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Kidney update! Its been a little over a month and Im pleased to report that everything is looking good. I have blood work done twice a week and have been meeting my transplant team once a week to make sure everything is going well. My numbers still look great and the new kidney is functioning the way its supposed to. They say if a kidney is going to reject it will most likely happen in the first month, so were happy to have hit that milestone. The one month mark is also exciting because I get to cut some of my meds (Im down to about a dozen pills a day from over 2 dozen), as well as going from weekly doctor visits to every other week. Tomorrow Ill be going in for a surgery to remove my dialysis catheter, which is the rubber tube that is currently hanging out of my abdomen. They kept in in for a while to make sure the kidney was going to work, but now they can take it out. After 18 months Im pretty used to it but Im still thrilled to not have to deal with it anymore. I have most of my energy back. I still have pain, but only after Ive been on my feet for a couple of hours. I still cant be around crowds or lift anything over 5 pounds, but were going in the right direction!
Posted on: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 21:42:37 +0000

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