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« on: November 20, 2006, 01:01:26 PM »
When I saw the headline I couldn't believe it.  Read on to the story of the world's first QUINTUPLE kidney transplant!

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/11/20/kidney.transplant.ap/index.html
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« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2006, 01:10:59 PM »
Well, it's great promotion and marketing for Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Maybe more living unrelated donors will come forward, too.  Provides more options.
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Uninterrupted in-center (self-care) hemodialysis since 1982 -- 34 YEARS on March 3, 2016 !!
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No transplant.  Not yet, anyway.  Only decided to be listed on 11/9/06. Inactive at the moment.  ;)
I make films.

Just the facts: 70.0 kgs. (about 154 lbs.)
Treatment: Tue-Thur-Sat   5.5 hours, 2x/wk, 6 hours, 1x/wk
Dialysate flow (Qd)=600;  Blood pump speed(Qb)=315
Fresenius Optiflux-180 filter--without reuse
Fresenius 2008T dialysis machine
My KDOQI Nutrition (+/ -):  2,450 Calories, 84 grams Protein/day.

"Living a life, not an apology."
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