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by anti-duck
Sat Oct 01, 2011 2:30 am
Forum: The KPG Forum
Topic: Stages of Kidney Failure
Replies: 11
Views: 11119

Re: Stages of Kidney Failure

bigbuzzard wrote:To get a rough and ready eGFR, from your creatinine, age, sex and basic ethnicity, there's a calculator here: http://www.renal.org/eGFRcalc/
Thanks :)
by anti-duck
Wed Sep 28, 2011 11:58 am
Forum: The KPG Forum
Topic: Top Tips for those going in to have a tx
Replies: 62
Views: 488392

Re: Top Tips for those going in to have a tx

pocketwilson wrote:Take your own toilet paper!! The Freeman in Newcastle has paper made out of glass!
Thanks for that tip; that's where I'll be having my transplant :P

Is there any good information regarding post-op? I've just heard that the side-effects of the anti-rejection drugs are not very nice.
by anti-duck
Wed Sep 28, 2011 11:56 am
Forum: The KPG Forum
Topic: Stages of Kidney Failure
Replies: 11
Views: 11119

Re: Stages of Kidney Failure

Interesting topic :D My latest creatinine level is 480 and it usually floats around 430-480, just wondering what that translates into as a GFR level as I haven't been told and what stage of renal failure would that put me in? I haven't received any treatment thus far other than surgery to create an ...