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by Laura
Mon Nov 29, 2010 7:19 pm
Forum: The KPG Forum
Topic: Azathioprine
Replies: 8
Views: 9605

I don't understand why different hospitals have different drug routines? I assume from what I've read on here and on other sites that MMF is safer than Azathioprine so why isn't everyone on that as standard? I've been on Azathioprine for 8 years (2 years post-transplant) and I'd never even heard of ...
by Laura
Wed Sep 15, 2010 4:13 pm
Forum: The KPG Forum
Topic: The day ive been dreading
Replies: 14
Views: 9721

Hi Carol, I hoped to have a transplant before dialysis too but I wasn't well enough to so, it is a horrible shock and I really feel for you. I remember being in tears and my mum saying "but you knew this day would come" but it's still hard to take it all in. There are benefits of having di...
by Laura
Fri Sep 10, 2010 4:13 pm
Forum: The KPG Forum
Topic: Transplant Quandry
Replies: 9
Views: 6422

My consultant recently told me that the reason my creatinine was higher than average post-transplant was due to my father being quite a bit older (He's 66 and I'm 30) when he donated to me last year. This is something that was never discussed pre-transplant, and although I'm not unduly worried, it i...
by Laura
Mon Sep 06, 2010 5:07 pm
Forum: The KPG Forum
Topic: Model to Replace Diaylsis Revealed
Replies: 7
Views: 5389

Sorry about that! Thanks, Amanda.

Hopefully the link will work now, although it's pretty much the same as your article! http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 161253.htm
by Laura
Sun Sep 05, 2010 8:41 pm
Forum: The KPG Forum
Topic: Model to Replace Diaylsis Revealed
Replies: 7
Views: 5389

Model to Replace Diaylsis Revealed

Groundbreaking stuff! And to think there could be clinical trials in five to seven years. Incredible.

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by Laura
Tue Jul 27, 2010 9:26 pm
Forum: The KPG Forum
Topic: Cramp in Transplant Site
Replies: 3
Views: 4287

Cramp in Transplant Site

Has anyone suffered from cramp in their tranplant site? I had my transplant well over a year ago but occasionally get really horrible cramp, usually when I'm bent over. It's not that painful, just a really strange sensation. I have to stretch around to get rid of it. I assume it's because muscles ar...
by Laura
Fri Jun 25, 2010 11:32 pm
Forum: The KPG Forum
Topic: British transplant games
Replies: 19
Views: 13335

Hi Helen,

I'm going! For some daft reason I agreed to be on the Oxford team even though I'm not remotely sporty (Good luck, Oxford!). I'm taking part in darts, tennis, ten pin bowling and the 100 metres. It would be lovely to meet you, especially living so near to me.
by Laura
Tue Jun 22, 2010 11:02 pm
Forum: The KPG Forum
Topic: Doc training Deanery want my story to improve support
Replies: 8
Views: 6642

Fanastic! My consultant has been pioneering a young peoples clinic which takes the patients out of the usual hospital situation and enables them to chat among themselves. Although I don't attend that particular clinic, I go along as peer support. The group I have been to already has been hugely bene...
by Laura
Mon Jun 21, 2010 11:03 pm
Forum: The KPG Forum
Topic: symptoms of peritonitis
Replies: 18
Views: 28065

Oh, Pam. I hope I didn't scare you. The only reason my bout was so bad was because my local hospital only has a teeny renal unit that is closed out of hours and the emergency services didn't have a clue what to do with me. Plus, I didn't know what was going on either, not really knowing anything abo...
by Laura
Thu Jun 17, 2010 6:02 pm
Forum: The KPG Forum
Topic: symptoms of peritonitis
Replies: 18
Views: 28065

Kipper - we experienced almost exactly the same thing! I didn't have fluid in at the time because of joyful constipation problems. It was hours until I got the antibiotic so the hospital tried to get me to do an exchange in the meantime. My God, that was horrific, both draining in and out. It was od...
by Laura
Wed Jun 16, 2010 10:03 pm
Forum: The KPG Forum
Topic: symptoms of peritonitis
Replies: 18
Views: 28065

I had the worse lower stomach pain I have ever experienced, along with vomiting. I was in A&E for a couple of hours before anyone suspected (including me). The doctors thought I had a burst appendix because the symptoms seemed similar. I was given an antibiotic injected in to the bag of fluid bu...
by Laura
Wed May 26, 2010 5:54 pm
Forum: The KPG Forum
Topic: Weight and transplant success
Replies: 13
Views: 8951

Mine was suppose to be pre-emptive and I feel a teeny bit resentful that it didn't happen. At clinic one day my doctor just said "well, it's time for dialysis now". I was in total shock as testing with my dad hadn't even begun. I tried to comfort myself by thinking maybe I had declined rea...
by Laura
Mon Mar 29, 2010 9:47 pm
Forum: The KPG Forum
Topic: What do you know about Kidney Transplant ?
Replies: 1
Views: 2427

Arf!
by Laura
Wed Mar 17, 2010 7:04 pm
Forum: The KPG Forum
Topic: update on transplant
Replies: 8
Views: 5376

Congratulations! So pleased to hear all's gone well with you and your brother. Take it easy!