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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: Transplant Discussion => Topic started by: Donnab on September 29, 2007, 07:43:33 AM
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Hello all.....thanks for all your support during this time....Frankie and I are doing good....the transplant went well and the kidney is functioning just fine.....I promise to post more detailed once i am feeling better
I am 4 day post transplant and I have the WORST heart burn...does anyone know what it is from and what i can take???
Please help it is a killer!
Donna
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Yeah!! So glad for you! Praying it all continues to go smoothly. Post when you can, we want to hear all about it. Hope you get an answer for the heartburn soon. :grouphug;
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Hi Donna,
Glad to hear everthing went well. Can't wait to hear more. My husband is 3 weeks post and he also had horrible heartburn. They gave him pepcid a couple of times a day and last week switched him to Protonix that he takes once a day. Actually, some of the medications cause heartburn. Hope they get it under control soon.
Kathy
willieandwinnie
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:bandance; :bandance;
Great news!
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:thumbup; Congratulations!
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So glad to hear all went well for the transplant. I will keep my prayers coming! :cuddle;
I went to the hospital for heartburn problems this morning, they have given me Pariot. I'm not to sure if you have it there but it has worked a treat. :thumbup;
Hope it gets better.
Thinking of you both.
Amanda
xxoo
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Donna its great to hear about your transplant! It will only get better and better as time goes on. The heartburn is a side effect of Prograf. Prograf is a great immunosuppressant and the heartburn can be tamed. Omeprazole was prescribed for me and it always does the job. For mild heartburn I start out using Tums and that usually takes care of it. For the rare times Tums don't work I take one omeprazole and the job is done. Another thing with me and maybe you is that I find if I'm sleeping on a relatively hard surface (couch) and laying on my right side the heartburn problem can be much worse. It seems that one position is a guarantee of things to come in the night.
Enjoy your new kidney and good luck!
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Donna its great to hear about your transplant! It will only get better and better as time goes on. The heartburn is a side effect of Prograf. Prograf is a great immunosuppressant and the heartburn can be tamed. Omeprazole was prescribed for me and it always does the job. For mild heartburn I start out using Tums and that usually takes care of it. For the rare times Tums don't work I take one omeprazole and the job is done. Another thing with me and maybe you is that I find if I'm sleeping on a relatively hard surface (couch) and laying on my right side the heartburn problem can be much worse. It seems that one position is a guarantee of things to come in the night.
Enjoy your new kidney and good luck!
I thought Frankie had the transplant. Donna, weren't you his doner?
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Great to hear your both doing well, :yahoo;
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Great news! Looking forward to hearing all about it!
Cheers :) Kelli
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:yahoo; That's awesome that you are both doing well! :bandance; Both my mom and I had heartburn after my transplant. I think the doctors gave us both protonix.
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:bandance; Awesome news Donnab, ask if you can have some Tums and if you can, get the smoothies, they are great!! :2thumbsup; Thank you for coming and letting us know that all is well and we look forward to hearing all about it (once your up and around that is) YOU ROCK my friend :bow;
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Great news!! :)
As for the heartburn, I am surprised you weren't put on something for it from day one... usually (no everywhere) transplant patients are put on something like pepcid or w/e to prevent heartburn and other things that are side-effects of some medicines, and for the fact your on a few different meds... so it's to help you with them all. Good luck.
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Donnab is the donor not the recipient :bow;
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Yes, sorry.. my bad. :-\ :'( :-\
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The heartburn is a common side effect of the gas they pump into your abdomen to do the laproscopic surgery. I have often heard on Living Donors Online that the best remedy is to get up and walk - and in a few days it should be completely gone.
I am so happy to hear the surgery went well! You are a really great sister! LIVING DONORS ROCK! :2thumbsup;
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Congratulations on the transplant! Drink, Drink, Drink!
I also was put on heartburn meds right after surgery. They gave me Nexium and I was on it for about a month and a half. I weened myself off as there were already too many meds to remember. You're probably going to clinic often so just mention it to them and they can probably give you some samples from the office.
Take care of yourself!
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Mmmmmdeedee, Donna is the donor, she donated to her brother Frankie, i dont think she will be going to clinic (at least i hope she's not) ;)
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Congratulations on the transplant! Drink, Drink, Drink!
I also was put on heartburn meds right after surgery. They gave me Nexium and I was on it for about a month and a half. I weened myself off as there were already too many meds to remember. You're probably going to clinic often so just mention it to them and they can probably give you some samples from the office.
Take care of yourself!
hehe...now I don't feel so bad for mixing it up :) ;)
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Great!! I hope you and Frankie continue to do well. :beer1;
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Great!! I hope you and Frankie continue to do well. :beer1;
I second that!!! :yahoo;
Thought I'd stay on this thread so it will be easier to follow our story. I'm feeling abit sore so I'll keep it short. Transplant was a sucess, Thank you ALL for your thoughts n prayers. My creatinine leaving the hospital yesterday was at 0.9 :2thumbsup;
Donna(my sister/donor) was great, she even got :pics; of her/my new kidney. If its ok with the majority we'll post 'em here.
Time to dance... :bandance; :bandance; :bandance; :bandance; :bandance; :bandance;
:rofl; I love that icon!
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It's great to hear from you Frankie. I'm so glad your transplant has been a success.
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So glad you are both doing well.
Best wishes.
