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« 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


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« Reply #1 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. 
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« Reply #2 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.

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« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2011, 08:25:42 PM »
uummm isn't mother's day in May? 
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10 transplant years = spleenectomy, gall bladder removed, liver biopsy, bone marrow aspiration.
July 27, 2010 Started dialysis for the first time ever.
June 21, 2011 2nd kidney nonrelated living donor
September 2013 Liver Cancer tumor.
October 2013 Ablation of liver tumor.
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« Reply #4 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!
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« Reply #5 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??
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« Reply #6 on: April 06, 2011, 04:59:45 PM »
cool I learned something new today!!! Thanks Moosemom and Kay!!!

xo,
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1995 - AV Fistula placed
Dec 7, 1999 cadaver transplant saved me from childhood dialysis!
10 transplant years = spleenectomy, gall bladder removed, liver biopsy, bone marrow aspiration.
July 27, 2010 Started dialysis for the first time ever.
June 21, 2011 2nd kidney nonrelated living donor
September 2013 Liver Cancer tumor.
October 2013 Ablation of liver tumor.
Now scans every 3 months to watch for new tumors.
Now Status 7 on the wait list for a liver.
How about another decade of solid health?
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« Reply #7 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.

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