does anybody know what quality of life is like with one kidney please? Thanks for genuine replies?
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People live just fine on one kidney. In fact, a neighbor of mine gave one of his away and he is OK. We only need one kidney and we can live a totally normal life.\n\nI can't imagine how frightened you are right now. All I can do is reassure you that people live perfectly normal lives with one kdiney. \n\nCheck out the kindey foundation site below.
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Having the transplant is a positve thing. I am a respiratory therapist that took care of a cf patient for 2 years before and 2 years after a lung transplant. His quaility of life is 100 percent better. And he will not need another transplant. His story is very inspiring actually... I had to do 45min hand cpt on him four times a day for months so to pass the time we talked while I was doing that... He had a positive attitude right up til right about time that he got the call about his new lungs. He got so sick that he was hopeless... then he got his transplant and is doing great! NO respiratory problems to date with him!
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I had my first (and hopefully last) kidney stone a couple of months ago. It started out with a general upset stomach sort of thing - felt like I might have diarrhea. I took Pepto Bismol (bad idea) and threw up a couple of times (so hard that I burst several small blood vessels around my eyes - it looked like I had red freckles). The pain increased but was concentrated on my left side, just below my ribcage, both front and back. I couldn't be still - I couldn't stand, sit, lie down, lean over, kneel, crouch, lay on my back with my feet up on the wall - believe me, I tried every position I could think of. The pain became excruciating and I finally went to the emergency room (where I sat for several hours). They did a CT scan and it showed the kidney stone. By the time I met with a doctor, the pain had receded quite a bit. They gave me a prescription for Vicodin, instructions to make an appointment with a urologist, and a stupid little plastic funnel with a screen so I could strain my urine and catch the little bugger if I passed it on my own. I ended up having minor surgery to remove it two days later.\n\nThe urologist told me that I would feel the worst pain when the stone was leaving the kidney and entering the ureter, then when it passed over a bundle of blood vessels near my pelvic bone, again when it entered my bladder, and again when it exited my bladder and made its bid for freedom.\n\nSo that was the long answer to your question. The short answer is PAIN. Lots and lots of pain concentrated on one side or the other, often in your back. Excruciating pain that literally makes you beg for your mommy.
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With concern for their comfort, just as you should for any patient in pain. \n\nAlso ask about Hepatic & Renal sequelae:  alcohol/drug use, Blood pressure, Headaches, confusion, Hemmorhoids, edema, urinary discomfort, vomiting, loss of sensation, shortness of breath
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look over the internet for Romania.\ni can tell you that there are a lot of natural springs with healing power and especially for kidney stones and they really work.\njust go there i can name even a resort "OLANESTI" in Romania.\nyou don't have to worry about the money cause it' really cheap.\nMy mother is going there every year and she only has one kidney and she is feeling fine after she drinks those waters.\nWhen she is there  at OLANESTI she feels not to good because of the water but when she finishes the treatment ( max 14 days) she feels a lot better for  a good period. she goes there twice a year and she is fine.\ni wish you can go there and feel a lot better.\nBy the way i'm Romania and i know what i'm seeing. i'm not kidding with you.\ntry the internet to get more info and look out for people who want to take advantaje of you to get more money.\nThe water is free there is no charge you will have to pay for the hotel and transport only\nemail me if you have any quetions stk_ic@yahoo.com\nbest of luck
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Have you already gone through the full kidney and colon cleansing processes?\n\n        Kidney cleanse is any procedure that involves drinking a huge amount of liquid, and taking care what you are eating. Just a better diet with more water can be enough! But, also any form of bowel cleansing will also help kidneys! The Master Cleanse Lemonade Diet  is also a Kidney cleanse, juice fasting is also a kidney cleanse, and any other form of fasting that incorporates a lot of liquids, will in the same time clean a kidney. Do you need special herbs? Only if you have acute lower back pain, clear symptom of Kidney stones (sharp glass like crystals, made of phosphoric acid, or sometimes may include other acids). In special occasions, you can get a kidney stone crystallized in less then a few days !!! To melt a stone/stones, you may need a few weeks, or one day with the Watermelon Cleanse.\n\n            Recipes for Kidney Cleanse:\n            Herbal Kidney Clease\n            Watermelon Cleanse\n            Water Cure\n            More on kidney cleanse herbs\n\n        Herbal Kidney Cleanse  Designed by Dr. Hulda Clark from her book "The Cure for All Disease", explains in detail how to cleanse the kidneys, and her cleansing program will get rid of most if not all the stones, WITHOUT surgery.\n        Ingredients:\n\n            1/2 cup dried Hydrangea root\n            1/2 cup Gravel root\n            1/2 cup Marshmallow root\n            4 bunches of fresh parsley\n            Goldenrod tincture (leave this out of the recipe if you are allergic to it)\n            Ginger Capsules\n            Uva Ursi capsules\n            Vegetable glycerine\n            Vitamin B6 250mg\n            Magnesium oxide 300mg or 1/4 cup Green Drink Beverage\n\n        Measure ¼ cup of each root and set them to soak, Together in 10 cups of cold tap water, using a non-metal container and a non-metal lid (a dinner plate will do).  