I find relaxation must be scheduled and preserved in our daily lives. To that end, I offer a few links to stress-relieving videos (some as long as 24 hrs,) to help relax you. Turn off the TV, shut the phones off, lock the door, and take some time to
Read more…We have all been dealing with the ravages of this pandemic, for some time now and I would like to to hear from you about it! Where you have found safety, good routines and practices, recreation, and more. Even if you just want to offer a rant, please
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I am 4+ years on my kidney transplant. I am thankful to my mom who was my donor and to God to give me gift of live again. I work for Doctors surgery and have been off from work for over 3 weeks to avoid getting the virus. My employer ha
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I'm 5 and 1/2 years post kidney TX and doing great (despite the pandemic). I've never had a flu shot in my life and wondering if most of you take one. I've also only had the flu once about 25 years ago. I'm nervous about getting one this year
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Sorry if this is duplicate post.
My insurance stopped covering brand name cellcept (Manufacturer - Genentech).
My question is have you ever had any problem after switching from brand cellcept to generic Mycophenolate Mofetil (Manufacturer -
Read more…Those of you on Medicare have you gone with straight medicare and supplemental plan or a medicare advantage program? I am being urged by the transplant center to do straight medicare and supplemental plan F with an extra RX plan. Somehow when first d
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I hope everyone is well and staying safe!
I had a kidney transplant May 12, 1994 and have done well, with exception of some road blocks which I was able to manage "thank God" .
I have been on Brand name immunosupressants since day 1. I currently ta
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Hoping you are keeping safe and healthy.
Today, wanted to check with you on a topic close to my heart. I have always had a strong personal bonding with our loyal companions, dogs. Unfortunately by the time i could come to making a decision to
Read more…Buy now you all must have heard about a new health threat, Coronavirus, infecting and rapidly spreading throughout the world. This virus is a particularly dangerous infection for the elderly and immune suppressed, lucky us! This discussion seeks to p
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3 years 7 months after my transplant with baseline creatinine at 1.9. My figures rose to 2.9 , drs admitted me did a biopsy and started the corticosteroid treatments. Creatinine kept creeping up to 4.1 and the bi
Hi all. My bi-lateral nephrectomy and living donor kidney transplant was in August 2018 at UCSF. I was blessed with a very healthy and successful 16-months, beyond the colds we all get.
For some reason, one of my transplant doctors thought it would
Hi everyone, my name is Roy Im 39 currently, I suffered from polycistic kidneys since childhood , my kidneys started failing in 2015, I survived on in the little I had left and had my living donor kidney transplant in February 2017, I had some compli
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