@alicat60 I am glad to hear the manual method is working for him. I do the manual versus cycler, and have been for almost 3 years now. Doesn't it make you wonder if there is an issue with the cycler itself, since it stops draining halfway through? Has that been looked into, especially noting the manual method is working? I'd hate to see him go through unneeded surgery!

Unfortunately I cannot be considered for kidney transplant. I am also a blood cancer patient, under treatment for that. I need to get a stem cell transplant for my multiple myeloma, and show no evidence of disease, before even starting the process of evaluation for kidney transplant. We [my medical team, including me] have determined that I am not a good candidate for stem cell transplant, that I would very likely not recover from it. So, that takes kidney transplant out of the picture.

Keeping my fingers crossed for you and your husband!
Ginger