@jeannie85
Here we are a couple of years since the post you’re referring to. I’m now at eGFR 19 and on the inactive transplant list at NW Memorial in Chicago. I’m still wrestling with the anti rejection drug side effects. It could be a few years before I need a transplant and NW is a couple of hours from my house. I do know they are in the final stages of the “Tolerance Trial” started by Dr Leventhal from NW in Chicago and Drs from Stanford. The pilot phase in the 2010s showed 75-80% of kidney transplant patients could stop anti rejection drugs after a year. It is said to be complete by 2026-7. It’s basically a stem cell transplant from a live donor that matches. I was asked if I’d be interested in the trial…yes, absolutely! But my donor is getting tested in May…a long shot but possible!