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Kidney transplant - The Journey from the Donor's Side
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(Does anyone know if there is a way to post without it being in response to another post? 🙂 I am an NP at Mayo and am in the testing phase of donating a kidney. I completed the first day of testing Friday and it was so good to see what my patient's go through in a busy day!
I was blessed to be able to find my way around, but still found the day a little exhausting. The 18 hour blood pressure testing and the 24 hour urine testing made the day, umm challenging. BTW we went to a movie that night and I thought the bp machine would not be audible to others but of course it seemed to go off when the movie was quiet... the couple in front of us turned around a couple of times at first. I apologized after the movie and he said he is a cancer patient at Mayo and they figured out right away what it was 🙂 They were very nice! So, back to my day.. everyone I met was SO nice and helpful! The process is very thorough and for good reason. So far all of my results are good and I have two more days of testing next Thursday and Friday. When I was asked at what percent I was interested in doing this I said %100!!! I have worked at Mayo for two years (we came here after my sister had been working here for 30 years already!) and feel confident in the care and the people I have met have been amazing!
Enough rambling 🙂 I would love prayers that the rest of my testing turns out good and I am able to proceed with donating!
Thanks!
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@hopefulgirl Just go to the bottom of the page and there is a blank box to start your post. No need to do an "@" or anything. Glad to hear you have started the testing. Thank you, again!
Ginger
I am a recipient of liver/kidney from deceased donor. So I assure you that your intention to donate a kidney is a prime example of human goodness. I would be honored to include you in my prayer intentions.
I am a very non medical person, and I was amazed at the compassion and the skill that was demonstrated by all who took care of me at Mayo.
I love your experience with the 18hr Blood Pressure cuff! I usually get caught in the middle of crossing a street when mine goes off.
I hope you will continue to update your progress here on Connect. Anytime that you want to read, or join into any of the discussions, or even begin a new discussion, I extend you a sincere welcome.
Have you visited the Transplant Pages? https://connect.mayoclinic.org/page/transplant/
@hopefulgirl the testing process is pretty amazing, isn't it?
It took me until almost the end of the evaluation to realize that all of those tests were to make sure I was safe to proceed. I had thought most of it was for the recipients information.
There were a few family members worried about my donating so I sent them my schedule of tests to show how thorough it was.
The stress test was rough for me but now that you've gotten the 18 & 24 hour tests done, everything else is easy!
I'll be thinking great thoughts for you.
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hopeful, if you want to post to a discussion without it being a reply (as you have done here by replying to gingerw) you can go to top of this page where you will see a blue shaded area where the Discussion is first posted. You just click the Reply and it won't show as a reply to a particular individual, but rather a free standing comment. Does that make sense?