dialysis or anticipating
TaffyTwoshoes27
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Kidney Disease
6 years ago
Introduction
About a year later he was diagnosed with Denys-Drash syndrome and was started on
peritoneal
dialysis
. He was on PD for about 2 years and received his transplant from a living donor last October. He is 11 months post transplant and I am grateful to God to be able to say is doing great.
About a year later he was diagnosed with Denys-Drash syndrome and was started on
peritoneal
dialysis
. He was on PD for about 2 years and received his transplant from a living donor last October. He is 11 months post transplant and I am grateful to God to be able to say is doing great.
Mrippe
NKF Ambassador
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Parents of Children with Kidney Disease
6 years ago
Appetite
How do you increase appetite for a hemo dialysis patient? My husband won't eat. Loosing a lot of weight.
How do you increase appetite for a hemo dialysis patient? My husband won't eat. Loosing a lot of weight.
Plumeria
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Kidney Dialysis
6 years ago
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How we make entry of dialysis patient........?
How we make entry of dialysis patient........?
arifpak
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Kidney Dialysis
6 years ago
New to low GFR
I took Advil for years with chronic pain from a traumatic auto accident. After surgeries, my specialists even told me I could take 800mg at a time after 48 hours had passed. Finally, a somewhat unscrupulous neurologist told me to stop taking any NSAID. However, he didn't refer me to a nephrologist nor
I took Advil for years with chronic pain from a traumatic auto accident. After surgeries, my specialists even told me I could take 800mg at a time after 48 hours had passed. Finally, a somewhat unscrupulous neurologist told me to stop taking any NSAID. However, he didn't refer me to a nephrologist nor
Dangermom13
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Early CKD Support
6 years ago
Age 62 CKD stage 5 egfr 5 and Creatinine 10.32. Not on dialysis yet
Hello all, My father's age is 62 years. He has been diagnosed with ckd 3 since 3 years and now he is on ESRD (End stage renal disease) with an EGFR of 5 mL/min and creatinine is 10.32 mg/dL. Our nephrologist has yet not said anything about dialysis. Should dialysis be started not because egfr is very
Hello all, My father's age is 62 years. He has been diagnosed with ckd 3 since 3 years and now he is on ESRD (End stage renal disease) with an EGFR of 5 mL/min and creatinine is 10.32 mg/dL. Our nephrologist has yet not said anything about dialysis. Should dialysis be started not because egfr is very
SilentEyez
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Kidney Dialysis
6 years ago
CKD Stage 5 with EGFR 5mL/min and creatinine 10.32 mg/dL
HI, My fathers age is 62 and he is facing ckd stage 5 with recent egfr 5 and creatinine 10.32. Nephrologist we are referring to hasnt yet said anything about dialysis yet. He has not other problem along with ckd like hypertension or diabetes. Am curious should we start dialysis or not. I want to save
HI, My fathers age is 62 and he is facing ckd stage 5 with recent egfr 5 and creatinine 10.32. Nephrologist we are referring to hasnt yet said anything about dialysis yet. He has not other problem along with ckd like hypertension or diabetes. Am curious should we start dialysis or not. I want to save
SilentEyez
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Early CKD Support
6 years ago
Finally maybe some relief..Good news for me..
Hi everyone! Just a little update on my condition and new plans after my 6 month treatment.. I went to the nephrologist on November 7th. He said some of my labs improved slightly but i'm GFR is still only 16.. My creatine is 3.2 and my BUN is 75.. Large amount amounts of blood in my urine.. The protein
Hi everyone! Just a little update on my condition and new plans after my 6 month treatment.. I went to the nephrologist on November 7th. He said some of my labs improved slightly but i'm GFR is still only 16.. My creatine is 3.2 and my BUN is 75.. Large amount amounts of blood in my urine.. The protein
Smokey2014
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Kidney Disease
6 years ago
New port
Question to you all? How long does your port need to heal after it’s placed before your first dialysis?
Question to you all? How long does your port need to heal after it’s placed before your first dialysis?
Halsdaughter
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Kidney Dialysis
6 years ago
Your enthusiasm on dialysis
Marcelo: You are a shining example of how a dialysis patient lives live with enthusiasm and gusto. I have FSGS for the past 7 years and I thank God for dialysis every day. Keep up the good work. Regards, Frank
Marcelo: You are a shining example of how a dialysis patient lives live with enthusiasm and gusto. I have FSGS for the past 7 years and I thank God for dialysis every day. Keep up the good work. Regards, Frank
Hogandaz
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Kidney Dialysis
6 years ago
Cutting days down for elderly grandparent
My grandmother is 83yo. She has been on dialysis for around 3 years now. Throughout the 3 years she has been attending 3x a week (Tue, Thurs, Sat). She mentioned a couple of weeks ago that they where going to change it to two days a week. This came into effect last week. What I would like to know is
My grandmother is 83yo. She has been on dialysis for around 3 years now. Throughout the 3 years she has been attending 3x a week (Tue, Thurs, Sat). She mentioned a couple of weeks ago that they where going to change it to two days a week. This came into effect last week. What I would like to know is
Anon290387
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Dialysis Support
6 years ago
Intro
I just got on a transplant list. I'm not on dialysis yet and hope to find a live donor. My family is not able to donate. I'm very concerned on if I will be able to get the word out to see if I can get someone to help me. Everyone you tell they say they are sorry you are going thru this and they say
I just got on a transplant list. I'm not on dialysis yet and hope to find a live donor. My family is not able to donate. I'm very concerned on if I will be able to get the word out to see if I can get someone to help me. Everyone you tell they say they are sorry you are going thru this and they say
Duches
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Kidney Transplant
6 years ago
New to All This
Just got on the transplant list but I have no family so in the process of looking for a living donor They say its 5-7 yrs without one. I have just put word out on facebook to friends and asked them to pass on. Hoping that I can get one real soon, I'm not on dialysis yet so would love one before.
