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What's a reasonable distance for traveling for a kidney transplant?

Transplants | Last Active: Sep 23, 2018 | Replies (33)
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@gingerw

@mlmcg These are all great points to bring up. My husband was on PD dialysis for 5.5 years. Originally both his kids said they would test to see if they would match as living donor, then turned their backs on him. Here in CA, wait time may be 3 to 8 years, depending on where you live/list. He had a deceased donor who matched him excellently.
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mlmcg | @mlmcg | Sep 5, 2018

Kids will be kids, no matter their age. I had a deceased donor too. I was not a candidate for PD, too many surgeries in the abdomen, so I had hemodialysis, 4 days a week. I did have the work up in another area of CA, with a much shorter wait list, so I was on 2 list. Less than 2 weeks later I got THE CALL, from the one closer to home. I wanted a perfect match, which happen but almost never. I had a very good match so the amount of meds I take is low.

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