| Judanne 2006-07-14, 9:25 pm |
| Hey REP,
About being blood group B-, from what I've heard, it can be an advantage to
be any other group than O (which is what I am), the reasoning being that
even though there is a small pool of people to donate a B- organ, there is
an even smaller pool of people on the list waiting for one so that the
'minor' blood groups often get a transplant before the O's.
And as for being on the list, I went on the list 2 years before I started
dialysis when my creatnine was still in the 300 range. The specialist said
that it was improbable that I would receive a transplant before dialysis
(due to weighting of the factors when deciding who the kidney goes to) but
not impossible. My second transplant was a live donor from Pru, the
daughter of my closest friend. She has always been like a daughter to me,
too and she calls me her Mummy Too / Two.
Where I live the average waiting time for a cadaver donor kidney is 9 years.
I was on the list for 6 years altogether and Pru decided to donate after
watching me battle with hyperparathyroidism. Wonderful girl!
Harold,
Very often it can be better to start dialysis early rather than when you
'have' to because by starting early you still have some reserves of health
left. If you leave it until you 'have' to, you may be so unwell by then
that it will take you a long time to regain your health. I started dialysis
the first time (in 1980) when my creatnine was in the 700 range and felt
awful for a long time. When I started again in 2000, it was still in the
500 range and I coped MUCH better. Make sure you let your doctor know
EXACTLY how you are feeling. Putting off dialysis is not doing yourself any
favours.
Best of luck to you,
Judanne
"REP" <rep@inanna.com> wrote
>
> I am not on a list yet - as I said, my serum creatinine is actually
> pretty good, it's the other stuff that sucks - but I'm B- so I wonder if
> getting on the list would do any good or not!
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