Any of you have had a kidney transplant?
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i didnt have one but a cousin who i love so much had kidney transplant approximately 10 years ago today...she's pretty much healthy but she had to take those..anti rejection meds all the time  and she has to take steroids...she gets short of breath at minimal exertion and she has cardiomegally....but she is pretty much ...healthy...and able to talk to me on the phone.....and she laughs a lot like me
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I'm already an Organ Donor
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I wish there were, but I have not heard of any.  The best news I have heard about Type I is the inhaled insulin trials.  As for transplants, frankly, they don't do them until the diabetic is so near death that not doing them would mean certain death.  The reason is that taking the anti-rejection drugs is more dangerous than being a well-controlled diabetic.\n\nI do want to warn you about something.  I was diagnosed as a Type I just before my fifth birthday and am now nearing my fourth decade.  I was totally uncontrolled as a child, teen, and young adult.  I was 24 before I finally got serious about it.  I have 0 complications at this point, low blood pressure, low cholesterol (I do not exercise regularly but I do eat well) and my A1Cs have been in the "non-diabetic" range for over 10 years (like 4.5 to 6).   My two, healthy children, were born at 6 lbs 9ozs and 6 lbs 12 ozs (I am female).\n\nDon't burden your son by telling him how great a cure will be.  I remember how often people told me that while I was growing up.  It made me feel like there was something wrong with me because I had diabetes and that diabetes would be the reason I could not accomplish things.  Fortunately, I "accidentally" found some great literature and accomplishments by Type Is.  There are lots of famous people with Type I who have accomplished many things.\n\nLife can be great with Type I.  Sucks your son got it, but it does not have him.  Show him how, once he makes taking care of himself a part of his life, it is an easy one if not one just like everyone elses (he should take pride in what he does to take care of himself).  Now that I just automatically check my glucose, determine my level of activity, and base my food choices on how I doing that day, it feels strange to me that non-diabetics don't do this and complain so bitterly about being told not to overeat.  I don't even need to check a books anymore, I know how carbs and fats affect my life off the top of my head.\n\nOf course, I want a cure.  But, I am just fine and dandy without one.  So, baring a cure, the best wish I can make for your son is that he focus on learning about the disease and how it functions in his body so that he can do all he wants to do in life.
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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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According to the University of Kentucky Transplant Center:\n\n"You should rest during the first few weeks after leaving the hospital. You may find that you tire easily and that there is sensitivity around the surgical scars. Most patients can resume normal activity one month after surgery and can return to work 4 to 6 weeks after surgery."\n\nI lost a fifteen-year-old son because of lack of available organs. Let me please offer you my most humble and grateful appreciation. You are changing the world, and you deserve every blessing that life has to offer.
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Yes, it depends on your medical /mental condition, your Dr. will decide that point.\nI had my first transplant in Dec.1995 it lasted for 10 years, I had a Pancreas transplant in Dec. 2000, and my third transplant, a kidney in Dec. 05. As long as you want this to happen, and your health is good it will happen.\nA piece of advice, DO NOT wait for UNOS to find you a donor, get out now and find a living donor, family, friends , if you go to church ask anyone and every one to be tested, you will be surprised who will say yes, and even more surprised who matches you..\nGood luck\nfeel free to e-mail me any questions you might have..
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Having been a child of renal problems and a kidney transplant receiptant in my adult years, I would suggest that you contact the local chapter of the National Kidney Foundation in your area. They may be able to give you information about clinical trials and they may be able to get your son into a trial. \n\nYou can find your local office of the National Kidney Foundation by going to http://www.kidney.org/ and clicking on the Find local offices and events link in the upper right hand corner. I wish you and your son the best of luck.
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Dialysis definitely kept me alive. It got to the point where I was sleeping 12 hours a day, no energy, emaciated, depressed, itching, grumpy, etc. The first week of dialysis was like a new lease on life.  I felt better---immediately. But there's nothing like having a brand new kidney....