Doing the happy dance with you. :bandance; :bandance; :bandance; :bandance;
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Well Hellooooooooooo Frankie, Great to hear that your transplant was a success :2thumbsup; Looking forward to seeing that precious kidney pic (bring it on) but you just take care of yourself and give that sister a great big ol' Goofynina hug :cuddle; for me ok, thanks. :beer1;
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Hey Frankie...I'll show you my kidney if you show me yours!!! ;)
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Great to hear frankie!
If I had a camera with me at the time (and knew I would see it) I would of tken a pic of my moms kidney before surgery. I was rolled in the OR afer my mom was rolled out and saw the kidney, right there sitting in the lovely bowl of ice... it was gorgeous :)
Looking forward to seeing your pic!
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I posted a link to pics on a new thread. I am an 9 days post-op and except for the pain in my back, I feel 100% better. I had some drainage/bleeding problems that caused me a large hematoma, the loss of blood caused me to have six units of blood in two days. On the day that the surgeon wanted to go back in thru the staples to stop the bleeding and clean out the hemotoma the bleeding stopped. I have a huge bruise going from my left thigh, buttcheek across my lower back and even with 2 percocets every 4 hours felt like I hadn't taken anything at all. Had clinic yesterday, told Dr. of my screaming back, Rx'd vicodin ES. Its a little better than the percocet but it still hurts, I remember when I had my bi-lat knee replacements 2 vicodins would knock me for a loop. Those were the days. :sarcasm; Anyway, my creatinine is at 1.0 Prograf level was low, so they upped it .5 I'll be going to clinic twice a week for a while, thats about it.
My meds list:
prograf 1.5mg X 2
cellcept 750mg X 2
labetalol 200mg X 3
norvasc 10mg
valcyte 450mg
bactrim 400mg
mycelex 10mg
aspirin 81mg
dicloxacillin 250mg
pravastatin 20mg
oh and a prenatal vitamin, go figure.
Now, go! check out those pics. oh, I almost forgot
:bandance; :bandance; :bandance;
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:2thumbsup; Poor guy, sounds like they dropped you off a gurney or something! So happy the creatinine is good and hope you feel better soon.
Congratulations! :bandance; :yahoo;
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How did I miss this thread??!! Frankie and Donna, I'm so glad everything went so well--except for the bruising of course! ::) I saw your pics. They were awesome! :bandance; :bandance; :bandance;
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Frankie, you have one hell of a sister my friend, she is awesome, ;) (as if you didnt know) :P I enjoyed seeing the pics, you both made it seem so easy (but i am pretty sure it's not) Love to see the smile on both your faces :) :) Keep on smiling my friends :2thumbsup; :cuddle;
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Frankie and donnia am so happy to hear all went well! And those pictures were Great!
You are both Amazing. :cuddle;
Congratulations to you both.
Oh yes...... this is for you Frankie..... :bandance; :bandance; ;D
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So happy to hear that things are going quite well. Trust all the little irritants will soon disappear. Thanks for sharing the picts with us. It was awesome. So you keep on keeping on .
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:bandance; :bandance; :bandance; Wooohooo Frankie I am dancing for you too.
I am glad you are home and everything is looking good. :cuddle;
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How are you both feeling?
Hope you are both well. :cuddle;
Amanda
xxoo
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Hey Amanda, Here's an update for you and everyone; First let me say that Donna and I are doing fine. Thanks for asking. Donna went to clinic with me on Monday and got the OK to drive, transplant coordinator said she should be the "poster child for donors", she looks so good. I had my staples removed. Creatinine is 1.0 Yesterday I was out shopping w/ Donna when I felt my sweatshirt wet. I looked down and said, "oh shit". I lifted up my shirt and saw the steri-strips over my incision soaked with blood. I called the transplant clinic but they were in surgery so I spoke to the Dr. on-call. I told her that my staples were just taken out yesterday and that I just noticed the blood while walking a bit. She asked if I might of banged it and I said no. She suggested to hold pressure on it for 30 minutes, and if it still hasn't stopped bleeding to have it looked at in the ER. I told her that I was going to head over now because the hospital is a good 45 minutes away from where I live. I get to the ER, and a few yada, yada, yadas later a Dr. comes in and starts prodding my incision, ouch! He tells me that I'm not actively bleeding, and that the dark red/brown blood that is seeping out my incision is indeed,"old blood" from the large hematoma I got during or after surgery. I was discharged w/ orders to change the dressing as needed and to follow up at clinic. My dressing was changed twice and both times the pads were soaked through, but thats ok, it has to come out. I'll keep you informed. Until then,
Peace
:thx; Thank you ALL for the :bandance; :2thumbsup; :clap; :cuddle;
this is for you IHD :grouphug;
Frankieb 15 days post op
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OMG Frankieb, 15 days post op and you are already up and at 'em huh? driving and everything? Wow, that is FANTASTIC... I got a little scared when you described having your shirt soaked with blood, but i am so happy that it was all taken care of, that is a big "wheeew" ;) You keep on keepin on and give Donna a great big Goofynina hug for me :cuddle; You guys are awesome and a great inspiration to others waiting for their transplants, please keep us updated on how you are doing :2thumbsup; Godspeed :clap;
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I'm so glad it's nothing serious (a little scary tho)! And i'm so excited that you're doing so well! :bandance; :cuddle;
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Glad to hear all is okay and you are both doing so well.
Amanda
xxoo
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:bandance; :bandance;
YEAH ! Keep on Keepin on ! :2thumbsup;