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On Sat, 02 Nov 2013 11:48:57 -0500, Gary > wrote:

>Janet wrote:
>>
>> "How many others here have had a LIVER TRANSPLANT and can speak about
>> gout meds and implications with any experience? Really???"
>
>I have a close friend that had a kidney transplant. One thing I've
>since learned is that she has to take "immune suppressing drugs" so
>her body won't reject the transplant. In effect, she's taking drugs
>that simmulate AIDS. She's suseptible to any new problems and has to
>be really careful about being exposed to germs/viruses. I've also
>learned that a kidney transplant isn't the final solution....the
>average transplant only lasts about 7 years. Record is 30 years.
>
>It's a sad thing for someone that has to deal with that.
>
>G.

Yes, I have a friend looking for a kidney, I tried but they rejected
me because my creatinine level wasn't good enough I guess. Same thing
with two other potential donors.

I urge people to offer, it seems so cruel that one has not appeared.
Her life is one long stay on dialysis, not much of a life.

Another person I knew had a liver transplant that lasted 32 years
until last spring when it kicked up. He was lucky that another liver
was found fairly quickly but he contracted an infection and died.

___________________________

That's sad. There is a couple in my church that the husband needed a
transplant and she was compatible as a donor. Their surgery was the first
week in August and they've been back for about three weeks. They are both
doing well.

Sharon in Canada