Just got on the transplant list but I have no family so in the process of looking for a living donor They say its 5-7 yrs without one. I have just put word out on facebook to friends and asked them to pass on. Hoping that I can get one real soon, I'm not on dialysis yet so would love one before.
Duches
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Kidney Transplant
6 years ago
HEPC Studies and Kidney Transplants
I am wondering if anyone else has personal experience (family member, friend, etc.) that has participated in a study of transplanting kidney(s) from HEPC+ corpses? I attended a conference sponsored by the Georgia Transplant Foundation and one Nephrologist that spoke (she works for the hospital where
I am wondering if anyone else has personal experience (family member, friend, etc.) that has participated in a study of transplanting kidney(s) from HEPC+ corpses? I attended a conference sponsored by the Georgia Transplant Foundation and one Nephrologist that spoke (she works for the hospital where
TaffyTwoshoes27
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Kidney Disease
6 years ago
Obsessed with Dad’s labs
I got new labs for my father and I’m trying to wrap my head around them. I have a call into the doctors to have him explain them to me but in the meantime does anyone have input? BUN 88 Creatinine 4.11 GFR 12 BNP 199 PTH intact 214.6 pTH calcium total 81.1 PTH creatinine 3.98 PTH phosphorus 5.5 ACR
I got new labs for my father and I’m trying to wrap my head around them. I have a call into the doctors to have him explain them to me but in the meantime does anyone have input? BUN 88 Creatinine 4.11 GFR 12 BNP 199 PTH intact 214.6 pTH calcium total 81.1 PTH creatinine 3.98 PTH phosphorus 5.5 ACR
Halsdaughter
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Kidney Dialysis
6 years ago
Foot pain after induced coma
My daughter fell ill on 29th Aug this yr. She had influenza A and from that contracted viral pneumonia. She was operated on and placed in an ECMO machine as her lungs no longer worked. She was placed in an induced coma and ventilated. Was given dialysis over the entire time she was in ICU. She had so
My daughter fell ill on 29th Aug this yr. She had influenza A and from that contracted viral pneumonia. She was operated on and placed in an ECMO machine as her lungs no longer worked. She was placed in an induced coma and ventilated. Was given dialysis over the entire time she was in ICU. She had so
sonyahmaree
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ICUsteps
6 years ago
New to this, but not ESRD
I'm going on almost 22 years (31) living with FSGS, 17 of which has been on dialysis, it has been a long road dealing with all the ups and mostly downs of life with kidney disease. I have pretty much went through and experienced everything one can as a ESRD patient from; transplant, transplant removal
I'm going on almost 22 years (31) living with FSGS, 17 of which has been on dialysis, it has been a long road dealing with all the ups and mostly downs of life with kidney disease. I have pretty much went through and experienced everything one can as a ESRD patient from; transplant, transplant removal
celoaffect
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Kidney Dialysis
6 years ago
Chronic Kidny desaese
Hello everyone, this is my first posting. I have Kidney disease, stage 3B, my Dr has no answer on how and why my body has been attacking my kidneys, now for the last six months, all of my blood work has shown a stabilizing in this effect. I have basically one kidney I have now, and my biggest fear is
Hello everyone, this is my first posting. I have Kidney disease, stage 3B, my Dr has no answer on how and why my body has been attacking my kidneys, now for the last six months, all of my blood work has shown a stabilizing in this effect. I have basically one kidney I have now, and my biggest fear is
gbrickhouse
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Kidney Health New Zealand
6 years ago
Living with CKD
Hi to all sufferers out there, I have posted before but just wanted to update to encourage new ckd sufferers. I started on CAPD for two years but due to an infection moved to HD and for the last 12 months on home HD. For the last 6 months I have been doing nocturnal dialysis at home every other day,
Hi to all sufferers out there, I have posted before but just wanted to update to encourage new ckd sufferers. I started on CAPD for two years but due to an infection moved to HD and for the last 12 months on home HD. For the last 6 months I have been doing nocturnal dialysis at home every other day,
Philipjm
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Kidney Disease
6 years ago
CRRT DIALYSIS WILL HELP A PERSON BACK TO CONSIOUS AFTER SEDATION????
Hi, My mom who is 43yrs old affected with severe fever last one week. Tested for dengue, malaria, H1N1 but everything shows negative. But she is not able to maintain her spo2 level and because of that now she is ventilator support. My question is sedation has been stopped yesterday morning around 6am
Hi, My mom who is 43yrs old affected with severe fever last one week. Tested for dengue, malaria, H1N1 but everything shows negative. But she is not able to maintain her spo2 level and because of that now she is ventilator support. My question is sedation has been stopped yesterday morning around 6am
honestraj
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Kidney Dialysis
6 years ago
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