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Kidney Transplant: Does your creatinine bounce around?
Transplants | Last Active: May 27, 2023 | Replies (68)Comment receiving replies
Yes, both numbers have jumped a couple of times. I contribute it to that I don’t drink water like I should. So dr said increase the water.
My creatinine was down the lowest ever .97 now 1.2, GFR was 68 now 47, so upping the water.
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Hi @kfn57 😊
It's so nice to meet you! Congrats on your fourth year transplant anniversary! I am approaching my three year anniversary. Thank you so much for sharing your experience with varying creatinine levels. I am happy to hear that increasing your water drinking has been helpful. In your 4 years, did you experience any infections or mild rejection episodes? I had CMV, and now I have BK virus so any increase in creatinine always stresses me out.... It's nice to know that sometimes it's as easy to fix by drinking more!
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@kfn57 - I want to welcome you to Connect. I see that this is your first post, and I want to ask you when you had your kidney transplant?
For some patients, there can be variations until the body and medications and new kidney are adjusted. It could also be dependent on a patients pre transplant condition. My transplant was too long ago (2009) for me to remember these specific details .
I am happy that members like @hello1234, @l0lag0lag0b3, @roxanne12345 have more recent experiences with variations with creatinine levels to share with you.