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	<title>therenalunit.com &#187; transplant</title>
	<link>http://blog.therenalunit.com</link>
	<description>Kidney dialysis and transplant news and views</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>At least we know what it was</title>
		<link>http://blog.therenalunit.com/2007/08/13/at-least-we-know-what-it-was/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:34:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stu</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It would appear that the viral infection I was fighting was the dreaded Influenza A.
No wonder I felt so bloody dreadful! 
One thing I did find interesting is that, even during Influenza season here in Australia, and even though I&#8217;m an immunosuppressed renal transplant recipient, influenza test are only done weekly here in Adelaide.
Wierd.
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		<title>Bloody viral infection.</title>
		<link>http://blog.therenalunit.com/2007/08/08/bloody-viral-infection/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.therenalunit.com/2007/08/08/bloody-viral-infection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2007 05:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stu</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been down with a viral infection bug type tbhing the last couple of weeks. Spiking temperatures up to 39.5 degrees celsius, generally feeling like shit.
The wierd thing is that all my bloods are good, except my haemoglobin has dropped by over 20 points from 155 to 132. I&#8217;m not sure what that&#8217;s all about, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scottish doctors over-riding law with personal objections. Patients suffer</title>
		<link>http://blog.therenalunit.com/2007/07/22/scottish-doctors-over-riding-law-with-personal-objections-patients-suffer/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.therenalunit.com/2007/07/22/scottish-doctors-over-riding-law-with-personal-objections-patients-suffer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2007 03:03:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stu</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It would seem that Scottish doctors are placing their own personal morals ahead of legislation, and patients waiting for organ transplants are suffering as a result.
New laws passed the Scottish Parliament in September 2006, allowing doctors to &#8220;take organs from donor card-carrying patients even if relatives object&#8221;, have seen medics &#8220;proved reluctant on ethical grounds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tacrolimus level bouncing around</title>
		<link>http://blog.therenalunit.com/2007/07/19/tacrolimus-level-bouncing-around/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 05:26:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stu</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been having some interesting results with my tacrolimus (prograf) blood levels in the last couple of weeks.
Tacrolimus is the frontline anti-rejection immunosuppressant being used to stop my shiny new (nearly six months old) kidney from rejecting.
Apparently, the level should be 10, whereas the last couple of readings have been 4.8, and then 6.
The interesting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dutch so-called reality show hikes organ donor registrations</title>
		<link>http://blog.therenalunit.com/2007/07/18/dutch-so-called-reality-show-hikes-organ-donor-registrations/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.therenalunit.com/2007/07/18/dutch-so-called-reality-show-hikes-organ-donor-registrations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2007 05:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stu</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a BBC article, the fake Dutch reality show &#8220;The Big Donor&#8221;, in which three &#8220;contestants&#8221; competed to receive the organ of a &#8220;terminally ill&#8221; patient, has seen 12,000 new registered organ donors in the Netherlands since the show went to air.
Whilst I&#8217;m still not convinced as to whether the show was the right [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK to introduce opt-out organ donor registry?</title>
		<link>http://blog.therenalunit.com/2007/07/18/uk-to-introduce-opt-out-organ-donor-registry/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.therenalunit.com/2007/07/18/uk-to-introduce-opt-out-organ-donor-registry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2007 05:31:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stu</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[transplant]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It seems that the UK Government is considering implementing on opt-out organ donor registry. 
The principle behind this idea is that everybody is considered a potential organ donor, unless they specifically register their non-consent for their organs to be used.
This model us already being used with great success in Belgium and Spain, where according to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finally got my transplant</title>
		<link>http://blog.therenalunit.com/2007/02/23/finally-got-my-transplant/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.therenalunit.com/2007/02/23/finally-got-my-transplant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 19:38:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stu</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Well I finally got my long-awaited transplant on the 7th of Feb.
Things are going quite well. The kidney took five days to turn on, and I&#8217;m having 1,o00 mg of prednisolone a day for three days to combat some rejection which a biopsy on Wednesday found, but we&#8217;ll get there I&#8217;m sure.
I&#8217;m very tired, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And still we wait!</title>
		<link>http://blog.therenalunit.com/2006/09/17/and-still-we-wait/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.therenalunit.com/2006/09/17/and-still-we-wait/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Sep 2006 06:44:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stu</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[kidney]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[kidney disease]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Dialysis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I had a phone call from my renal specialist the other day, letting me know that he had turned down a transplant on my behalf.
Apparently the donor was a 74 year old, and the kidney didn&#8217;t work in the recipient. So although I was glad to have missed out on a kidney that didn&#8217;t work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simple pleasures of a dialysis patient</title>
		<link>http://blog.therenalunit.com/2006/07/23/simple-pleasures-of-a-dialysis-patient/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.therenalunit.com/2006/07/23/simple-pleasures-of-a-dialysis-patient/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jul 2006 21:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stu</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
I&#8217;ve had a gutfull!
I&#8217;m a sick to death of fluid and dietary restrictions. Is it too much to ask that once in a while I be able to just &#8220;let my hair down&#8221; and enjoy myself?
I have a habit, when I&#8217;m allowed the tiniest of nibbles of something I really enjoy (chocolate, almonds, beer (mmmm [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4 years, 4 months, and 4 days</title>
		<link>http://blog.therenalunit.com/2006/07/21/4-years-4-months-and-4-days/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.therenalunit.com/2006/07/21/4-years-4-months-and-4-days/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jul 2006 19:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stu</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Bizarre I know, but today is a sort of anniversary for me. (If I have my claculations correct)
One of my favourite albums from the early nineties was Arrested Development&#8217;s 3 Years 5 Months &#038; 2 Days in the Life of&#8211;, as of today, I&#8217;ve spent four years, four months, and four days on dialysis since [...]]]></description>
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