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Switching CellCept (mycophenolate mofetil) for Sirolimus (rapamycin)?
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I have stage 3 kidney disease. All of these drugs can be very hard on kidneys. If something damage my transplant liver they could maybe bring it back. Of I lose my kidneys I am in serious trouble. I have been trying to do some research but the kidney thing really bothers me. The research says that doses have to managed very carefully. They will check my levels every week. If they find something, will they be able to stop it from getting worse. Guess I have to ask more questions for the doctors. The oncologist said if I don’t take any treatment, I could go for 1 to 2 years. I have triple negative breast cancer and it has a high rate of recurrence. I am supposed to have my treatment the last week in December. My husband and I have been trying to weigh the pros and cons. Again, I am 74 and I just don’t know if they can give me enough time to make all this worth it????
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@rachel5239. I totally understand. As we get older, all of these decisions become more difficult because many of our organs are weak.
Is there a possibility of giving you dialysis support during your chemotherapy treatments to help your kidneys clean it out?
You would need to coordinate this with both your oncologist and an excellent nephrologist so they can work together to monitor appropriate chemo doses, etc for your kidney function level, etc. It's not unusual for people to have temporary supportive dialysis to protect weak kidneys during treatments like chemo.
Are you with Mayo? It may be worth discussing this "team effort" approach, so you can protect your kidney function and also receive your chemo.
Would you consider that as an option?