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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’m having 1,o00 mg of prednisolone a day for three days to combat some rejection which a biopsy on Wednesday found, but we’ll get there I’m sure.
I’m very tired, and […]

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’t work in the recipient. So although I was glad to have missed out on a kidney that didn’t work […]

I’ve had a gutfull!
I’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 “let my hair down” and enjoy myself?
I have a habit, when I’m allowed the tiniest of nibbles of something I really enjoy (chocolate, almonds, beer (mmmm […]

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’s 3 Years 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life of–, as of today, I’ve spent four years, four months, and four days on dialysis since […]

I came across an interesting article at EurekAlert.org today.
Apparently, most altruistic kidney donors end up out of pocket by their generous act.
Generally, the medical costs are covered by private or public insurance, but there are other costs involved, such as travel and convalescence.
This seems crazy, and would act as a major disincentive to potential […]

Jonathan has written about this here, apparently we can now transplant organs into people with completely different blood types.
Of course, this was done for the first time here in Australia (where all the smart people live!).
It’s an interesting read, and there was a bit of fuss here in the media a week or so ago […]