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pregnancy after kidney transplant

hi all

i had my kidney transplant done in 2011 so almost 7 years so far all is good ,i am geting married in april to a wonderful person who accepted me knowing everything and the risks that  we have to face in the future ,just wanted to know is it pos

Anxiety/ stress destroying me

Hi I have been dealing with alot of anxiety as of late. I have anxiety over taking my meds. I worry I messed up or dropped them and worry about it for half the day. I also have a germaphobia issue brought on by when I first got sick I had no immune s

TDS level for a Kidney transplant patient.

What should be TDS level of drinking water for a kidney transplant patient?? I am drinking Kinley packed water. Today I measures its TDS and I am surprised to see the reading, it only measures 19.

Please suggest.

Manoj Singh

Free Organ Donor T-shirts

Hello all,

This is a public service announcement. DesignAShirt.com has begun a free program to help people looking for organ donors.

Just a little back story on why we are doing this. We were inspired by a report of a gentleman needing a kidney donor w

Effects of kidney donation on donor?

Hi guys,I am a 30 years old woman and my brother is 25. I have had one failed transplant (lasted 1 year) and now I have been on dialysis for 4 years.My brother is healthy, doesn't smoke or drink. This question is pertaining him. Could everyone please

Should I be worried about people finding out from Facebook posts about my transplant?

So far I have made it a point to tell most of my family about what is going on with me medically. However, I feel that I am ready to post a general post on Facebook to promote my blog and to just be done telling people in general. The thing that I am

The day to day of transplants

Hi all,
Members of Transplant Friends might be interested in the 'Not Just the Incredibles' – an artistic research project that was undertaken to explore the everyday in organ transplantation by talking with transplant patients and lab staff working i

Scared!!!!

HiI'm new to this site so not really sure what to do but I'm due to have my first kidney transplant on 23rd November. My mum is kindly giving me one of hers.I have so many questions going around on my head and it's stopping me from sleeping, eating a

"The Empath's Survival Guide" by Judith Orloff MD

I was recommended to read the new book "The Empath's Survival Guide" by Judith Orloff. If you feel that you sometimes reach burnout or that you take

on other people's energy, you might be an Empath.

Judith Orloff MD. shares her own experience about b

Everyday life with a transplant

Hi all - I got in touch last year about an art project I’m working on that explores the long-lasting impact of transplantation. We previously did a couple of workshops that were fantastic, but I’d like to now follow them up with some one-to-one inter

How to Stop Living for Others and finally Get Intimate with Ourselves.

Many of us are overwhelmed and misled by the overabundance of philosophical stimuli available today.

We live out the scripts of our parents, teachers, or spiritual gurus, and consequently, confuse others through our inauthentic actions and speech—no

Severe weight loss after kidney transplant

Hello everybody,

I have a relative who made kidney transplant (receiver) just 8 days ago, after that he faces serve weight loss. Where he loss about 20kg from his original 89kg weight so know his weight is 69kg (his height is 168)

Is that normal?

Please