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« on: January 19, 2008, 02:09:51 PM »
Hey everyone I got a letter today from my transplant center asking me if I would like to receive a kidney from a deceased person that had been exposed to hepatitis B. They said the chance as they put it was very very low of it affecting you if you had antibodies. This doesn't make sense to many because they suppress your immune system so that you can keep the kidney wouldn't that mean that it would weaken your resistance to Hepatitis B in the kidney. Personally I don't want one from someone exposed to Hepatitis B. I'll just wait for a nice healthly unexposed kidney. I was just curious about your thoughts on this. It just seems very strange to me.
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« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2008, 06:37:29 PM »
These are part of that program that will give you less than ideal kidneys in order to transplant you faster.  God knows why you would not want a match and a healthy kidney?








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« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2008, 07:13:36 PM »
I don't care how long I'd been waiting, I would say hell no!  Not even if they said it was the last kidney on the planet!  But then I've never been one who likes to test fate!  lol

But for someone who's already infected I'd say, why not! 
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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.
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« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2008, 11:17:01 PM »
From what I have read this is used for Hep B patients to get a kidney - good idea!
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« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2008, 11:23:02 AM »
I could see this being a good option if you were old. Especially if the wait time was going to be a long time.
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