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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: Transplant Discussion => Topic started by: Bluebutterfly on August 06, 2016, 12:30:32 PM
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When I had transplant 25 years ago my immune was basically zero
I got pneumonia so bad I was intubated for a month
My heart stopped, chest tubes galore, etc. is it still
This bad?!
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I had my transplant over twenty one years ago and now that I need another one I was told that only one of the rejection drugs would be different.
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I had my transplant over twenty one years ago and now that I need another one I was told that only one of the rejection drugs would be different.
What drugs are you on now and which one will be different?
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When I had transplant 25 years ago my immune was basically zero
I got pneumonia so bad I was intubated for a month
My heart stopped, chest tubes galore, etc. is it still
This bad?!
I do not know what medications you were on, but were they the new non steroidal type? There are other drugs that help with anti rejection also that are meant for other things. I had my tx 15 years ago and things have changed at my center, but each center is different in their drug protocol.
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I don't know how doctors determine what transplant meds each patient gets. My transplant was a little over two years ago. I'm on Myfortic and tacrolimus, no steroids. For me, the side effects are only a few and not serious, short term. There is of course, all the usual impaired immune system side effects or risks long term.
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When I had transplant 25 years ago my immune was basically zero
I got pneumonia so bad I was intubated for a month
My heart stopped, chest tubes galore, etc. is it still
This bad?!
I got my kidney in '02. Over the years I've been on a variety of meds (changes for different reasons). I've been on Cellcept, rapamune, Imuran, Prograf, Myfortic but never prednisone. The only time I've gotten into trouble with infection was when I had CMV and was hospitalized for quite a while. Otherwise, I've gotten through everything that's been thrown at me, including pneumonia, a massive post op infection (due to other issues, and not the drugs), and a bunch of surgeries that went quite well but were scary.
Part of what can happenn is sometimes just bad luck.