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Kidney & Bladder | Last Active: Dec 11, 2024 | Replies (21)Comment receiving replies
Hi all! Thank you for your caring and helpful advice. My eGfr is in the high 20s @my44 . I'm high risk due to cardio (but they knew that going into the evaluation.) @kidneybean1 and kdalda75 in my efforts to be the best candidate possible, prior to going to Mayo we discovered a couple of blockages which are being handled this week via heart catheterization. The surgeons didn't like the fact that I had a stent near where they would plug in the new kidney. Dr. Prieto thought it wouldn't be a problem. His team apparently felt otherwise. In fairness to Mayo, my home hospital in Dallas, UTSouthwestern also turned me down. I also have an ileostomy on the right side where they like to put the new kidney. Maybe they didn't want to have to work with mirrors to transplant on the left side. (That was a feeble joke!) Anyway, thanks for the wonderful support!! --Dave
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@davem my father-in-law underwent angioplasty and a triple bypass in his late 50’s and 60’s. He was able to have a kidney transplant when he was 76. Our daughter (his granddaughter) was his living donor. She was 19 at that time. Their transplant surgery was at the U of M (University of Minnesota) Transplant Center. As I stated above, if this is meant to be, it will happen in the right way, at the right time. Also as @my44 says, you can live a satisfying and fulfilling life even with an eGFR in the 20’s!
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Praying that things work out the best for you even with the challenges you have to deal with.
Hold on to your sense of humor...it helps. (Even feeble jokes are allowed. 😊)