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You need to talk to your physician about that.  Transplant patients are all different and needs individual assesment.
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Contact your local organ recovery organization for a referral to one of their volunteer kidney donors.\n\nYou can find your local organization at this website:\n\nwww.donatelife.net\n\nor by searching for "OPOs" at www.organdonor.gov
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Pretty much the same as of a person with both kidneys.  About one in 750 people is born with one kidney only. \nYour body needs only one kidney to function, the second one is not necessary for survival. \nYou will want to protect the kidney you have, so decrease your risk for injury by not playing certain heavy contact sports (boxing, field hockey, football, ice hockey, Lacrosse, martial arts, rodeo, soccer and wrestling). \nYou want to be careful about a few things: \nYou have a slightly higer risk to develop high blood pressure, so that needs to be checked. \nUrinalysis (urine test) also should be done yearly, and kidney function should be checked every few years. \n\nJust to put things into perspective: American life insurance companies don't alter life insurance premiums for donors who've given one kidney. And secondly, they calculate the risks of dying as a result of having one kidney, as about the equivalent of driving 8000 miles a year on American roads.\nI hope this helps ab it.
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Check it out... I can answer seriously...\n\nI gave my kidney away to a friend 8 or 9 years ago. Honest and no joke. Our tissue matches up like brothers and he has not had an issue with rejection. My kidney dr. is all pissed at me though for not drinking enough water through the day... kidney stones and all...\n\n I have often wondered about the tissue though. What is the DNA of the grafting and connecting tissue from my old kidney to his body anyway?\n\n I won't even go into the spiritual side of it... Yes the Bearded One has a spiritual side...\n\n I'm watching this question though. Nice to know I'm not the only one who has thought about this...\n\nIf you ever want to give up a kidney however, Swedish Med on the hill in Seattle is THE BEST!!!\n\n The actually made me a steak, Rare! AT 4:AM!!!\n\nI also proposed to a nurse while in the morph drip... that was fun.\nGetting the cath out was a pain...\n\n But I'd do it again.
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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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I had one in  Feb 06....I am still having edema,feel lousy many days,get drained really easy and still bloated..but now can urinate...my was caused by severe allergic reactions to BP meds with dyes & sulfa in them.... allergic reactions affect the kidneys....I had 6 ER visits in 10 months due to the meds I was on & latex exposures\n My new cardiologist is doing  a blood test to see if it might be a rare tumor that is increasing the chemicals in my body,causing the water retension and sluggish kidneys...he also said depending on the extent of the kidneys artery damage,it may always be like this..it takes a long time for the kidneys to get back to normal...\n <itsnanceg@yahoo.com> if you want to chat with me when  you have a down day...Best wishes for a total recovery !!!
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my husband  did and at the time i found out it was on the cards we had only been together for 8 mths,he said he would do it before i even asked,truly a wonderful ,beautiful caring man,we will be celebrating our 6th year together in march,if it was the other way around i would of in a heartbeat...thanks to all those people out there that have put themselves on the donor list,or helped out,supported and just been there for a seriously ill person.
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I had a kidney transplant about 9 months ago. I looked up at the clock in the operating room at about 9 a.m., they said they were going to start... Then I became aware of a pain in my side and saw a clock in a different room that said about 1 o'clock.  I only knew they had done the surgery because of the pain and the clock. It was not like sleeping. I was not aware at all during the time I was "out". It was just a total blank. When I'm asleep, I still have some awareness of time passing, I think, but not so when I was under anesthesia.\nOne of the nurses in the recovery room asked my aunt who gave me the kidney, "Who did you give your kidney to?" My aunt was still pretty out of it, but she obviously didn't remember anything either -- she said, "I haven't given it to her yet."  :-)\n\nP.S. The pain upon "coming to" was not too bad. They have lots of good meds to help with the pain.
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it is  A. one of the first things you learn when you have a transplant