After four hours (or over night),    bring liquid with soaked herbs to a boil and simmer for 20 minutes.  Drink a ¼ cup as soon as it is cool enough.  Pour the rest in through a bamboo or plastic strainer into a sterile pint jar (glass) and several freezable containers.  Refrigerate the glass jar.\n        Find fresh parsley at a grocery store that does not spray its produce (ask the owner). Boil the fresh parsley, after rinsing, in 1 quart of water for 3 minutes.  Strain out the liquid, then drink ¼ cup when cool enough.  Refrigerate a pint and freeze 1 pint.  Put the cooked parsley in your compost bucket.\n        Dose:  each morning, pour together ¾ cup of the root mixture and ½ cup parsley water, filling a large mug.  Add 20 drops of goldenrod tincture and 1 tbs. of glycerin.\n\n        Drink this mixture in divided doses throughout the day. Keep cold. Do not drink it all at once or you will get a stomach ache and feel pressure in the bladder. If your stomach is very sensitive, start on half this dose.\n\n        Save the roots after the first boiling, storing them in the freezer. After 13 days when your supply runs low, boil the same roots a second time, but add only 6 cups water and simmer only 10 minutes. This will last another 8 days, for a total of three weeks. You may cook the roots a third time if you wish, but the recipe gets less potent. If your problem is severe, only cook them twice.\n        After three weeks, repeat with fresh herbs. You need to do the kidney cleanse for six weeks to get good results, longer for severe problems.\n\n        Also take:\n\n            Ginger capsules: one with each meal (3/day).\n            Uva Ursi capsules: one with breakfast and two with supper\n            Vitamin B6 (250mg): one per day\n            Magnesium oxide (300mg): one a day\n\n        Take these supplements just before your meal to avoid burping.\n\n        Some notes on this recipe: this herbal tea, as well as the parsley, can easily spoil. Heat it to boiling every fourth day if it is being stored in t
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you will have kidney problems
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I have a transplanted liver and kidney. .For 2 years almost all my blood work was crazy... don't worry it takes time.  This May will b my 3rd anniversary and this months blood work only has 4 of 30 tests not in normal range... e mail me if you want.
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First of all you need to list yourself as an Organ Donor and have that put on your driver's license. MAKE YOUR WISHES KNOWN TO YOUR FAMILY!!! Also, I suggest you write a living will.\nI know 2 people who have benefitted from the surgery and the only complication was the adjustment back to being sighted again, which was easily treated with physical and psychological therapy. Both are very happy with their "new" sight.
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Only one way I know of- Kidney transplant, but then you have to worry about organ rejection.
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Firstly, one will have difficulty in breathing normally. There will be a lot of weird abdominal pain from the backside (near your hips) where your kidneys are. Moving will be hard and you cannot be able to stand in a upright position. Moreover, prior to this, your urine color changes to a dark yellow and you may have slight uneasy pricking senstation whenver u pass urine. I suggest if you are facing any of the above, kindly consult a doctor ASAP.
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I had a really bad case of gall bladder disease. I had about 40 gall stones, but my surgeon was great, and got rid of that bad boy.  After an attack, I would be very, very tired for the rest of the day, and sore particularly in my right shoulder blade for a day or so.  Not weeks. Best thing that ever happened for me physically was having my gall bladder removed.  I feel normal again!
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Try here:\n\nhttp://www.kidneytransplant.org/patientguide/index.html
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Kidney transplants usually extend a patients life somewhere in the range of 10-20 years, assuming that the body does not reject the new organ and no other complications occur.\n\nIt is unusual for a patient suffering from chronic autoimmune disease such as Lupus to be eligible for a kidney transplant. Lupus attacks the bodies cells and organs making rejection incredibly likely.\n\nBest of luck to you and your sister.
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Hi-\nFrom what I hear, liver failure sounds like a tough thing to suffer. I had a kidney transplant and have spent some time on a transplant message board. Seemed like people who had to wait for a liver transplant were the worst off. I assume a transplant is not in the cards? I know hospice has a great reputation for aleviating suffering and helping the family, so it's probably good for you to get hooked up with them.\nHere is a web site that lists some symptoms and other info about hepatic encephalopathy:\nhttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000302.htm\nAnother good resource might be a yahoo group on liver failure. You could try joining this one: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Liversupportgroup/\nThere are also hospice support groups on yahoo, too:\nhttp://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/hospiceroom/
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????\nI don't understand your question...whatcha mean one organ? The human body has many organs...are you saying this person only has one organ left in their body? Sounds to me, their lucky to even be alive.
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http://health.howstuffworks.com/kidney1.htm\n\ntry this site.  to the point and easy to understand....