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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: Transplant Discussion => Topic started by: Kay on April 03, 2011, 05:01:10 PM

Title: donor tests
Post by: Kay on April 03, 2011, 05:01:10 PM

Hi folks - hope you all enjoyed Mother's Day
First set of tests re my status as donor have gone well- now I need to have an ultra sound and a nuclear test-
can anyone tell me what to expect. Is the scan done on front or back of body and what happens in the nuclear
- All the best,
Kay


EDITED - Moved to correct section - Rerun, Moderator

Title: Re: donor tests
Post by: cattlekid on April 03, 2011, 07:18:44 PM

Hello Kay!  What kind of nuclear test are you having?  Is it a stress test?  I had a nuclear stress test on Friday.  It wasn't too bad, I was able to go to work right away afterwards. 

Title: Re: donor tests
Post by: willowtreewren on April 03, 2011, 07:21:40 PM

I had a nuclear kidney function test, which also was not bad at all. I just lay on a table while they took a scan.

Aleta

Title: Re: donor tests
Post by: rsudock on April 03, 2011, 08:25:42 PM

uummm isn't mother's day in May? 

Title: Re: donor tests
Post by: MooseMom on April 03, 2011, 09:39:41 PM

Quote from: rsudock on April 03, 2011, 08:25:42 PM

uummm isn't mother's day in May?

It's Mothering Sunday in the UK (3 Apr).  I am hoping my kid remembered and that I will get a card in the post tomorrow!

Title: Re: donor tests
Post by: Kay on April 03, 2011, 10:33:05 PM

Hi everyone - thanks for replying whilst I have been asleep.
I think it is a nuclear test for the kidney function and a scan to check I have got one to give away.
The US Mothering Sunday is in May - don't know why that is. I thought it had something to do with servants going home to see families at Easter time and taking a Simnel cake??

Title: Re: donor tests
Post by: rsudock on April 06, 2011, 04:59:45 PM

cool I learned something new today!!! Thanks Moosemom and Kay!!!

xo,
R

Title: Re: donor tests
Post by: willowtreewren on April 06, 2011, 05:05:21 PM

Kay, I hope yours turns out better than mine!  :2thumbsup;

I did not have high enough function to donate to my husband. I keep pestering them and even looked into going to another transplant center, so they relented and allowed me have the test. I had worked for a year to improve my function and came within a few points of our center's protocol.

Ah, well. In the end he got a kidney from a deceased donor.

Thinking of you. The test is no big deal.

Aleta