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Hi I want to share with you what had happened to my brother, he did dialysis for 6 years.
Israel National Transplant Center, told us that we should be in waiting list, and the situation was intolerable, so we began to look for a solution abroad. One of our reviews of visiting the hospital, we met with a transplant recipient abroad was very pleased and gave us a contact phone. From a contact man we had our required information and also got phones numbers of patients who underwent transplantation in the same place and were very satisfied. We met with the contact man and decide to do transplantation, so we flew to the country were satisfied patients underwent a transplant
Everything was well organized by professionals they accompanied us all along with a lot of sensitivity and attention to detail and concern.
My brother pass successfully kidney underwent transplantation. We returned to our country happy.
And I would love to share with you or your friends who need a transplant more details.
Happy to help, please contact me!

ps pred is notorious for messing with your moods, it maybe worthwhile having your adrenal levels checked as long term use of pred can cause adrenal exhaustion. just a thought.

Hi Audrina you look sooo well. what is your secret? as far as pred is concerned i only took pred for the first 3 years of my transplant (now at year 17) but i found i was pretty euphoric on pred....but since stopping pred i have struggled with my mood and anxiety and in the end had to start taking a small dose of an antidepressant called citalopram. ivan

Hey Audrina hope all is good! take care

Happy Birthday Audrina !!!

I guess instead of asking all of the questions I could have just read what you had written on your profile. LOL.... I can underatand the scarring believe me. I had to have many surgeries to keep me on dialysis until i could get a transplant and have way too many scars to show for it. I had several grafts, about six catheters i my chest which would only be used for around 6 to 9 months before the doc would take them out due to risk of infection. I also had three fistulas and a hero graft. It's nice to hear that you only had to go through hemo for a year and a half though any time on hemo is too much time. It must have been horrible to lose your kidneys at such a young age. I was 31 when mine finally failed. Fortunately for me my recovery was a total success and I was out of the hospital a month after my transplant and then out riding my motorcycle , against doctors orders, after being home for two weeks. I recover quicker when I'm up and around and getting back into my daily routine. When I'm told to take it easy and not get out of bed or just sit around until I'm stronger I only end up weaker and have less endurance so I'm up and around doing whatever I can within reason of course. Judging by your profile pic you look like you've recovered well and are doing well too. I know pics don't show what's going on on the inside of a person but they do show how we look which will show how we are feeling on the inside. are you at a higher risk of rejection due to the Wegener's Granulomatosis? Are the chances still there that you could lose the kidney you have now the same way you lost your original kidneys? That's one of the many reasons I love the double transplant I received, I got a pancreas which rids me of diabetes which is what caused the kidney failure therefore no more risk of losing the new kidney through diabetes. I do have the same risks of rejection, However that is a risk that we all as transplant patients have to accept and take as it comes while hoping that it doesn't.

Hi Audrina.

How are u doing? Thank u for accepting my friend request. I also have had Kidney Tx. I got Tx in 2004 but now my body has started rejecting graft. Cause of my kidney failure was FSGS which is a rare kidney disease bcz as far i know most common causes of renal failures are diabetes and hypertension.

Most important thing is to limit the salt and protein intake but both protein and high blood pressure are very dangerous for kidneys, that's what my nephrologist have told me. He also told me that first Tx lasts for maximum 10 years and after that we need another Tx and thats what has been written in medical books but in practical life i have seen many patients who are still fine even after 10 years of Tx.