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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: Transplant Discussion => Potential Donors => Topic started by: treehugger on June 02, 2009, 09:11:18 AM

Title: I *mostly* passed my first round of testing!
Post by: treehugger on June 02, 2009, 09:11:18 AM

My transplant coordinator just called me (my testing day was exactly 1 week ago) to give me my results. They are mostly positive.

The issues: I am slightly anemic and they want me to take an iron supplement for the duration of the evaluation period. I'm not worried about this though because I think it's connected to giving blood every 8 weeks (I have never been anemic in my life until my last 2 donations I was borderline; apparently regular donation can catch up to some people, but it corrects itself).

My EKG showed I have slight premature ventricular contractions (or something), so I need to have a follow-up heart sonogram (ECG). They don't think it's anything serious, so I'm not going to worry about this either.

And lastly, my total cholesterol is 217, but this doesn't preclude me from donating, and since I have been working my with doctor on this (and it's much, much lower than it initially was when I found out it was high 5 years ago), I'm not concerned about this.

They also can't find my blood draw (5 tubes) for my genetic markers, so I have to have that redrawn.

All in all, some pretty good results and nothing that dismisses me out of hand from being a donor. *sighs with relief*

On to the next step: trying to convince my doctor to give me the ECG, so I don't have to go back to UCSF just for that. I also have to say that I am very pleased to see that my transplant coordinator, Meredith, is really on top of things. She called me exactly when she said she would. That's worth a lot!  :2thumbsup;

Kara

Title: Re: I *mostly* passed my first round of testing!
Post by: willowtreewren on June 02, 2009, 03:45:44 PM

All Right! :clap; :clap; :clap;

This is good news!

Title: Re: I *mostly* passed my first round of testing!
Post by: okarol on June 02, 2009, 04:01:16 PM

 :2thumbsup; Great - I hope everything works out!!

Title: Re: I *mostly* passed my first round of testing!
Post by: David13 on June 02, 2009, 05:26:49 PM

So far so good, treehugger!   :2thumbsup;

By the way, I totally agree about the coordinator calling when she said.  Nothing ticks me off more than waiting for a scheduled phone call that never materializes. 

Title: Re: I *mostly* passed my first round of testing!
Post by: kellyt on June 02, 2009, 06:02:00 PM

Good Luck.  I'm rooting for you.   :cheer:

I can't wait for the news that ya'll have scheduled the date!