Marvin had to go back on dialysis after three years and three months with his transplant. He didn't reject -- his transplanted kidney contracted the same disease that had destroyed his original kidneys (IgA Nephropathy). The docs said they would stop all anti-rejection meds and the steroids immediately. I said, "Won't that cause him to reject the kidney and hence cause further problems?" They said, "It's not working any more anyway." So, they stopped the CellCept, the Prograf, and the Prednisone the day after he went back on dialysis. Funny thing -- he kept that kidney (even though it wasn't working anymore) for another year and two months. Then, it had to be removed because it was trapping blood and swelling. We always figured that when he stopped the anti-rejection meds that the transplanted kidney would have to be removed almost immediately. Guess we were wrong.
At one point, long before transplant, I was on 8 fish oil capsules a day. EIGHT! Every time I burped I tasted fish. ick. Also, I made the mistake of putting them in my pants pocket when I was leaving the house. More times than I'd like to mention they got washed. It's very hard to get fish smell out of bluejeans! I had to wash them multiple times in a rough and then finally washed and soaked in vinegar.