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Stem Cell Treatment For CKD?

Kidney & Bladder | Last Active: Jun 19, 2020 | Replies (31)

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@maxwell123

At age 69, five years ago I was diagnosed with AKF. I was on dialysis for three years and worked very hard with lifestyle and other changes to come off -- without a transplant. I DID come off in October of 2016 after three years (extremely rare). I came off with a GFR of 13 and up until recently, it has hovered around 17. I recently had a medical event that caused my GFR to fall again. I'm hoping it is temporary. I've corrected the underlying problem. I need to improve my GFR and am always looking for ways to do that. I have seen many posts and comments regarding stem cell therapy and the progress being made with that technology. Mayo is at the forefront of some of this research and I believe it may even be in the clinic there. I tried to post links to several Mayo experts but was blocked by your platform. Dr. Stephen Textor has focused on this as have others at Mayo. I want to learn more and determine if a visit to Mayo might be productive. I have other links for Mayo if you are interested. Thanks.

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@maxwell123, Congratulations on the remarkable life changes that you have dedicated yourself to in order to come off dialysis. I hope that this will be more than temporary for you.
I have a liver and kidney transplant due to liver disease that caused acute kidney failure. As a result, (and this must sound odd) I am pretty much unfamiliar with kidney issues. The closest that I come with any familiarity with your situation is that I think that I had an appointment with Dr S Textor sometime during the past 10 years. You will be able to post the links in a couiple days because you have just joined Connect. I think it is 48 hrs.
Welcome to Connect. I look forward to learning more about this, and to hearing from others.