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« on: August 29, 2007, 04:58:16 PM »

My brother is a prospective donor for my son and is currently undergoing the medical tests.  So far, so good.

He is a 50% tissue match (the best an Uncle can be) but we have just learned that he is also a 100% blood match.

We don't know if this is common or not but everyone seems to be very happy about it and my son's consultant has said he would expect the donated kidney to last at least 20 - 30 years.  He also said that he envisages that Ian will eventually only have to take 2 or 3 anti-rejection meds.

UK law dictates that my son's consultant can't discuss anything that has been said between my brother's consultant and vice versa so I only found out about my brother being a 100% blood match when I phoned him tonight.  No wonder my son's consultant had a twinkle in his eye and a silly grin on his face!
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« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2007, 05:09:10 PM »

Hey Python, great to see you posting again, and with such awesome news,  will be sending prayers and positive thoughts your way  :2thumbsup;  Please keep us posted on how the testing turns out.  We've missed ya  :grouphug;
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« Reply #2 on: August 29, 2007, 05:30:15 PM »

 :yahoo; Yay! I hope all progresses quickly and wish your family all the best!
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« Reply #3 on: August 29, 2007, 06:22:06 PM »

Best Wishes.  :)
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« Reply #4 on: August 30, 2007, 08:15:37 AM »

OUTSTANDING News Python! Please keep us posted. :clap;
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« Reply #5 on: August 30, 2007, 08:43:40 AM »

Thats some great news, thanks for sharing!
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« Reply #6 on: August 30, 2007, 11:04:53 AM »

Very nice, good luck :)
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« Reply #7 on: August 30, 2007, 04:57:54 PM »

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« Reply #8 on: August 31, 2007, 09:08:15 PM »

Good Luck  :yahoo;  :yahoo;
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« Reply #9 on: September 27, 2007, 10:33:22 AM »

Thanks everyone.

However, we've hit a snag.  I've just spoken to my brother on the telephone.  He has been at the hospital all afternoon.  They have discovered he has gallstones (apparently only very tiny ones) but they are not happy with his weight.  My brother is 6ft 4in tall and has always been of broad build.  He has come down from being 21 stone in weight to 17 stone and still losing.  The consultant at his hospital wants him down to 14 stone and has told him the operation will not go ahead until sometime next year >:(

Ian's at dialysis just now so I haven't been able to tell him this.  Yet another disappointment for him to cope with.  My brother is very disappointed too because he's worked so hard to lose this weight :(

Although I know being overweight is dangerous, so can being too thin.  I don't know what it's like in America but the obsession our medical profession have got about weight here is getting beyond a joke.  They're completely obsessed by it :rant;

Ian's just come in so I'm going to break the news to him now.
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« Reply #10 on: September 27, 2007, 01:53:24 PM »

Hopefully this wont discourage him instead encourage him to not only lose the extra weight but to be healthy as possible so he can live an overall better life before and after the surgery  :clap;  good luck to you both  :2thumbsup;
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« Reply #11 on: September 27, 2007, 05:52:22 PM »


My brother is 6ft 4in tall and has always been of broad build.  He has come down from being 21 stone in weight to 17 stone and still losing.  The consultant at his hospital wants him down to 14 stone and has told him the operation will not go ahead until sometime next year >:(


This post got me wondering just what a stone is.  Well it is 14 lbs.  Her brother is 6' 4" and weighs 238 lbs. and thats too much for the surgery?  For his height it doesn't seem like he's all that heavy.
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« Reply #12 on: September 28, 2007, 12:44:58 PM »

thank you Livecam for clarifying what a "stone" is, lol, i was too afraid to ask  ::)
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« Reply #13 on: September 29, 2007, 03:43:04 AM »

Yeah some people are never happy, they wanted me at a BMI of under 30, currently at 27 and he still commented on me being a "heavier woman"  :rant;
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