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Krisna
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« on: March 22, 2012, 10:45:05 PM »
They said no!  But I'm gonna have my doctor refer me to another clinic!  I'm not giving up!  I went to the clinic who did my last 2 because they know me.  I can't help but be ticked off at them for what happened with my last 2.  Especially the third one.  They should have listened to me!  I called them every single day telling them I felt like something was wrong and they didn't listen.  There are 2 more transplant clinics in Seattle and another one is Spokane which is abt 5 hrs away.  My Nephrologist thinks I'm healthy enough and so do I!
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Nov. 1979 - Diagnosed with glomerulonephritis of unknown origin by Dr. Robert
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Dec. 1979 - Diagnosed with Viral Pneumonia
Late Dec. 1979 - Emergency surgery to place a Scribner Shunt in left arm for dialysis
Jan. 1980 - Start hemodialysis until recovered from viral pneumonia
Feb. 27, 1980 - Receive 5 antigen living related transplant from father
Mar. 3, 1987 - PTH removed and part of one placed in left arm.  Fistula also placed in right arm.
Sept. 1988 - Start hemodialysis
Feb. 4, 1989 - Receive 6 antigen perfect match cadaveric transplant
Jan. 1994 - Return to hemodialysis
Oct. 18, 1996 - Receive 6 antigen perfect match cadaveric transplant
Nov. 22, 1996 - Emergency surgery to repair aneurysm to artery in kidney
Dec. 20, 1996 - Emergency surgery to repair aneurysm.  Kidney removed due to infection which has spread down right leg to abt mid thigh.
Apr. 1997 - Arterial bypass surgery to restore arterial blood flow to right leg
July 29, 1998 - Receive 6 antigen perfect match cadaveric transplant
Sept. 6, 2002 - Return to hemodialysis
Dec. 7, 2002 Sm. intestine ruptures while home alone. Still conscious upon arrival at hospital.
Dec. 8. 2002 - Surgery to repair ruptured bowel.  The prognosis is not good.  Surgeon tells family to prepare for the worse.  Spend a week in a coma and 3 months in hospital.  Takes abt a year and a half to completely recover.
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« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2012, 05:05:54 AM »
I'm so sorry to hear this.  Why did they say no?
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Diagnosed with Polycystic Kidney Disease at age 19.
Renal Failure at age 38 (2010) came about 2 hrs close to dying. Central line put in an emergency.
Began dialysis on Aug 15, 2010.
Creatine @ time of dialysis: 27. I almost died.
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I have Neuropathy and Plantar Fasciitis in My Feet
AV Fistula created in Nov. 2011, still buzzing well!
Transplanted in April, 2013. My husband and I participated in the Living Donor paired exchange program. I nicknamed my kidney "April"
Married 18 yrs,  Mom to 3 kids to twin daughters (One that has PKD)  and a high-functioning Autistic son
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« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2012, 09:58:38 AM »
Good luck, Krisna! If you can survive everything you've been through and still come back fighting for another shot, you have got to be one of the strongest patients they'll ever come across. I believe in you. Go get 'em! :boxing;
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« Reply #3 on: April 02, 2012, 02:41:54 PM »
They said no, because they think I'm too high risk.  If you ask me they are more worried abt their numbers than anything!  Half the time spent at their class was them stressing how good their success rate is! 

I'll go out of state for a transplant if I have to!  Portland, OR is only abt 3 hrs away!  That's actually 2 hrs closer than Spokane, WA.  I love my doctor but I'll switch if I have to in order to get another transplant! 

I can't handle being on dialysis much longer if I don't have something to look forward to like a transplant!  I see my doctor in 8 days.
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Nov. 1979 - Diagnosed with glomerulonephritis of unknown origin by Dr. Robert
                  Hickman
Dec. 1979 - Diagnosed with Viral Pneumonia
Late Dec. 1979 - Emergency surgery to place a Scribner Shunt in left arm for dialysis
Jan. 1980 - Start hemodialysis until recovered from viral pneumonia
Feb. 27, 1980 - Receive 5 antigen living related transplant from father
Mar. 3, 1987 - PTH removed and part of one placed in left arm.  Fistula also placed in right arm.
Sept. 1988 - Start hemodialysis
Feb. 4, 1989 - Receive 6 antigen perfect match cadaveric transplant
Jan. 1994 - Return to hemodialysis
Oct. 18, 1996 - Receive 6 antigen perfect match cadaveric transplant
Nov. 22, 1996 - Emergency surgery to repair aneurysm to artery in kidney
Dec. 20, 1996 - Emergency surgery to repair aneurysm.  Kidney removed due to infection which has spread down right leg to abt mid thigh.
Apr. 1997 - Arterial bypass surgery to restore arterial blood flow to right leg
July 29, 1998 - Receive 6 antigen perfect match cadaveric transplant
Sept. 6, 2002 - Return to hemodialysis
Dec. 7, 2002 Sm. intestine ruptures while home alone. Still conscious upon arrival at hospital.
Dec. 8. 2002 - Surgery to repair ruptured bowel.  The prognosis is not good.  Surgeon tells family to prepare for the worse.  Spend a week in a coma and 3 months in hospital.  Takes abt a year and a half to completely recover.
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« Reply #4 on: April 02, 2012, 02:59:20 PM »
High risk in what way?
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Diagnosed with Polycystic Kidney Disease at age 19.
Renal Failure at age 38 (2010) came about 2 hrs close to dying. Central line put in an emergency.
Began dialysis on Aug 15, 2010.
Creatine @ time of dialysis: 27. I almost died.
History of High Blood Pressure
I have Neuropathy and Plantar Fasciitis in My Feet
AV Fistula created in Nov. 2011, still buzzing well!
Transplanted in April, 2013. My husband and I participated in the Living Donor paired exchange program. I nicknamed my kidney "April"
Married 18 yrs,  Mom to 3 kids to twin daughters (One that has PKD)  and a high-functioning Autistic son
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« Reply #5 on: April 02, 2012, 09:41:14 PM »
If you're that ticked off by them, maybe it is a good thing to go to another tx center! :2thumbsup;
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« Reply #6 on: April 08, 2012, 06:41:16 PM »
We went out of state for a paired exchange to a center that performed desensitization.  Most centers have issues matching repeat transplants.  My husband's surgeon was confident there was space for two future kidneys if needed.
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Girl meets boy with transplant, falls in love and then micromanages her way through the transplant and dialysis industry. Three years, two transplant centers and one NxStage machine later, boy gets a kidney at Johns Hopkins through a paired exchange two months after evaluation.  Donated kidney in June and went back to work after ten days.
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