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Is There a Cut Off Age for Kidney Transplant? Jan 20 1:21pm | By Mayo Clinic Transplant Staff (@mayoclinictransplantstaff)Comment receiving replies
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Hi @future
It is very nice to meet you!
-thank you same here!
Are all of your blood and urine tests still excellent?
-Yes. It has been excellent the whole last year also. Last week in Mayo the provider herself said kidney function test was excellent. Creatinine in blood test 0.93 , I traveled to Mayo independently. all were good. So I went to biopsy as a check mark task. But it was not, and the provider was not communicating well. My stress level was at the roof. Until now I feel upset about being in that situation. You go hopeful and get disappointed like that with no good communication to help.
And it is just your most recent biopsy that is showing some inflammation?
-yes , that is true.
What are your current meds and dosages (including the new steroid) and how low is your wbc getting?
-current meds after last week adjustments; tacrulimus-Enversus: 5 mg morning only, Cellcept back to 500mg twice/day,
Steroid for one week a taper one from 60mg/day to 5mg/per day (60,50,40,…5).
It may turn out that you will end up with a small increase of your immune suppression once all the med adjustments are made over time. (They may have adjusted significantly right now to make sure any signs of rejection are quieted quickly.)
- that is what they did: before last week Cellcept was half of what I take since last week (250mg twice a day, tacrulimus was 4mg morning only). This tacrulimus is long term.
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That's why I am curious how much immune suppression meds you are currently taking.
- last year when the meds were like now, WBC and neutrophils were very very low such that I had injections to increase.
- I am a five year kidney transplant and I have had several med adjustments over the years for different reasons, so this is not unusual at all. Don't be overly concerned or stressed. Do you feel okay?
- Yes physically , but stressed out whether the treatment of last year was not careful enough.
Thanks ver much!