Wacka Posted September 15 Author Posted September 15 (edited) 7 months post transplant. Kidney still fine . Scabs on incision but don't need to wear a dressing on it anymore. Burises from accident almost gone and no pain even while laying down for bed. Haven't used any tylenol for several days. Got a 2021 Nissan Altima to replace the 2009 Ford Focus I totaled. Picked it up on Wednesday 9/10. The Ford was starting to rust out and I was planning to run it into the ground anyways. Got from the insurance about what I paid for it back in 2017. Edited September 16 by Wacka 2 1 Quote
Wacka Posted October 15 Author Posted October 15 Today is 8 months post transplant (⅔ year)! Checkups every 2 weeks now. Only takes about 20 minutes . Coupe of vials of blood, urine sample and vitals. Most of scab off incision. Just putting a gauze pad on occcasionly because it is where the underwear and belt line is and the edges get irritated by my clothes. No more draining from it. All vitals are still OK. They tweaked my meds a bit. Took me off of sodium bicarbonate. Lowered my anti-rejection med a slight bit, lowered my Mg (OTC) a bit. Was getting some swelling in one leg and they gave me a doppler ultrasound-no clots. Said it may have been from the Prednisone I was taking. So they halved it and doubled my diuretic dosage.Swelling went down. Am back to seeing my Cardiologist, Nephrologist, Primary, and Dentist semi-annually. Next on the list will be getting my cataracts taken care of. 9 3 Quote
Saxum Posted October 15 Posted October 15 1 hour ago, Wacka said: Today is 8 months post transplant (⅔ year)! Checkups every 2 weeks now. Only takes about 20 minutes . Coupe of vials of blood, urine sample and vitals. Most of scab off incision. Just putting a gauze pad on occcasionly because it is where the underwear and belt line is and the edges get irritated by my clothes. No more draining from it. All vitals are still OK. They tweaked my meds a bit. Took me off of sodium bicarbonate. Lowered my anti-rejection med a slight bit, lowered my Mg (OTC) a bit. Was getting some swelling in one leg and they gave me a doppler ultrasound-no clots. Said it may have been from the Prednisone I was taking. So they halved it and doubled my diuretic dosage.Swelling went down. Am back to seeing my Cardiologist, Nephrologist, Primary, and Dentist semi-annually. Next on the list will be getting my cataracts taken care of. There is a device you can get which helps push fluid out of legs - should be covered by your insurance. My insurance covered once they understood what it was for. Quote
CowgirlsFan Posted October 16 Posted October 16 Beautiful news ❤️ Best wishes for progress to continue 🎉🎈🎊🙏 Quote
Wacka Posted November 15 Author Posted November 15 (edited) Nine months post transplant! tomorrow. Doing monthly checkups now. Just blood and urine samples now. Looked at the incision in the mirror. Have a scar but can barely see it. Weight, BP, and glucose level creeping up. They have changed two of my BP meds to ones more kidney friendly ones. Started me on Jardiance yesterday. No, I will not ne doing commercials singing and dancing😄. The Jardiance will help my BP and be better for my kidneys. It also removes glucose from the blood. As it is also a diuretic, they took me off of the one I have been taking since the transplant. Also had a checkup at my cardiologist today. Looks good there too. Have an echocardigram scheduled next month, last one was July 2023. Feb will be one year, and then after that it will be checkups every 6 months. Edited November 15 by Wacka 2 5 Quote
Bill from NYC Posted November 15 Posted November 15 This is wonderful news, and may God keep up the great work! Quote
Wacka Posted December 12 Author Posted December 12 (edited) 10 month update. Went in for a checkup today. ECMC pretty quiet because of snow pelting the southtowns and schools closing. Quick in and out. Regular blood and ueine tests. Docs tweaked my BP meds and anti-rejection neds. Got the OK for all non-live vaccines. Just have to get RSV next week. Next checkup is in two months now! That will be my one year post transplant! then after that 6 month checkups. Edited December 12 by Wacka 6 3 Quote
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